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/ 10 October 2008
The new ‘coalition of the wounded’ will frighten but not dislodge the ANC at next year’s polls.
Former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota electrified the nation on Wednesday when he signalled his intention to form a "congress".
The African National Congress Youth League is not concerned by the possible formation of a ”right-wing” political party by disgruntled ANC members.
The ANC’s Mosiuoa Lekota, who has announced the possibility of a breakaway party, did not show up for a meeting with ANC leaders on Thursday.
Efforts to form a breakaway from the ANC are gaining momentum, but analysts say the new party still needs to recruit nationally recognised leaders.
The ANC has taken a magnanimous stance to threats by Mosiuoa Lekota to form his own party, but Jacob Zuma made it clear that patience is wearing thin.
The ANC will continue to ”engage” with former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota and other members who have grievances, the party said on Wednesday.
Former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Wednesday served “divorce papers” on the African National Congress.
If a new political party was formed through a split in the African National Congress, it would probably not have a long life span, said Jacob Zuma.
The African National Congress has lost a ”tireless political activist” with the death of stalwart Esther Barsel, it said on Tuesday.
The African National Congress is in a ”legislative process” to reincorporate Merafong municipality, currently in North West province, into Gauteng.
The political rupture in South Africa is being presented in the outside world as the personal tragedy and humiliation of one man, Thabo Mbeki.
Former ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota is a confused and power-hungry individual, the ANC in the Free State said on Monday.
More than a decade after Desmond Tutu helped end apartheid, he shows no signs of slowing down as he turns 77 on Tuesday
By this time next year Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will most likely not be in office, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Hundreds of ANC dissidents met for three hours in Cape Town on Saturday, but a spokesperson said they had not discussed the formation of a new party.
Paul Mashatile is tipped to be Gauteng’s new premier, but there is also a possibility that he may become the finance minister’s deputy.
Supporters of Thabo Mbeki, who want to start a new political party, hope to use outgoing Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa as the face of the party.
President Kgalema Motlanthe will not be easily influenced by the ANC’s leftist allies to make policy changes.
As the global markets have gone into meltdown, South Africa is relatively isolated — but only relatively.
ANC members’ criticism of the party amounted to notice of their resignation, its national executive committee said on Thursday.
The presidency’s announcement last week of Cabinet resignations was made to collapse markets, said ANC general secretary Gwede Mantashe.
Richmond’s former mayor recalls the town’s
low-grade war in the early 1990s with Niren Tolsi.
Two strikingly different speeches — one saying goodbye, and the other saying hello. Two moods and two different styles.
The ANC leadership in Gauteng will nominate three candidates to succeed Mbhazima Shilowa as premier on Wednesday.
An ageing Nelson Mandela’s voluntary departure from the presidency in 1999 was a great moment.
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/ 30 September 2008
The African National Congress disapproves of outgoing Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa’s ”unbecoming behaviour”.
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/ 30 September 2008
SA’s finance minister said he expected more officials to resign in the aftermath of president Thabo Mbeki’s removal, but played down talk of a split.
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/ 29 September 2008
Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa has no plans to be part of a rumoured new political party, his spokesperson said on Monday.
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/ 29 September 2008
One of the things that former President Thabo Mbeki got right during his term was his relationship with and role on the African continent.
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/ 29 September 2008
It is difficult, when punched in the guts, to take a deep breath, although air is what you most fervently desire.
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/ 28 September 2008
ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete says disgruntled party members who plan to start their own movement are wasting their energy.