After the ANC's decline in support during the May 29 elections, ANC head of political education David Makhura believes the party's renewal project will be their only chance of regaining an electoral outright majority.
Speaking to media at the ANC's national executive committee meeting at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, Gauteng, Makhura said the party was suffering from significant erosion of its ethical, intellectual, ideological and organisational principles.
That's why the team yesterday [Sunday] was saying renewal is a do or die issue. We have to renew or we will perish. One of the conclusions is the many resolutions taken on renewal are now going to be implemented, he said.
Makhura was reflecting on the poll which resulted in the party losing its outright majority for the first time since 1994. The ANC received 40.18% of votes and failed to obtain a majority in KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Cape, Western Cape and Gauteng.
One of the reasons we are where we are is we have disappointed the force, the support base that believes in us. Also, because there have been ideological and organisational problems. The organisation is not in its ideal state.
