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
The ANC secretary-general said the organisation might need to reconsider the policy of allowing dual membership of both parties
In a national address, Ramaphosa said South Africa would attend the 2026 summit in Miami despite the US president’s suggestions otherwise
The DA says it has long operated under the notional protection of her father, former president Jacob Zuma, acting with impunity as a senior MK Party politician
The regional conference was initially scheduled for July but has since been postponed twice
South Africa’s risk is not expulsion, which the G20’s rules do not allow, but a year of disruption that could blunt the gains of its presidency
Matlala claims he paid Bheki Cele and Senzo Mchunu for police favours and protection
MK party says it knows nothing about the ill-fated Russian trip involving 17 South Africans
Matlala said he funded both the suspended police minister and his predecessor as a quid pro quo
The chief financial officer told parliament’s ad hoc committee that the suspended police minister used an information note calling for the police service’s restructuring to support his decision to disband the unit
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
Dangor said the US argument that if one G20 member was absent from the leaders summit, then there could be no consensus, had been voted down
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The Turkish president pledged deeper trade and strategic cooperation with South Africa while reaffirming his strong support for its stance on the Palestinian cause
Director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said South Africa’s G20 presidency highlighted the importance of trade within WTO rules and reforming the system through local mineral beneficiation
The minister in the presidency said Washington would have to account to other members if it blocked South Africa’s participation in the G20 next year
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said since the US had assigned a chargé d’affaires to the handover, an equivalent level official would represent South Africa
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said countries understood ‘that there’s a bilateral issue between South Africa and the US, but that must not, in any shape or form, undermine or imperil the work of the G20’
President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that all G20 members except the US had signed the declaration
In an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s absence, Ramaphosa warned against allowing ‘anything to diminish the value, the stature or the impact of the first African G20 presidency’
The government said it would not be handing over the G20 presidency to any junior United States official
He said Africa remains woefully underrepresented across global institutions, and this must change
The chairperson of parliament’s standing committee on appropriations wants an updated breakdown of the hosting costs, warning that the summit must not pressure the national budget
‘There should be no bullying of one nation by another. We are all equal’ the president said after Washington warned Pretoria against pursuing a joint G20 leaders’ statement this weekend
The absence of US President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin puts the spotlight squarely on President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa