The “growing pain” of working with the DA in Johannesburg, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reported resignation consideration, and the 2026 local government election results are dividing the ANC ahead of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday. The fears also include the tensions from the Government of National Unity (GNU) being imported into local government. The meeting, scheduled to take place in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, comes as the ANC grapples with mounting internal dissatisfac
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The “growing pain” of working with the DA in Johannesburg, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reported resignation consideration, and the 2026 local government election results are dividing the ANC ahead of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday.
The fears also include the tensions from the Government of National Unity (GNU) being imported into local government.
The meeting, scheduled to take place in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, comes as the ANC grapples with mounting internal dissatisfaction over its electoral performance and the implications of its coalition relationship with the DA.
ANC insiders told IOL that there was growing frustration among members in Gauteng, particularly over the prospect of having to work with the DA in Johannesburg.
“There is growing frustration within our structures about the prospect of going into coalition with the DA in Johannesburg. Members are asking why we should continue entering arrangements with a party whose approach at the national level has created so much tension,” one insider said.
He added that “it’s a serious pain to work with the DA, trust me”.
Some members fear that the tensions and political disagreements characterising the Government of National Unity (GNU) could be carried into local government.
The second insider said members were unhappy with what they viewed as the DA’s confrontational approach towards the ANC, warning that the same difficulties experienced at the national level could complicate municipal governance.
“What is happening in the GNU is exactly what some of us fear will happen in local government. We cannot afford to take the same political battles into municipalities. Johannesburg cannot become another battleground,” he said.
The discontent was further fuelled by the DA’s decision to intervene at the Constitutional Court over the ANC’s failure to submit its proportional representation candidate lists within the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s prescribed deadline ahead of the elections.
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