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This lekgotla bears the responsibility of reinforcing our resolve to be leaders of society and to bring about meaningful and significant change, in rural and urban communities alike,” the concept note reads. </span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_544325\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-544325\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/merten-ANC-SOE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" /> <em>The ANC has admitted that ‘we face a number of setbacks and mistakes, in particular with regards the quality of basic services and therefore the social wage’. (Illustrative image | source: ANC logo / wikimedia)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Having noted and highlighted the critical juncture that we now stand in, the emphasis should be geared towards developing strategic and pragmatic solutions that will guide the course of the ANC and ANC-led government in the next few months.”</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more in Daily Maverick: </b><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2022-12-15-the-anc-cannot-fix-itself-south-africas-last-hope-is-business/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ANC cannot fix itself; South Africa’s last hope is business</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the party held its NEC meeting over the weekend and is expected to announce the </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-25-as-nec-meets-to-plan-for-polls-zumas-anc-membership-will-be-a-hot-topic/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fate of its former president, Jacob Zuma</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this week. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also provide feedback on the Integrity Committee report which has been presented and the changes which are likely to strengthen the disciplinary body. </span><b>DM</b>",
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Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa. (Photo: GCIS / Elmond Jiyane)
David Makhura, the ANC's head of political education. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sharon Seretlo)
The ANC has admitted that ‘we face a number of setbacks and mistakes, in particular with regards the quality of basic services and therefore the social wage’. (Illustrative image | source: ANC logo / wikimedia)