The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political Power, ,

Author

Booysen; Susan

Year

2011

Publisher

Wits University Press

Language

English

ISBN

978-1-86814-542-3

Link

Last Update

04-Jan-2026

Keywords

Political Science

Description

The African National Congress (ANC), more than 17 years after political liberation, is hard at work to ensure that it rules ‘until Jesus comes again’.¹ It is working hard to make the ‘heaven’ of persistent ANC power happen. It works to continuously regenerate its power, thereby ensuring that post-liberation South Africans continue believing that their future and fortunes lie with the liberation movement-party. Without such processes, the ANC’s still-formidable power base is likely to suffer far-reaching erosion. As this book argues, the ANC de facto or systematically by design has been working to contain its post-peak losses of power.