{"id":90151,"date":"2025-09-21T18:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-leaders-claim-ramaphosas-da-comments-misinterpreted"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:52:10","slug":"anc-leaders-claim-ramaphosas-da-comments-misinterpreted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-leaders-claim-ramaphosas-da-comments-misinterpreted","title":{"rendered":"ANC Leaders Claim Ramaphosa&#8217;s DA Comments Misinterpreted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>On Sunday, the ANC is giving a report back to its councillors along with a service delivery action plan.<\/p>\n<p>Some senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) said the comments made by the party\u2019s president, praising the Democratic Alliance (DA), have been taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, addressing ANC councillors from across the country, Ramaphosa said it pained him to admit that some of the best-run municipalities are controlled by the DA.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the ANC is giving a report back to its councillors along with a service delivery action plan.<\/p>\n<p>In Johannesburg, ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said Ramaphosa\u2019s comments were in reference to audit outcomes only.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut clean audits do not lead to service delivery most of the time, and that\u2019s the case. Our opponents and detractors \u2013 both within and outside \u2013 took an issue with Ramaphosa. Brouhaha that was raised that the president praises the da, yada yada yada yada \u2013 there is no praise of the da. The DA is not doing well in the Western Cape in terms of service delivery, we know, even when they do have clean audits and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Western Cape, ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe is also leading the party\u2019s report back session to its elected councillors.<\/p>\n<p>Mantashe said the DA\u2019s good service delivery record is a myth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must the deal with the myth of a da-way of governing. It\u2019s a myth. What we should unpack and breakdown into simple understandable pieces \u2013 it\u2019s the fact that, yes, the DA is doing well in white suburbs (and) it is neglecting townships. Therefore, our councillors who are happening to be in townships, they have a responsibility to pick up their socks and take their fight to the DA, which controls the council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. On Sunday, the ANC is giving a report back to its councillors along with a service delivery action plan. Some senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) said the comments made by the party\u2019s president, praising the Democratic Alliance (DA), have been taken out of context. 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