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Economic crisis tops the ANC's policy agenda, says Mantashe
The ANC has to deal with crises on two fronts at its policy conference starting on Friday: the economy and the movement’s dire organisational state. ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday that while policies decided on at the conference would become policy only after approval by the national elective conference in December, some issues, such as the economy, had to be dealt with immediately after this week’s meeting. Economic policy is set to take centre stage and reveal whether the ANC slips into a more populist policy framework to reverse its electoral decline and take on the posture of its hitherto dominant faction. At the same time, party veterans on Thursday described attempts at renewing the organisation as a "futile exercise" and announced that they would boycott the policy meeting. Mantashe said the gathering would take place against the backdrop of downgrades of SA’s credit by three ratings agencies, the latest unemployment numbers and a technical recession af...
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