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Andrew Mlangeni says the ANC’s integrity body gave Zuma a list of reasons to step down last year
Mantashe says Ramaphosa is dealing with a “complex situation”, however, officials were agreed on the “end game.”
Zuma’s job has been on the line since the December elective conference that saw Cyril Ramaphosa being named as the ANC’s new leader.
The ANC’s top six officials will meet President Zuma to discuss ‘options’ to avoid him being impeached or voted out by Parliament
The ANCYL president accused some within the party of orchestrating the heckling.
This is the second time Zuma has been booed at a major national event.
Not only are the ANC’s top six officials divided, Jacob Zuma remains the state president and dictates the role of his deputy
The women’s league failed to promote gender equality and, as a minister, Bathabile Dlamini used Zuma’s patronage to survive her disasters
Zuma promised to reunite the ANC after he and Mbeki tore it apart in 2007, and now he leaves the top management of the party more divided.
Some see the election of the top six as one of unity that will solidify the ANC but others fear links to state capture have been retained
The ANC’s membership has been corrupted by rapid increases and declines, and is being used by recruiters to bolster support for factions.
‘Mantashe says his biggest headache was dealing with party members who launched court action against the mother body without first consulting leaders’
‘I can’t with my conscience sit in the ANC and take a decision that branches must go to the voting booth with a list. That’s slate politics’
#ANC54: How will YOU remember ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe’s time in office?
To take the ANC presidential seat, from the 4776 voting delegates, a candidate would need 2389 votes.
In his last speech, President Jacob Zuma denounced everyone but himself for South Africa’s fractured state
‘It’s bigger than the football World Cup’
The man who got the KZN provincial executive committee disqualified has suffered the same fate
Limpopo was the second last province to hold its Provincial General Council (PGC) meeting where the nominations from branches were consolidated.
As quickly as populist alliances form so do they unravel, according to Ernesto Laclau’s political philosophy theory
The ANC in the Western Cape has become the second provincial structure to nominate Cyril Ramaphosa as its preferred successor to President Zuma
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the ANC cannot be seen to be allowing individuals to get away with big corruption at state level.
Gwede may tout himself as ‘a solution looking for problems’ but has his own ambitions, insiders say
Despite ANC attempts to ensure a fair vote for a new leader, branch mandates may not hold
ANC branches were given until Sunday to hold meetings, with secretary general Gwede Mantashe warning that there would not be any extensions.
New proposals include more deputy secretaries general, two deputy presidents and strengthening the integrity commission
South Africa’s governing party is invoking concepts and emulating strategies first developed by authoritarian regimes in Eurasia
Some ANC branches failed to reach a quorum which means that at least 70% of branches need to hold meetings ahead of the NEC conference in December.
Gwede Mantashe says the circulation of "fake news" of his impending suspension is a desperate act ahead of the December elective conference
Mantashe says the party would deal with anything that threatened to stand in the way of its ability to successfully hold its conference.
Joe Maswanganyi won’t say that he wants Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to lead but he opposes the deputy taking the post uncontested