ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile told party members that it was time for them to admit that the liberation movement had failed to improve the lives of South Africans and to take accountability.
Mashatile, however, said it was important for the party to correct past mistakes.
“As we approach the 2026 local government elections, the point of departure, comrades, is that as the ANC, we have not done enough to improve the lives of South Africans; we must take accountability for this,” he said.
“But most importantly, we must have strategies on how we correct the mistakes and then things improve for the…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do astonishing work.
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Fun South African Fact: The oldest remains of modern humans were found in South Africa and are well over 160,000 years old.