Mamphela Ramphele launches new political party

Mamphela Ramphele, former anti-apartheid activist, academic and businesswoman, launched a new party political platform to contest the 2014 elects this week. Her party, called “Agang” (“Build” in Sesotho), even if it succeeds in an electoral alliance with all other opposition parties, will not properly challenge the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the 2014 election. Despite the weight of criticism levelled at the ANC in 2012, its centenary year, there is little doubt that it will maintain its political dominance by 2014 - the party won 66% of the vote in 2009. Indeed, Ramphele must demonstrate that her new political force will primarily gain support from non-voters and ANC supporters rather than from the other opposition parties.

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