Overview
- The ANC held a Mandela Legacy Rally at Makwarela Stadium in Sibasa, which took place Saturday, July 25, 2026, and was led by Limpopo provincial chairperson and premier Phophi Ramathuba with finance minister Enoch Godongwana in attendance.
- Ramathuba used the event to recommit the party to reducing poverty, creating jobs and improving municipal service delivery and described the provincial ANC as ‘under renewal’.
- Godongwana urged a reallocation of public spending toward growth and infrastructure to strengthen municipalities and argued that better-budgeted capital projects are needed to fix local government failures.
- The party pointed to a recent Ga-Phasha water purification and communal tap project as delivery evidence, saying it was finished six months early and R10 million below its R42 million budget.
- The rally took place roughly 8km from an EFF manifesto launch and 13th-anniversary event, highlighting direct local competition, and ANC spokespeople said social-media posters reading ‘cancelled’ raised unresolved concerns about political intolerance.