Budgets and policy positions look set to be political footballs when support is needed to pass tabled legislature motions
The ANC economic transformation head also said the opposition did not understand the ‘basics’ of the process to appoint directors general
Historically, the party has appointed its provincial chairpersons as premiers
The opposition party has rejected the ANC’s offer of six ministerial positions in the government of national unity
The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament
The president will consult the leaders of other parties before he makes the appointments
The ‘majority’ of 17 parties in parliament had expressed support for the government of national unity, the ANC secretary general said on Thursday night
The party says it is not censoring members but is imposing democratic centralism
Parties’ no-go areas are rapidly shifting as the deadline to constitute a government looms
The secretary general said the only party that had been difficult to speak to had been MK, because Jacob Zuma was unreachable
If we don’t have a credible left party on the ballot in the next elections, it will put our democracy in danger and we will not be able to solve our social crisis
The ANC secretary general should join the ‘Takalani Sesame’ cast and leave politics
While the party “took a beating”, it was “down but not out”
The disillusionment in the country’s political system resulting in low 2021 local election turnout numbers has seemingly dissipated
The party’s secretary general reiterated the president’s view that South Africa has a strong democracy and the country would not be in crisis if the ANC lost the elections
The Democratic Alliance’s federal chairperson said she was only telling the truth
In-house studies show that the party could still get over half of the vote in the elections
The provincial secretary said the people of the Eastern Cape had rejected Zuma and his new MK party ahead of the elections
The party’s provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi believes that reaching this target and helping the party retain its national majority are high
Promises of infrastructure, grants and electricity topped the ANC secretary general’s week in KwaZulu-Natal
The national chairperson is campaigning in the far north of KwaZulu-Natal in a bid to save the party’s narrow majority in the province
The ANC secretary general said that despite ‘challenges’ voters should stick with their ANC ‘home’
The governing party has identified KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as the battlegrounds for votes ahead of the elections
The public enterprise minister would rather iron his penis than campaign for the ANC
The former president also weighed in on Zizi Kodwa’s alleged imminent arrest, saying if it came to pass, then the ANC’s step aside rule would apply
ANC officials have called for an investigation after the report by electoral committee head Kgalema Motlanthe found that the party’s
list submitted to the IEC had been altered
During an NEC meeting, the party said all its ministers and provincial MECs must aggressively communicate success stories and urged the government to link its programmes with the ANC
The party is found to be in contempt of court for having failed to hand over all the documents relating to Ramaphosa’s time as deployment head
The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
The party’s secretary general said the ANC had removed people from its election candidates lists those who were affected by its step-aside rule and those with criminal records
But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation
The opposition party’s lawyers say it is ‘improbable’ that no records from 2013 to 2018 exist