Are taxpayers funding ANC spin?

• Published date: 26 April 2024
• Publication title: Sowetan (Johannesburg, South Africa)

He mandated all his ANC ministers to start scheduling radio and television advertisements that showcase their departments’ “achievements” since 1994. With more than R2.3bn allocated for government communications over the next few years, there’s a real concern that these funds might be exploited to finance the ANC’s TV and radio campaigns in a last-ditch attempt to sway voters

This comes at a time when the ANC’s prospects in the upcoming landmark national elections are notably bleak. Polls from various organisations have consistently shown a decline in the ANC’s support. Most predict the ruling party will fall below 50% for the first time since the end of apartheid.

Moreover, following the launch of former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe party, the ANC’s...