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The faithful: The older generations who vote for the ANC deserve a party that remembers what it promised. Photo: Supplied

ANC owes believers a better ending

A deeply personal reflection on how an older generation's unwavering loyalty to the ANC, rooted in the struggle against apartheid, clashes with the governing party's contemporary…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. (@MbalulaFikile/X)

Mbalula step-aside ‘unjust’ as ANC leaders call AfriForum case politically motivated

Senior ANC members have rallied to defend secretary-general Fikile Mbalula after the NPA decided to prosecute him for crimen injuria, calling the AfriForum-driven case…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC heads to ConCourt in bid to get 181 councillors on ballot

The ANC has approached the Constitutional Court to overturn an Electoral Court ruling and compel the IEC to include 181 candidate councillors on the ballot after missing the…

Lungisa is not the only one: Ramokgopa speaks out about ANC's IEC list crisis

ANC Treasurer-General Gwen Ramokgopa addresses the party's IEC candidate list controversy, explaining that Andile Lungisa's situation is not unique while urging members to…

No excuses: As the secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula is the CEO of the ANC, responsible for administration of the party and, therefore, the proverbial buck for the blunder stops with him. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

The ANC is losing its grip from within

The ANC's failure to register local government election candidates exposes deep factional paralysis and administrative incompetence under Cyril Ramaphosa's waning authority.

The ANC is powerful

Electoral Court dismisses ANC case over councillor candidate submissions

The Electoral Court has dismissed the ANC's challenge regarding the submission of councillor candidate lists to the IEC, leaving the party unable to field 181 councillors unless…

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has approved a temporary increase in water abstraction by Rand Water to stabilise Gauteng’s strained municipal water systems (DWS/X)

Majodina apologises after ‘profane’ exchange with Kouga resident

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has issued an apology after a video of her swearing at a resident during a community engagement in the Eastern Cape went viral.

Refuting the claims: Though he admits the role of money in the organisation, Fikile Mbalula has denied culpability.

The ANC politics of money

A legal dispute between Fikile Mbalula and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has put a spotlight on the entrenched culture of vote-buying and money politics shaping ANC leadership contests.

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa calls vote-buying in ANC conferences an ‘unacceptable’ rumour

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed allegations of vote-buying at party conferences as rumours, maintaining that money politics is unacceptable and must be rooted out of…

Mbalula: I won’t resign unless the ANC tells me to

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says he will not step down voluntarily following internal backlash over missed candidate submission deadlines with the Electoral Commission.

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Dlamini Zuma: Telling the truth has become ‘life-threatening’ in the ANC

NEC member Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has filed court papers challenging Fikile Mbalula's defamation suit, maintaining her claims of vote-buying at the ANC's 2022 national elective…

ANC Eastern Cape crisis deepens: Members demand NEC halt councillor list as IEC deadlines looms

Disgruntled ANC members in the Eastern Cape have threatened legal action against the party's NEC, demanding a halt to the councillor candidate list finalisation amid rising…

‘Young Leagues are irrelevant’ 

Popcru president Thulani Ngwenya has questioned the relevance of the ANC Youth League and the Young Communist League, labelling leaders who fail to challenge the status quo as…

The ANC–SACP partnership was forged under conditions of intense struggle. Its future should not be jeopardised in a democratic era where the need for cohesive leadership remains as urgent as ever.

ANC-SACP rift widens

As tensions rise between the SACP and the ANC ahead of local government elections, SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila has strongly criticised the governing party's neoliberal…

ANC elective conference results.

Eastern Cape ANC court battles threaten 2027 national conference

Senior ANC leaders are concerned that ongoing litigation in the Eastern Cape, which has disrupted the provincial conference and seen the Provincial Task Team declared…