ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday dismissed the notion that the party’s new leadership consists of ”a bunch of leftists”.
The ANC’s national working committee is believed to have recommended the removal of Balindlela for her lack of leadership in the province.
The ANC retracted a statement on Tuesday that it would make an announcement on the reported axing of two premiers.
The African National Congress is expected to make an announcement on the reported axing of two premiers later on Tuesday, its spokesperson said.
The African National Congress in the Western Cape has confirmed that Premier Ebrahim Rasool will be asked to resign.
The African National Congress would not be drawn on Monday on whether it planned to replace the premiers of the Eastern and Western Cape.
African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema said those opposed to Jacob Zuma becoming SA’s next president must be eliminated.
Opposition parties reacted on Sunday to the apparent firing of the Eastern and Western Cape premiers by the African National Congress.
Violence within the North West Province ANC has worsened. This week there were more assaults and the party’s regional office were torched.
Media reports say the African National Congress has fired the premiers of the Western and Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela and Ebrahim Rasool.
Despite his allegiances, the Limpopo premier looks set to become the next provincial chairperson.
The African National Congress has rejected media reports that it has plans to establish its own daily newspaper.
The ANC has shrugged off criticisms that recent remarks by its secretary general amounted to an attack on the independence of the judiciary.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday lambasted the African National Congress for itself being counter-revolutionary.
Legal and academic experts are helping the ANC devise a strategy to get Jacob Zuma off the hook — possibly by closing probes into the arms deal.
The year started on a post-Polokwane note that held out some hope for the opening up of political space and free debate.
SA can weather the storm on global financial markets, although domestic growth is likely to be slower as a result, ANC president Jacob Zuma says.
ANC president Jacob Zuma said he had never acted ”unconstitutionally” and denied the ruling party was on a collision course with the judiciary.
Leaders of the African National Congress on Wednesday met President Robert Mugabe and expressed support for a dialogue to end the political crisis.
The memory of former minister of intelligence Joe Nhlanhla can inspire the ANC when it is challenged by ill discipline, Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
President Thabo Mbeki has conveyed his and the government’s condolences to the family of late former intelligence minister Joe Nhlanhla.
DA leader Helen Zille has called on ANC president Jacob Zuma to sign the so-called Asmal declaration, which expresses respect for the Constitution.
The Independent Democrats (ID) on Sunday criticised the African National Congress (ANC) for attacking Constitutional Court judges.
Luthuli House has stepped into the faction-ridden Western Cape ANC, raising the possibility that the provincial leadership will be replaced.
Ekurhuleni mayor Duma Nkosi has resigned. The African National Congress in Gauteng said it had accepted Nkosi’s resignation on Friday.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille, the mayor of Cape Town, has again called for a realignment of politics.
Many leaders of the ANC and its left-wing allies are avidly waiting for the government jobs that will open up after next year’s elections.
Former Intelligence Minister Joe Nhlanhla died on Wednesday, the ANC said. The ANC said Nhlanhla (71) had been in a coma for the past month.
ANC leader Jacob Zuma on Sunday laid down the law for the ANC Youth League at the organisation’s national congress in Johannesburg.
African National Youth League leader Julius Malema’s arch-rival helps Gwede Mantashe kill off the last efforts to challenge Malema’s authority.
Differences have emerged about what the ANC Youth League should do with its business arm, Lembede Investments.
The fires of dissent catching at the coats of the ANC Youth League’s new leadership have been quelled.