ANC's elections committee says party’s electoral decline was a disappointing setback

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress’s (ANC) elections committee said that the party’s electoral decline in the 2024 general elections was an unexpected and disappointing setback.

For the first time ever, the party lost its majority nationally and in three provinces KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Western Cape.

The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), has been meeting since Thursday to dissect some of the reasons around its electoral performance.

ANC’s first deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane says low voter turnout, poor local service delivery and a lack of accountability were some of the reasons.

“We never expected this decline that’s why we looking at it, even going forward - not only ending at this NEC, we have put recommendations to this NEC about us having better understanding of the South African electorate, we must look at the SA electorate according to regions, demographic but also according to the different sectors of our society.”