As liberation movements go, the African National Congress (ANC) is a juggernaut. It is up there with once well-regarded organisations like the PLO, SWAPO, Zanu-PF, Frelimo, CCM, and of course, the NRA/NRM/NRM-O! Well-regarded, that is, for staying the course for the people they said they fought for.
Like the rest of them, the ANC uses its struggle credentials as a blunt instrument in the competition for political power. And like so many other organisations whose transformation from 'terrorists' to 'saviours' was accidental rather than organic, the ANC appears to suffer from a particular dynamic that might yet cause permanent political realignment in South Africa.
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