RAMAPHOSA TAKES KZN BY STORM — PRESIDENT LEADS ANC'S FINAL PUSH, SAYS GLASS IS THREE-QUARTERS FULL
By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief
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ETHEKWINI — This is what a President does when the battle is on.
He does not hide in Pretoria. He does not send juniors. He goes to the people.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the ANC's final voter mobilisation drive in KwaZulu-Natal this week — Wednesday and Thursday in eThekwini — with just one week left before South Africans go to the polls in the local government elections.
This is the final push. And Ramaphosa is on the frontline.
The ANC president will walk the streets, knock on doors, meet residents and teachers, listen to community concerns, and outline the ANC's commitment to improving service delivery and building better communities together.
Not from a stage. Face to face. Eye to eye. President to people.
That is the Ramaphosa difference.
The ANC said it clearly: "The programme will provide an opportunity for the president to engage directly with residents and teachers, listen to community concerns and outline the ANC's commitment to improving service delivery and building better communities together."
In eThekwini, where water, electricity, infrastructure and public safety decide daily life, Ramaphosa is not running from problems. He is running towards them.
While opposition parties shout from Twitter, Ramaphosa is in the townships, in the schools, in the communities — hearing the pain, and giving solutions.
This KZN push follows a powerful weekend in Soweto, where Ramaphosa defended the ANC's 32-year record with truth and courage.
He did not deny mistakes. Real leaders don't. He owned them.
But he reminded South Africa of the truth no one can erase:
"Well, the ANC has been running government for 32 years and the transformation that we see in our country, whether people like it or not, whether they hate the ANC or not, has been brought about by the African National Congress."
That is fact. Houses built. Grants paid. Schools opened. Roads, clinics, water, electricity. Millions lifted from apartheid darkness into dignity. Only the ANC did that.
"So, people should continue trusting the ANC, because of its experience and the delivery it has brought, it will continue doing so. And of course, along the way, there'll be missteps, and there'll also be areas where there's been excellence."
"And when you do the balance, when you look at the balance sheet, there's more positive than negative. So, I always say that the glass is half full; in fact, here, three-quarters full."
Three-quarters full. That is Ramaphosa's message. Not doom. Not despair. Hope backed by history.
Earlier this month in the Western Cape, Ramaphosa exposed what others want to hide — the "spatial architecture of apartheid" still visible in Cape Town.
Township residents still get inferior services compared to wealthy suburbs. Housing, infrastructure, delivery — still unequal nearly three decades after democracy.
Ramaphosa said it boldly. He did not sugar-coat it. He told the truth: apartheid planning still haunts us, and only the ANC has the experience and the will to dismantle it completely.
That is leadership. That is courage. That is a President who understands the pain of the people.
Now eThekwini is the battlefield. The ANC's final days are about one thing: service delivery, service delivery, service delivery.
For the ANC, this is a chance to respond directly, to prove experience matters. For residents, it is a chance to raise local issues before voting.
But one thing is clear: When the history of this election is written, it will say Ramaphosa did not run away. He ran towards KZN. He ran towards the people. He stood in eThekwini and said: Trust us again. We built this country. We will fix it. We will finish the job.
RAMAPHOSA HAS SPOKEN. KZN HAS HEARD. THE ANC IS READY.
On election day, the people will decide. But the President has already shown who leads South Africa.
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