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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa\u2019s economy has failed to grow for 15 years, and while President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted this, he has failed to identify that ANC policies are to blame.<\/p>\n

Apart from the ANC\u2019s failed policies, the party has also proven unable to properly manage the state\u2019s finances, deliver services, and put competent individuals in important positions.<\/p>\n

The party has also struggled to keep pace with the rapidly shifting nature of South Africa\u2019s economy, away from mining and agriculture towards services.<\/p>\n

This is feedback from Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt, who explained why it is so important that Ramaphosa admits the economy has not grown.<\/p>\n

In response to Ramaphosa\u2019s 2026 State of the Nation Address, Roodt praised him for publicly acknowledging that the South African economy has been stagnant for the past 15 years.<\/p>\n

However, Ramaphosa did not identify why the South African economy has been stagnant, with the responsibility largely lying at the ANC\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President, and I think this is very important, admitted that we have not grown the South African economy for 15 years and that more money will be spent on infrastructure to get it to grow,\u201d Roodt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very, very difficult for this President to actually admit the reason why the economy has not been growing is because of the incompetence, corruption, and wrong economic policies of the ANC.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least they are recognising it now, and something will come from that, but I am not holding my breath.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roodt previously explained that the ANC has tried to manage South Africa\u2019s economy in the 21st century using 20th-century ideas and frameworks.<\/p>\n

He said the ANC does not understand what makes a modern economy work and which policies are needed to make it grow and create prosperity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ideology of the ANC is stuck somewhere in the 1920s. Their ideology is based on Karl Marx\u2019s labour value theory, which does not apply anymore because the majority of people do not work in factories,\u201d Roodt said.<\/p>\n

The economy has become increasingly high-skilled and services-based, which requires a different way of thinking about how value is created.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlowing from their ideology are their various policies. These policies are based on things like expropriation, centralisation, and redistribution, rather than creation and expansion,\u201d Roodt said.<\/p>\n

Another major issue with the ANC is the party\u2019s belief in cadre deployment, which Roodt explained has resulted in elevated incompetence within the state.<\/p>\n

This is because people are employed in the state and public companies based on their loyalty to the party and not on basic competence.<\/p>\n

Institutional decline<\/b><\/p>\n

Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt<\/p>\n

The ANC\u2019s failed policies and cadre deployment have also resulted in the collapse of South African institutions, ranging from national departments to municipalities.<\/p>\n

Most important among these are municipalities, with local government being crucial for all South Africans, as it is the only touchpoint they have with the state and service delivery.<\/p>\n

South Africans do not really touch national policy, and while it is important, most of their interactions with the state are at a local level.<\/p>\n

Thus, if this sphere of government fails, many South Africans will lose trust in the state and its ability to deliver services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe local authorities are the most important institution in South Africa and more than 70% of them got qualified audits in the last financial year,\u201d Roodt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been destroyed. It looks like some places have been through war. The implosion of Johannesburg is a case example.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, the government has been unable to take the necessary decisions to reverse the decline of institutions and the collapse of local government.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Dr Frans Cronje previously explained that this is due to the fundamental structure of the ANC, which has been the dominant political force in South Africa for 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ANC has a structural immunity against reform. It has immunised itself to reform through its extensive structural processes,\u201d Cronje said.<\/p>\n

Even if key leaders within the ANC are aligned on what needs to be done, they cannot get the support of the party to implement these decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s board, the National Executive Committee, has about 100 members drawn from every possible perspective of life you can imagine, from the ideological to the criminal to the just not very good,\u201d Cronje explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chairman of the board, that is what Mr Ramaphosa is, is a sort of non-executive chairman and he sees his role as facilitating a discussion between the hundred and no decision must be taken until there is complete agreement about what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compounding this challenge is the need for consensus on many decisions within the party, which means that very few are actually made and implemented.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you ran anything, any company along those lines, you would be in trouble. You have a weak chairman and a board with conflicting objectives, let alone 100 people on it, and your competitors are taking big bites out of you \u2013 you will never turn the thing around,\u201d Cronje said.<\/p>\n

This prevents the ANC, which is still the dominant political force in South Africa, from taking decisive action regarding the country\u2019s crises and its future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the ANC immunised itself to reform through its structures, exacerbated by the manner of its leader,\u201d Cronje said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, while it can agree with you and hate what is happening, it can see the consequences, and it knows it is the biggest loser, so it cannot act.\u201d<\/p>\n

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