Mbeki calls on ANC leadership to resign after municipal elections
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
Former president Thabo Mbeki believes the seven ANC leaders should step down after the party’s poor score in the 2026 municipal elections, described as a "catastrophe" by Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. He considers a possible resignation by Cyril Ramaphosa acceptable, although the latter has ruled it out. These remarks were made on the African Renaissance podcast, according to TimesLIVE.
Former president Thabo Mbeki believes the ANC leadership, the ruling party, should resign after the party’s poor performance in the 2026 municipal elections. He considers that the leaders tasked with renewing the organisation could be the wrong people for the job, according to his remarks on the African Renaissance podcast, hosted by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
Mbeki cites rising unemployment, poverty, violence and crime, as well as the ANC’s electoral decline, which he blames on the current leadership. He recalls that a Sunday Times article claimed President Cyril Ramaphosa had offered to resign; Ramaphosa, however, denied these rumours on 8 November, when the final results were announced by the Electoral Commission. See also Ramaphosa’s resignation rumours.
