President Cyril Ramaphosa blasted opposition coalition plans launched this week to overthrow his historic ruling party, predicting an “outright” ANC victory in next year’s crucial elections.
Many opposition parties inked an agreement this week to create a coalition government if they receive enough votes to depose the ANC, which has dominated the country for nearly three decades since the end of apartheid.
“Parties that want to, … unseat the ANC – it’s a sideshow to us,” he told a meeting of his African National Congress (ANC) party in Johannesburg.
“We are going to have an outright majority and that is what is going to happen”.
He said the ANC will win “a decisive and outright victory” in the 2024 elections “in order to defend and guarantee the continuity and our national democratic revolution”.
“We are not going into this election with the notion that we are going to be in coalition, we are not going into this election thinking we are not going to perform well,” he said.
For the first time since the establishment of democracy in 1994, the ANC faces losing its legislative majority and thus the president in 2024.
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Nelson Mandela’s party fell short of the 50% threshold in local elections in 2021 for the first time.
The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition party, leads the opposition coalition.
