The ANC in the Northern Cape say they are aiming for a target of 70% votes in the upcoming 2014 general elections. This emerged at the Provincial List Conference in Kimberley, where branches across the province were nominating candidates who will represent the party in government after the elections.

The ANC’s Provincial Secretary, Zamani Saul, says this will be achieved through their intensified methods of door to door campaigning, coupled with their strategy of making politics interesting to first time voters.

Saul says they are confident about reaching their target, this despite numerous corruption charges faced by some of the candidates such as ANC provincial chairperson, John Block and Deputy Provincial Secretary, Alvin Botes, whose names are topping the nomination list.

Saul says they have been charged and there are allegations against them which still have to be proven in the court of law.

“We’ve been sending out a consistent message about them being innocent until proven guilty and as the ANC in the province – we’ve got confidence and belief in their innocence.”

“That won’t have any impact in terms of our campaign. People don’t judge us in terms of the individual conduct of members of the ANC, but what we’ll be putting in front of them is our track record in service delivery and what we’ve done to improve this country since 1994,” says Saul.
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