ANC is heading for a formal split: analyst

[BusinessTech]

ANC is heading for a formal split: analyst

A political analyst believes that the ANC has already split 'in spirit', and will not be able to agree on a successor to current president Jacob Zuma before its elective conference in December 2017.

 

[Nerfherder]

Hope so.

 

[Jola]

Would be great if this is true, but I wouldn't put money on it.

 

[Sinbad]

But which faction will get to call themselves the ANC?


/grabs popcorn

 

[Nick333]

If there is a "split" the populist, Zuma brigade will maintain the support of the masses and remain the de facto ANC regardless of what they call themselves.

 

[IziWhatNow]

The one faction might join forces with the EFF in the form of a new party of coalition. This could be worrying.

 

[Nerfherder]

If there is a "split" the populist, Zuma brigade will maintain the support of the masses and remain the de facto ANC regardless of what they call themselves.

But every time they break they hemorrhage more voters, COPE and EFF were both ANC offshoots and have taken their share of voters.

If they split again it will be the SACP and the Unions breaking away, that will be massive.

 

[Nick333]

But every time they break they hemorrhage more voters, COPE and EFF were both ANC offshoots and have taken their share of voters.

If they split again it will be the SACP and the Unions breaking away, that will be massive.

We can only hope they take enough voters to break the ANC's majority. More parties and coalition governments will be the redemption of this country.

 

[Rouge Pony]

Yes Please

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

No sympathy, not even for any of the "good" ones left. They had a chance to impeach the fscker and didn't take it...

 

[RVQ]

But which faction will get to call themselves the ANC?


/grabs popcorn

Yup, if the Zuma camp gets to keep the name then we screwed. People support the party i.e. the name regardless of who's running it and how badly they at it...