Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the president would soon reveal the fate of the contentious law after months of deliberations and consultations
ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile said the party’s national executive committee respected the SACP’s decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
The party is also set to discuss whether to ‘donate’ its votes to the ANC after the poll
The Democratic Alliance called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to draw on a settlement with Solidarity to end the impasse over the act
The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month
The Democratic Alliance is seen as having disrespected President Cyril Ramaphosa, limiting the chances that he might extend the consultation period on the Act’s contentious clauses
The cabinet has accepted that the communications minister’s unilateral withdrawal of the Bill was not malicious
The Democratic Alliance says there is no strategy for its ministers to torpedo bills they opposed before joining the GNU
The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage
Changes to the integrity commission hope to reaffirm it as the custodian of the ANC’s values, ethics and organisational discipline
They believe the deputy president has the political acumen and experience to maintain the fragile alliance
Sources say Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi is not a threat to the ANC secretary general, but could be collateral damage
Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes
Deputy President Paul Mashatile will chair the dispute resolution committee
ANC insiders insist Lesufi played no part in removing the Democratic Alliance’s Brink from his position last week
The public works minister allegedly knew the convicted fraudster had demolished government property in Limpopo and built a hotel
The Constitution ensures the protection and promotion of every citizen’s unique heritage
Mashatile was delivering a keynote address at a celebration in Limpopo when he had to be carried from the stage
The ANC is blaming Jacob Zuma and not itself for the mess South Africa is in
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The ANC’s top brass is deploying its deputy president to clean up provincial chair Sboniso Duma’s mess
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said the allegations against Mashatile would have come to light had the president instituted lifestyle audits of his cabinet as promised
Deputy president says the ANC will continue to act in solidarity with Cuba, Palestine and Western Sahara, regardless of coercion by ‘influential’ states
The president will consult party lawyers after a court ruling that could see the ANC forking out R150 million to the company
According to the police, 53 900 South Africans have reported being victims of a sexual offences in 2022 and 2023
The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.
Political analyst, Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana, says he believes the promise of audits is ‘rhetoric for public relations’
The government hopes to have local government regulations ready by the next municipal poll in 2026
Flags will fly at half mast on government buildings until after the Zulu prime minister is buried
South Africa’s news headlines suggest the opposition and the ANC are still struggling to get its act together
A drama-free summit reminds the opposition that Cyril is still running the show
Iran, which was favoured by the Russians, is said to have also received the nod from the Brazilians, but various sanctions are likely to be its stumbling block