The party’s secretary general said the ANC had removed people from its election candidates lists those who were affected by its step-aside rule and those with criminal records
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But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation
The opposition party’s lawyers say it is ‘improbable’ that no records from 2013 to 2018 exist
ANC takes control of the cadre deployment narrative on the eve of its manifesto launch
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The ruling party’s head of elections has said the ANC should be worried that members were moving to the new party while the IFP should also be concerned
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The former president is hoping that it will be third time lucky for him in this election round of their battle
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The NEC has finally agreed that exceptional circumstances warranted the former president’s suspension, but it hasn’t yet told him personally
Fikile Mbalula denies that bringing the former Durban mayor back into the fold is a way to neutralise the Jacob Zuma-affiliated MK party
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ANC veterans have been seconded to help screen those implicated in state capture
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The secretary general’s truth talk this week has turned the blaze on his comrades in the ANC
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Fikile Mbalula and other ANC officials are now at pains to say that his words were ‘a joke’ and ‘political rhetoric’
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Civil group #NotInMyName says the admission is a reason for citizens to ‘vote better’ in the upcoming elections
Secretary general Fikile Mbalula considers the party’s three decades in power and its future
There have been seven police ministers over the past three decades and not one has cracked a decent crime busting grade
The president will consult party lawyers after a court ruling that could see the ANC forking out R150 million to the company
Nomvula Mokonyane says Israel’s embassy in South Africa must be shut
Secretary general Fikile Mbalula says the heavily criticised international relations minister was doing her job as a diplomat to advance peace during call with Hamas leader
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
The governing party asks voters to ignore its failings and focus on its long-term successes
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The earth shook in Jozi but Magashule’s party is no seismic event, politically speaking
Velenkosi Hlabisa says the ANC provincial leader and corruption are impediments
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In her short time as ANC treasurer general, Ramokgopa has overseen the resuscitation of the party’s finances
Party stalwarts want the Zondo commission’s recommendations on the ANC to be implemented
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Ministers want President Ramaphosa to rein in the ANC secretary general
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The departments of education and infrastructure development dithered for two decades over a school they ‘erroneously’ sold
Days after President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled two statues of the struggle icon, the ANC secretary general said Mandela would be turning in his grave at the wasted resources
An effort to have the ANC secretary general account for his actions at the ANCYL conference was thwarted by his allies at a recent National Working Committee meeting
The language on both sides of the kerfuffle highlights the depth of our political descent
It’s payback time and the ANC’s former secretary general has taken a note out of Banyana Banyana’s game plan
When people are robbed of their dignity, it should not be a surprise that agents of the state feel it is acceptable to beat the consciousness out of a man on the side of the road
Ezulweni’s owner also charges Fikile Mbalula for claiming the banner deal was corrupt
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The ANC secretary general said the country would ‘forever’ remember the VIP police protection unit assault