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Don’t dismiss ANC’s rural voters as ignorant

Article Eddie Rakabe - 29 May 2019

Critics don’t understand why citizens in the poorest provinces would still back the ruling party

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Corruption-busting Limpopo premier not fazed by fault-finders in his own party

Article Matuma Letsoalo Author - 26 Jan 2017

Despite internal calls for him to step down, Stan Mathabatha vows to keep ‘cleaning up the mess’.

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The EFF must shun the DA and hop into bed with the ANC to press for policy change

Analysis Comment Author - 12 Aug 2016

'The result shows that the main opposition parties were put in the pound seats by the ANC voters who didn’t show up on election day.'

Zuma is reined in by top brass

Article Govan Whittles & Matuma Letsoalo Author - 20 May 2016

Top ANC members are putting their foot down and demanding that all key appointments be made through the ANC deployment committee.

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Pursuit of the politics of pain will blind us to the future

Analysis Serjeant At The & Bar Author - 29 Nov 2015

More threatening to the constitutional vision for a future South Africa is a form of identity politics seizing people's minds.

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SA must free itself from the minority rule of plutocrats

Article Mathew Blatchford - 14 Jan 2015

The country’s struggle is not over – a small cabal of rich people in the ruling party, which is revealing its democratic deficit, has taken over.

EFF walks out of Parliament disciplinary hearing

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2014

Julius Malema and other EFF MPs walked out of a disciplinary hearing about the "pay back the money" debacle, saying it was contaminated by the ANC.

Opinion: ANC needs to be broken to be made strong

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Feb 2013

Khaya Dlanga refuses to believe the ANC is trying to destroy SA but adds the ruling party's carelessness and arrogance might derail the country.

Zuma: SA needs education on democracy

Article Sapa - 13 Jul 2012

President Jacob Zuma says many South Africans need to be educated about democracy because they do not understand how it works.

[From our archives] Madikizela-Mandela: The ANC is bleeding

Article Sapa - 30 Jun 2012

Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has told ANC members that they need to halt the "haemorrhaging" of the ruling party.

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Phosa admits ANC ‘dropped the ball on nation building’

Article Sapa - 9 Jun 2012

ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa has acknowledged that the party has neglected interaction with minorities and needs to become more inclusive.

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Phosa admits ANC has ‘dropped the ball on nation building’

Article Sapa Author - 9 Jun 2012

ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa has acknowledged that the party has neglected interaction with minorities and needs to become more inclusive.

ANC debate: Documents reveal a party filled with tensions

Article Sapa - 30 May 2012

A Wits academic says the ANC policy documents to be debated at its policy conference next month show a party filled with tensions.

Free State, Limpopo premiers face provincial upheaval

Article Charles Molele - 24 May 2012

Free State premier Ace Magashule is facing down disgruntled ANC members who are hoping to oust him at the party's provincial conference in June.

Case to be made for single police service

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Mar 2012

The ANC's envisaged centralisation of policing has its supporters, but others remain sceptical.

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