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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Although the party is confident it will retain the majority, it said it\u2019s leaving nothing to chance in the final sweep.<\/p>\n

The African National Congress (ANC) has dismissed claims that it is threatened as the governing party prepares for its toughest elections since 1994.<\/p>\n

With a few days to go to the general elections, the ANC is holding its Siyanqoba rally at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Although the party is confident it will retain the majority, it said it\u2019s leaving nothing to chance in the final sweep.<\/p>\n

Considering this a temperature check for the ANC, the party will tell you it is literally and figuratively hot.<\/p>\n

The ANC said it has tried to gauge supporters’ mood in the build-up to next week\u2019s polls and said Saturday\u2019s event will be no different.<\/p>\n

The ANC has to defend its honour after several opinion polls have suggested that the party will not get an outright majority when the country votes on 29 May.<\/p>\n

But the ANC has dismissed this as hocus-pocus.<\/p>\n

ANC spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, said the turnout on Saturday will be a show of force.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the only organisation that enjoys a mass base like we do. We exist in every branch, and I say this with the utmost modesty. We do look at opinion pieces, but we know where our support base is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several national executive committee (NEC) leaders have also told Eyewitness News that an ANC victory is as certain as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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