DANIEL SILKE: The SACP's power play is the ANC's election nightmare
'If the ANC continues to alienate the SACP – and the party continues to forge a separate course – the ANC is likely to drop below 50% of the national vote'
05 December 2017 - 06:01
Within the next three weeks – assuming the ANC’s elective conference goes ahead – South Africa will get indication of who the next President of the country is likely to be. It is a watershed moment for a country that in three equal parts is experiencing the edge of an economic precipice, a depressing decline in governance and related institutions and a governing party in deep leadership and moral decay accompanied by sustained policy distress.
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