 The exc essive use of struggle terms by the ANC in 2012 proves that the struggle against the CSTs still remains c entral to the ANC's ideologic al armoury. They inc lude terms suc h as 'balanc e of forc es', 'revolution', 'disc iplined forc e', 'motive forc es' and 'battle'. 2. Balance of forces In terms of the ANC's c ontinued struggle and 'balanc e of forc es' mindset, the ANC has to sway the balanc e of power as muc h in its favour as possible in order to suc c eed with the NDR. The ANC therefore has to inc rease its own power and erode away the minority rights of its so-c alled 'opponents', in other words the CSTs. This is being done in the following ways:  The ANC strengthens own power base: The ANC's polic y doc uments expressly state that the organisation is using its c adre deployment polic y to ensure ANC c ontrol over 'all c entres of power'. As a result, the ANC has already suc c eeded in gaining c ontrol of most institutions having signific ant authority. Where the ANC is unable to gain c ontrol, for example over the independent media, it c onsiders adopting undemoc ratic methods and legislation to try and c ontrol them.  Stripping minorities of their rights as a minority: The ANC is c urrently using various strategies to undermine the position of minorities, who are regarded as opponents. 3. Stripping minorities of their rights as a minority The ANC has, sinc e the end of former President Nelson Mandela's term of offic e, turned its bac k on President Mandela's rec onc iliatory approac h and has systematic ally begun to strip minorities of their minority rights in South Afric a. The following are examples of this: 3.1Paralysing the constitutional bodies that minorities may call upon for assistance In terms of the Constitution of South Afric a various institutions were established that were supposed to ensure that c itizens, but minorities in partic ular, would be protec ted from any form -of- abuse -of .power-This -was= c onsidered essential -in view-of -the- strong-power—base- of the majority. The ANC regards these bodies as an impediment to the implementation of the NDR and has therefore tried to ensure that the following bodies regulating the balanc e of power are c ompletely ineffec tual:  The Section 185 Commission: Provision for this c ommission for the protec tion and promotion of the rights of c ultural, religious and language c ommunities was inc luded in the Constitution (Sec tion 185) during the politic al transition at the insistenc e of minority parties. However, in prac tic e the ANC made this c ommission inoperative by initially delaying its establishment and thereafter by foc using the c ommission's aims on nation building, instead of the protec tion of c ommunity rights. 2