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
The ruling party seems to have failed to remove tainted people from its parliamentary lists
ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list
Sisisi Tolase suffered her first loss since becoming women’s league president with her allies failing to bring back a win in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal
Bathabile Dlamini’s presidential loss to Sisisi Tolashe arguably severed the last hydra head of the Radical Economic Transformation faction
The president wants women to push for 40% of government procurement for female entrepreneurs
Bathabile Dlamini’s prospects of a politically resuscitation have all but disappeared with the election of Sisisi Tolashe
A bottleneck in registering delegates delayed the conference proceedings
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies have kickstarted their campaigns, with names such as Tina Joemat-Pettersson also expected to stand for top positions
Comrade Carl joins the Outside Delegates as those on the conference floor earn their Christmas bonus
The jailed fraudster says his criminal record has been expunged and that the step-aside rule can’t be applied retrospectively
Disgruntled would-be national executive committee members are going to court over their failure to make the top 200 names
This is a fatal blow for the former women’s league leader, shortly before the ruling party’s national elective conference
The presidential hopeful has called into question the legality of the league’s disbandment, arguing it was done to manipulate the December conference
Some leaders said that Dlamini-Zuma had received her due support from women and it was now Sisulu’s turn for a position in the presidency
