Residents told party leader Cyril Ramaphosa about water shortages, electricity outages, potholes, and slow service delivery, and he promised them the ANC would prioritise interventions
The ANC chairperson also urged the party not to elect a strongman president at its 2027 conference
The deepening rupture between the two was laid bare at the commemoration of Joe Slovo’s death
The South African Communist Party joined a protest march to the US embassy in Pretoria, accusing Washington of state terrorism
Residents were sceptical that anything would change after ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit to the area this week
Cooperation between the two countries however continues across several domains and both governments retain an interest in maintaining functional relations
The ANC president said this was a fact, whether people liked it or not
The parliamentary committee is scheduled to hear evidence on corruption in the policing system until 20 February
The uMkhonto weSizwe party called on the incoming national director of public prosecutions to immediately act against Hangwani Maumela when he steps into office
The ANC chairperson dismissed as insignificant, the party’s loss last September of a ward which includes Marikana
At a Joe Slovo commemoration, Ramaphosa warned the communist party that going it alone would be a historic mistake and undermine the broader liberation alliance
The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law
The ANC Youth League president said if the police did not do their job, young South Africans would ‘take our country from people who are hijacking it’
Dirco spokesperson spokesperson Chrispin Phiri, said South Africa reaffirmed sovereign immigration enforcement and that US data allegations would be addressed through diplomatic channels
Diplomacy, domestic strains and a test of political authority underlined this year’s presidency
Malatji said those who raise such comments are obsessed with capturing the youth league and were not succeeding
Malatji’s slate was also not contested at the youth league’s 27th national congress
A scuffle broke out when MK party members rejected the results, prompting the proceedings to be adjourned
The league said most of the people who had voted for the party last year were young people
The party is set to address factionalism, corruption and alliance fallout ahead of next year’s local government elections
Earlier this week, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said those belonging to both parties would have to choose between the ANC and the SACP
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the uMkhonto weSizwe party had won the most votes in the province at last year’s elections and should be given a chance to lead
Party spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri raised eyebrows when she suggested that the ANC would not have its financial woes if it was corrupt
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo urged Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to announce the election date ahead of proclamation
On the first day of the party’s national general council, chairperson Gwede Mantashe slammed Ramaphosa’s detractors and urged them to ‘say whatever you want to say here and not outside these walls’
The president also told a meeting of his ANC that criminals, corrupt careerists, extortionists and factionalists should find themselves outside of the party
The party’s regional conference was a clean sweep for Masuku’s faction
The party says its decline has been worsened by communication failures, while opponents dominate social media with sharp messaging and emotional appeal
The infighting points to internal strife which could hurt the party in the region in next year
The Trump administration’s exclusion of South Africa from G20 meetings comes after its recent successful hosting of the bloc’s annual leaders’ summit despite Washington’s boycott
The suspended police minister denied that he had consulted before disbanding the political killings task team, saying his directive was a process
Sources said Gwamanda had brought the motion out of anger after being dropped as a member of the mayoral committee