{"id":47136,"date":"2026-01-10T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=47136"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:38:00","slug":"ramaphosa-urges-anc-to-fix-service-delivery-failures-ahead-of-expected-bruising-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/10\/ramaphosa-urges-anc-to-fix-service-delivery-failures-ahead-of-expected-bruising-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa urges ANC to fix service delivery failures ahead of expected bruising polls \u2013 Newsday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday urged his co-ruling African National Congress to address its dismal record on providing basic services, ahead of local elections in which the ANC\u2019s share of the vote is widely expected to slide.<\/p>\n<p>Africa\u2019s most industrialised country must hold local elections before November, and the ANC often does worse in local polls than national, as voters vent their frustrations over leaky water pipes, sewage discharges and crumbling roads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first task for our movement in 2026 is to fix local government and improve services,\u201d Ramaphosa told his party at a televised event in Rustenburg, Northwest Province, to celebrate its 114th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2021 local election, the ANC won less than half of the votes for the first time since the 1994 end of white minority rule, in what turned out to be a forerunner for national polls less than three years later when the party lost its majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMunicipalities must \u2026 fulfill their basic obligations,\u201d Ramaphosa said. \u201cThey must fix potholes, remove refuse regularly (and) provide clean water and sanitation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The ANC was celebrated for unifying a country divided along race lines, and for one of the world\u2019s most progressive constitutions and judiciaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It punches above its weight diplomatically, bringing a genocide case against Israel and securing a G20 summit declaration despite a U.S. boycott.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, its record on more mundane tasks, such as repairing drains and staffing schools, has been poor.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa said chronic power shortages had ended, but some municipalities continued to have local outages. He pledged 54 billion rand ($3.28 billion) in state funding for water and power infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Though growth has improved, unemployment remains high, and many young people were starting to \u201cquestion whether our democracy \u2026 and indeed our movement really work for them,\u201d Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center border p-3 bg-light mt-4 rounded\">You have read 1 out of 5 free articles. Log in or register for unlimited access.<\/div>\n<p>                        <!-- Share Data Setup for JavaScript --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ramaphosa #urges #ANC #fix #service #delivery #failures #ahead #expected #bruising #polls #Newsday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday urged his co-ruling African National Congress to address its dismal record on providing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47138,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47136\/revisions\/47138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}