The Gauteng premier’s name is among those which are being thrown around for the ANC presidency in 2027
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Communists say their political identity and influence have been diluted
Delegates to the SACP’s fifth Special National Congress will reassess its partnership with the ANC, citing declining electoral fortunes and growing voter discontent
The ANC’s alliance partners in Gauteng are calling for a reconfigured alliance.
Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has retained his post, but union leaders are opposed to his outspokenness.
The divisions about e-tolling within the ANC-led tripartite alliance have been directly linked to the infighting leading up to Mangaung.
Cosatu has threatened to pull out of an alliance with the ANC if the ANC persists with disciplinary charges against Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi.
invasion Swapna Prabhakaran Some political allies of the African National Congress have remained strangely silent in the wake of the destruction of Maseru that resulted from South Africa’s military intervention in Lesotho last week. While the ANC’s highest organs have supported the intervention, its alliance partners appeared unable to draft a quick response. Human rights […]
Civil society says officials should break the cycle of grand promises and weak follow-through if Johannesburg is to be rebuilt into a world-class city
The ANC has so far rejected conditions on which the DA would agree to support Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 0.5 percentage point VAT increase for the coming fiscal year