Johannesburg – ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says there is no chance the party will lose control of Gauteng in next year’s elections, Eyewitness News reported on Monday.

He said the ANC was hard at work in the DA -led Western Cape, and did not foresee a change of governance in Gauteng.

Mantashe was speaking at a SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) meeting in Johannesburg on Monday morning.

He said the ruling party was now in full election mode.

“We want to win convincingly, and we want to win everywhere.”

Mantashe said elections were a time for the ANC to showcase its achievements as well as admit to problems.

“We can say many things, that it hasn’t started yet, or we are still preparing, but my feeling in earnest is that election campaigns have started.”

– SAPA