Deputy minister of basic education asks for prayers for the ANC ahead of elections
In an interview, Dr Reginah Mhaule said the ANC hopes to renew the morals of some party members, therefore most members attended Passover services at various churches around the country.
The deputy minister of basic education and a NEC member of the ANC, Dr Reginah Mhaule, said the ANC still has a chance to win the national elections in Mpumalanga.
She encouraged churches to pray for the ANC ahead of the national elections coming up in May 29. “We know that communities gathered together in churches for the Easter holiday, and that was an opportunity for us to encourage the church to pray for the ANC, the government, the unity of the country and peaceful elections that are coming up. I have been working in Pienaar, which is stereotyped as a ‘no-go area’. I was there for three days and conducted door-to-door campaigns and found that people are still positive and that they will vote for the ANC in the national elections. We have a large number of volunteers in that area, and it tells us that people still love the ANC, especially in Mpumalanga.”
She said this in an exclusive media interview during her visit to Elshaddai Tabernacle International Church on the evening of Saturday March 30.
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Mhaule said the ANC made the decision to visit some churches during the Easter holiday, which was an opportunity to encourage the public to vote in the upcoming elections. “When we say we are renewing the ANC, we seek to renew the morals of some members and we hope that going to churches to fellowship with Christians and observing Ramadan with the Muslim communities will regenerate some of the members. “The ANC was established in a church, and we want to bring back that culture of unity of the ANC and the church.”
She said although the ANC faces criticism from the public over what could have been done by the government in the last 30 years, the party remains steadfast.
“Many people believe that in the last 30 years, we could have changed what was destroyed for many years. It can’t be done in these years, but we still did the work.
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“Those who have eyes and ears will know that it is no longer the same country, and that it is not the same compared to before 1994 when the ANC first ruled. Pensioners are receiving grants, learners are fed at schools, children without parents get social grants, we have built houses and unemployed people received monthly grants. Now most households in rural areas are connected to electricity, which is something we never thought would be experienced by many households.”
