ANC should listen to Phosa's advice

ANC stalwart Mathews Phosa raises a solid point when he says the party's only chance for survival is for it to go back to basics.

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Phosa insisted the ANC cannot be “restored with the same branches that exist today” and it had to reinvent itself if it was to correct its path again.

He said: “Factions originated at the top echelon of the party and spread down to the branch level, rendering the party dysfunctional. In theory, the ANC is redeemable, but in practice, it is not. I say this because you cannot correct the ANC with the same branches that exist today. They are full of worms and rot.”