Imposing candidates on communities will lead to more politically linked deaths, KwaZulu-Natal political analyst Protas Madlala said on Tuesday.
In what appears to be a political attack, an ANC branch chair and her family were fired on through the wall of their home in Pietermaritzburg.
With less than a month before the local government elections, the ANC has pulled out all the stops to ensure it retains most of the big metros.
Kgalema Motlanthe came out of retirement on Saturday to join Gauteng ANC leaders a door-to-door campaign in Dobsonville, Soweto.
Protests raged on in the country’s capital on Monday after the ANC’s Tshwane mayoral candidate, Thoko Didiza, was announced that morning.
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said the party decided on the announcement, a first in its history, so that candidates could assist in campaigns.
Ramaphosa called for the party to hold hands and strategise a battle plan to win back the province and the city from the Democratic Alliance.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the local government elections can go ahead on August 3 this year.
More than 50 people involved in politics have been killed in KZN since 2011 – the tally steadily rising as South Africa draw closer to election day.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said the ANC’s dropping of the ‘state capture’ probe showed the ruling party was never serious about investigating the issue.
‘The Razzmatazz’ is certain the electorate at large doesn’t mind the president’s antics and that only a ‘small section of society’ is upset about it.
While the death toll for politicians is increasing ahead of the local government elections, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko pledges to intervene.
The Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng ANC elections manifesto launches took place over the weekend, and over 137 000 people attended the events.
Despite protests, the ANC secretary general has vowed that the party will not succumb to pressure to change its candidate list.
"It’s not the ANC that is killing the people, but it’s corrupt people within the ANC who want to monopolise power using the organisational machinery."
The SACP and Cosatu have expressed serious concerns over the processes followed by the ANC in recalling premier Senzo Mchunu.
Thabo Mbeki believes the responsibility for SA’s failure to achieve its constitutional ideals lies firmly at the feet of its leaders.
The ruling party has condemned the Rhodes Must Fall activist who refused to tip a waitress until she "return the land".
The high court in Pretoria is set to rule on whether the NPA’s decision to drop 783 criminal charges against Zuma should be revisited.
But perhaps the DA is working on the theme of a morally bankrupt ANC and promising well-run municipalities should it take them in the local elections.
Zuma’s manifesto launch speech referred to the Constitution. Earlier this month the Concourt ruled he failed to uphold this supreme law, however.
Senior ruling party officials received a less-than-warm welcome when they took to the streets of Port Elizabeth and its surrounding areas.
The ruling party’s Gauteng branch has accepted the president’s Nkandla apology but believes it is not enough to restore confidence in the ANC.
The ANC’s secretary general has warned that the ruling party must win back supporters’ confidence before it risks losing them for good.
The DA reported the Speaker and the ANC MPs who “abetted the President (Jacob Zuma) contravene the Constitution” to Parliament’s Ethics Committee.
ANC MPs voted to keep Zuma in the power seat to ensure their own survival, writes Matuma Letsaolo.
Promising that water delivery would top the agenda, President Jacob Zuma had supporters at an imbizo in KwaZulu-Natal hanging on his lips.
In a united party, when the leader steps down, the deputy steps up to fill his shoes. In a divided ANC though, things are more likely to fall apart.
"The president humbled himself and apologised to the nation," ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Friday.
The ANC addresses the media following a meeting of the Top Six where they discussed the ConCourt judgment on Nkandla upgrades.
The ruling party’s Jackson Mthembu has been appointed as chief whip to replace Stone Sizani.
President Jacob Zuma has emerged unscathed from the damaging revelations of the past week, with the ANC affirming its ‘full confidence’ in him.