South Africa's ANC Can Stay a Liberation Movement and Govern Well

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The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's governing party, is weakening. It has recently committed some terrible mistakes in government.

High on the list of errors is its decision to close ranks in defence of President Jacob Zuma during the Nkandla debacle where public money was used on upgrades to his private homestead. Then there's the deployment of incompetent "cadres" to critical positions in government as well as Zuma's ill-timed cabinet reshuffle.

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