Negative tendencies such as the bulk buying of membership and gate keeping were costing the party votes, party presidentJacob Zuma said on Friday.
Delivering his political report to the national general council (NGC), Zuma also warned against ill-discipline, hooliganism and violence taking place in the party.
“There is a lot of work that must still be done to rid the movement of certain tendencies which may undermine the gains we have made."
He said this was "even more important" as the party needed "an effective African National Congress [ANC]" to prepare for the elections.
"We have continuously received an overwhelming number of votes in the national general elections; thank the millions of people who voted for the ANC in the last elections and acknowledge the hard work of all the tiers and structures during that period.
“It was a difficult election. While celebrating the 2014 election victory, we realised some of our traditional voters have in recent year become dissatisfied and some have chosen to abstain from the elections, demonstrating their displeasures, but are still remaining loyal to the movement.”
Zuma said South Africa’s loyalty to the party should not be taken for granted.
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