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This is ahead of its 112th birthday on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It will also hold a series of events including cake cutting, laying wreaths on the graves of some of its former leaders in the province, and it will also hold a mass birthday rally at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In typical ANC fashion, the party will turn to the church as it attempts to rally society behind its cause as it mobilises supporters ahead of its January 8 statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Party president Cyril Ramaphosa will attend a service in Nelspruit and attend a cadre\u2019s forum in Bushbuckridge on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>His deputy, Paul Mashatile will be in Barberton and Emalahleni.<\/p>\n<p>Other officials will be in White River, the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality and the Mkhondo area.<\/p>\n<p>This programme comes on the back of former ANC president Jacob Zuma\u2019s mass meeting in the same province.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma is rallying supporters against the ANC calling for them to vote for the uMkhonto weSizwe party which he engineered in the hopes of bringing the ANC under a 50 + 1 majority at the general elections in a few months\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. In typical ANC fashion, the party will turn to the church as it attempts to rally society behind its cause as it mobilises supporters ahead of its January 8 statement on Saturday. 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