00:00Days after a drubbing at the ballot box, the leaders of South Africa's ruling ANC met to
00:06discuss the way forward. In last week's local elections, the party's vote share dropped by
00:1215 points to just 31 percent. But the party's clear that President Ramaphosa is staying put.
00:20They use a lot of fabrication about that the president is offering to the side and how we
00:29urge South Africans to treat that as such. The ANC performance, this local government election
00:36requires a proper reflection today since the day when that is going to happen. And it will
00:42be a productive reflection. The president ran and led the campaign with excellence to show
00:48a lot of people. Some of whom are struggling with us, just crossing the pension. We have
00:53noted how he met from the front. And there is no sense in which the president should be designing.
01:01The ANC has vowed to enter a period of soul-searching to see how to win back voters. For now,
01:09to
01:09remain in local government, it will have to engage with other parties.
01:23The ANC remains an organization with clear policy positions and a program that can improve the
01:30lives of all South Africans. Going to this meeting this morning, confident in the program and determined
01:38to put it to work. Our local government elections manifesto sets out how we intend to build better.
01:46Many communities have been waiting a long time for local municipalities to deliver basic services,
01:54including water and electricity. Their patients may be running out.
