South Africa's ANC says it needs to reform to regain support

By Nellie Peyton

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – South Africa’s African National Congress, the liberation movement that brought Nelson Mandela to power, said it was facing a crisis over ‍corruption, poor governance, and persistent racial inequality, and pledged to clean up its act.

Although the largest party in government, the ANC was forced into a coalition last year after losing its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994. That defeat has prompted soul-searching.

Wrapping up ‌a strategy conference in Johannesburg on Thursday, ‌the party endorsed a declaration that identified corruption, factionalism, poor service delivery, and slow progress in reducing poverty among its failures.

“The apartheid-colonial political economy remains largely intact,” it admitted, with Black