ANC rule will be over by end of decade, helped by Covid-19 – Frans Cronjé, Ralph Mathekga

The ANC and its alliance members have been in power since 1994. A future without the party that Nelson Mandela led is almost unthinkable. In the 2019 elections, the ANC under the new leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa managed to attract 57.5% of the vote. President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a New Dawn but he has failed to rein in corruption and controversial policies on alcohol and tobacco products during the lockdown has left many South Africans bitter and angry.   But would the voters that has kept the ANC in power for so long, turn their back on South Africa's liberation party? – Dr Frans Cronjé, the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Race Relations told the BizNews Midweek Catchup webinar that the believed the demise of ANC-rule was inevitable and the Covid-19 pandemic could be the catalyst that sped up the process. Dr Ralph Mathekga said he it was likely that President Ramaphosa would not have a second term.  – Linda van Tilburg

South Africans are becoming more and more disillusioned with the idea that President Cyril Ramaphosa could turn the country around after the devastation of the Zuma years. Ramaphosa took the position as the head of the ANC, with the promise that he would tackle corruption and get the economy, that had been weighed down by the implosion of state-owned enterprises, back to growth. When Covid-19 and its strict lockdowns hit South Africa, Ramaphosa was praised for acting quickly.

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