The ANC only marginally increased its vote margin to 57.5% at the 2019 general elections after ousting Zuma as president and following repeated apologies and promises by its new leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, a Mandela protégé, to tackle corruption and return the ANC to the path of good governance.
Political parties are indispensable for the smooth functioning of democracy. Besides being vehicles for aggregation of interests and seeking political power, political parties perform the very important function of political communication and education of the citizenry. What is more, a strong party
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