News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Can the black middle class save the ANC from collapse?

Could the black middle class plunge the ANC below 30%? This class, argues political commentator, Mpumelelo Mkhabela, is make or break for the party.

The ANC is introspecting.

If its National General Council is anything to go by, the continent’s oldest liberation party appears to be serious about reversing its sliding scale of victory.

But the yellow and green giant forged in the images of Albert Luthuli, Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela cannot rebuild without the full support of the country’s black middle class, which it helped build.

That’s the argument from News24 columnist and political commentator, Mpumelelo Mkhabela, our guest on The Lead this Thursday.

Finally, we honour the late literary giant and feminist Olive Schreiner, with On This Day in SA History, heard at the end of the show.

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