ANC YOUTH LEAGUE STATEMENT ON THE TNS SURVEY ABOUT ALLIANCE SPLITTING TOWARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS:

The African National Congress Youth League dismisses with the contempt it deserves, some opposition sponsored research by TNS Survey which says the ANC, COSATU and SACP alliance should split towards the local government elections (see here). Desperate that they will never convince majority of South Africans to support them during local government elections, opposition parties use the so called research institutions to try and confuse members and supporters of the ANC led alliance that the alliance should split. The ANC Youth League would like to once again expose that the so called research by TNS is inspired by right-wing opposition parties and evidently bogus.

The ANC led alliance is currently in its strongest and most stable position with the SACP and COSATU publicly avowing that the process of drafting the Manifesto and re-identification of priorities for local government was an alliance inclusive process. As we speak, an absolute majority of COSATU, SACP and ANC members have begun with work of explaining to communities that the ANC is the only organisation capable of building sustainable livelihoods for majority of our people. The sensational, out of touch ventilations of TNS research should be promptly dismissed and will be dismissed more decisively by the overwhelming victory of the ANC in the upcoming local government elections.

The ANC Youth League calls on all members of the ANC led alliance to ignore opposition parties' sponsored research outcomes and continue with the good work of spreading the message that "together we can build better communities". The ANC led alliance will never split. ANC victory in the upcoming local government elections is certain, and once again, the youth will be at the forefront of ensuring the decisive victory.

Statement issued by the ANC Youth League, March 15 2011

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