The ANC is a cat that will always land, says Cyril

President Cyril Ramaphosa is confident that the ANC will win the 2019 election comfortably and that former President Jacob Zuma will never leave the party despite the rumors that it's going to happen. is preparing to launch a new party to oppose the ANC.

In an interview with France24, a 24 – hour news and current affairs network based in Paris, Ramaphosa said that despite ongoing infighting among ANC members , the party would not lose the next election. He attributed internal struggles and factionalism among members and structures to democratization within the party.

"The ANC was going through a democratic process that manifested itself in the leadership it chose at its December national conference.

" Before the conference, we also had some of the challenges among us for ANC leadership, but all ended successfully with good elections and leadership resolutions, "he said.

Ramaphosa, who was elected president of the ANC in December and installed as president of the country on February 15 last, added that the infighting was not unique to the ANC since many political parties in the world participated at similar competitions.

"But the ANC is not divided; The ANC unites the different approaches that prevailed before the December conference, "he said.

" The ANC still unites when it faces a campaign major. I tell people that the ANC is like a cat, that you throw it from the top floor and that it always lands on its feet.

"The ANC will land on its feet … it will win the elections comfortably," Ramaphosa said.

Regarding Zuma, Ramaphosa said that he was still a full member of the ANC and a movement blue-blood cadre. Zuma grew up in the party and he could not foresee a time when Zuma would turn against the party that made him what he is today.

"So, I have total faith and confidence that Zuma will remain a member of the ANC until the last day of his life," Ramaphosa said.

There are rumors that Zuma and his supporters in the ANC plan to launch the African Transformation Congress closer to the 2019 elections.

The party has already been registered and is said to have He is supported by church leaders who fall outside the dominant religious community of the country. Some of these church leaders had begun promoting the party, calling on the ANC to keep Zuma and even use it as the face of his campaign to win the 2019 elections.

But many badysts disagreed with this view, saying that if Zuma led the ANC campaign instead of Ramaphosa, the party would lose.

Ramaphosa is optimistic about peace in Africa and a new dawn on the continent. He said that efforts to resolve the political stalemate in South Sudan and the prospects for democratic elections in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo had given hope to their people.

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