Professionals urge ANC to ‘get its house in order’ or face electoral defeat

PROFESSIONALS have warned the ANC to urgently address some of its pressing challenges or risk being wiped out as an electoral force.

- THAMI MAGUBANE

At a business breakfast this week, they said while the ANC is not yet at tisk of “reaching the seabed”, it would soon be there if it did not tackle the challenges that the party has highlighted as a threat to its electoral prospects.

The ANC leadership in KwaZulu-Natal is on a charm offensive and has been meeting with various stakeholders in its bid to reconnect with the party's support base.

Recently, it has been holding meetings with professionals, including lawyers, doctors, managers, and finance experts, as it seeks to bring them back to the fold. It is expected to meet with business, religious leaders, opinion makers, women, the youth and the elderly in the coming weeks as it solicits their views on the way forward.