The ANC leader said it also hurts him to see that some municipalities run by the party were ‘being run backwards’
An NEC source said the party was not worried about MK party sleeper agents in their ranks
Mathabatha said he was concerned by what he called ‘unethical and un-ANC tendencies’ by party members in regard to the elective conferences of the Vhembe and Waterberg regions
Dada Morero has said he will stand for a second term as the Greater Joburg chair
Internal polls forecast at least 40% of votes in the local government elections, while warnings against factionalism abound
The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference
Claims have been made that the commission is being used to sideline political rivals by reviving allegations linked to the VBS Mutual Bank scandal
The ANC secretary general said the ANC would not water it down to ‘Kiss the Boer’, nor would it prescribe to other parties what they must sing
Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists
Reconfiguration or dissolution? Moves against Gauteng and KZN leaders leaves party in disarray
The party wants people deployed in government to have tertiary qualifications
The party is expected to discuss the matter at its upcoming national executive committee meeting, set for next week
The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month
Sources said the party’s national executive committee is set to finalise the possible dissolution of the two provincial bodies at its next meeting in two weeks
Members will be vetted and undergo political education to help the party clean its house
Changes to the integrity commission hope to reaffirm it as the custodian of the ANC’s values, ethics and organisational discipline
Veterans league president Snuki Zikalala said if members ‘stepped on the toes’ of the integrity commission, there must be immediate consequences
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
In-house studies show that the party could still get over half of the vote in the elections
The party’s provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi believes that reaching this target and helping the party retain its national majority are high
During an NEC meeting, the party said all its ministers and provincial MECs must aggressively communicate success stories and urged the government to link its programmes with the ANC
Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe had to leave the national executive committee meeting where only five NEC members supported the adoption of the integrity commission report
ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list
Electoral committee secretary Chief Matsila says the process is airtight and the provincial secretary could not have tampered with it
The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.
The ANC’s economic transformation committee deputy chair said the party would have difficulty justifying why it should return to power if load-shedding continued
The announcement comes just hours after deputy president David Mabuza resigns from parliament
Provinces are set to meet national leaders after discrepancies are raised over the membership process at a special NEC meeting
The ANC’s integrity commission has criticised the party’s officials and the national executive committee for suppressing and ignoring its recommendations in its annual report
The ANC chairperson allegedly accused delegates of wanting to collapse the conference after calls to assess the NEC’s performance
There was a strong view, according to the report, that the judiciary was overstepping, undermining other arms of the state and using the law based on feelings instead of facts, especially in the jailing of Zuma
Kgalema Motlanthe to review financial records of those campaigning for the ANC’s top six during silly season