SAF ANC Promises Fresh Start Amid Election Worries

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) officially launched its campaign for the May 29, 2024 general election on Saturday. The South African Mail & Guardian reports President Cyril Ramaphosa presented the party’s manifesto to a packed-to-the-rafters Moses Mabhida stadium. It summarized what the ANC would do differently to carry out policies like creating jobs, reducing the high cost of living, and boosting industrialization. Professor Sipho Seepe, a political analyst and former Deputy Vice Chancellor for Institutional Support at the University of Zululand, tells VOA’s James Butty, the manifesto was no different from when the ANC first came to power 30 years ago.