The ruling ANC party will look to "self-correct" at a six-day policy conference starting Friday, a senior official said after a series of bruising scandals and fierce criticism of President Jacob Zuma. Zuma has been engulfed by graft allegations and humiliating court rulings while grappling with record unemployment and an economy that has dipped into recession. The ANC, which led the fight against apartheid, has ruled since Nelson Mandela won the first multi-racial elections in 1994. But the party faces tricky elections in 2019, and could lose its grip on power as many South Africans grow increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress since the end of white-minority rule. "Economic growth, radical social transformation, land reform, education, fighting crime ... have been identified as our priorities for the meeting," ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told reporters on Thursday. "But most importantly it will be an opportunity to self-correct." Zuma, who is due to step down as AN...
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