Mbalula warns on ANC election crisis, tells Motsepe to step forward if he wants party presidency

By Simon Nare

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned the organisation that if it does not stop its obsession with the succession debate, other than regrouping to win the local government elections, it faces a disastrous 2029 national elections.

Addressing the Chris Hani 9th regional elections in the Eastern Cape on Friday, Mbalula said that ANC members did not seem to realise the mess the party was in following its humiliating defeat in the 2024 elections.

He added that instead of members being preoccupied with building ANC branches to secure a decisive victory in the local polls next year, they were busy talking about the party’s 2027 national conference and who should lead it.

Mbalula said the local government election results would clearly define what would happen in 2029 and party members should be channeling their energy into that.

“Why are comrades obsessed with who must lead in the next