ANC manifesto: Good to look at, nice to read — but hard to believe

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Wed, 26 August 2026
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- dailymaverick.co.za20:37first to report
  ANC manifesto: Good to look at, nice to read — but hard to believe
  The ANC acknowledges its failures, but can it fix the problems it created? We put its local government election pitch through our Manifesto Test.…
Thu, 27 August 2026
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- dailymaverick.co.za13:42
  Can the ANC win back voters by admitting failure without taking responsibility?
  Political parties are built to tell voters what they have done right. At its manifesto launch, the African National Congress did something far more unusual. It told voters where it had failed.…
Mon, 31 August 2026
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- AllAfrica01:27
  South Africa: ANC Devours Itself From Within As Voters Steadily Turn Their Backs
  [Daily Maverick] Factional warfare, patronage battles and years of electoral decline have left the party on its last legs as it heads for a bruising outcome in South Africa's municipal elections in November.