ANC admits service delivery failures hurt election campaign
The African National Congress (ANC) struggled to convince voters to support it in communities where residents were frustrated by water shortages, electricity problems and the rising cost of living, secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has acknowledged, as the party begins confronting the scale of its losses in the local government elections. Reflecting on the campaign, Mbalula described volunteers going door to door to persuade residents to vote for the governing party, only to be confronted with complaints about basic services. In some areas, he said, campaigners found it difficult to defend the ANC when residents were still struggling to access water and electricity.
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