ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is aware that there is “uncertainty” regarding President Jacob Zuma, but discussions are still underway.
Zuma initially refused to resign after meeting with the ANC’s top six officials on Monday
JZ could be removed from office by March if one of these scenarios plays out
Some ANC branches failed to reach a quorum which means that at least 70% of branches need to hold meetings ahead of the NEC conference in December.
Mantashe says the party would deal with anything that threatened to stand in the way of its ability to successfully hold its conference.
The ANC faces another court battle as two Free State members have made an urgent application to have the Provincial Executive Committee dissolved.
A motion by the ANC provincial leadership aims to stall the original application until after the December conference
The motion may not have passed, but it shows the ANC doesn’t speak with one voice
The ANC policy conference called for a presidential commission to be set up, and for its work to be completed before December
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‘He told us we should tell him directly if we wanted him to step down, rather than stab him in the back,’ an ANC NEC member told the M&G.
In the aftermath of last week’s allegations that the Gupta family had tried to ‘buy’ various Cabinet positions, the family and ANC agreed to meet.
The ANC says state-owned enterprises are making negative headlines in the news every day and a new task team will get to the bottom of these problems.
Parliament must crack the whip against the rabble-rousing EFF, whose antics have disrupted proceedings on a couple of occasions, says Gwede Mantashe.
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The ruling party’s NEC has requested that Parliament prevents exposing "the head of state to disrespect and intended humiliation".
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi is fast becoming a serious contender for a senior ANC leadership position in Mangaung.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has defended the ruling party’s decision to investigate the recent Limpopo elective conference.
Although fawning, Frank Chikane’s book has shed light on the ANC’s abuse of spy agencies and also goes into the thinking and psyche of Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 10 February 2012
League wants Mabuza to make space for political rivals ahead of provincial conference.
As its NEC lekgotla kicks off, the ANC Youth League remains determined that Julius Malema will not be replaced, even if his suspension takes effect.
Following Malema’s failed appeal and the ANC’s NEC summit, the government says nationalisation is firmly off the table, and SA is open for business.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe wailed on Monday about national executive committee (NEC) members being "snakes" and a "fifth column.
Suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema says that if his appeal against his suspension fails, it will be the end of his political career.
Now that the youth league and Cosatu have rocked the ruling party’s boat, ANC leaders are preparing to stick their own oars in on the issues du jour.
The set of US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks this weekend, which sent shockwaves through the world, has a South African twist.
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/ 18 February 2009
Valli Moosa, former chairperson of the Eskom board, failed to manage a conflict of interest in the awarding of a contract, the public protector said.
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/ 9 November 2007
Designing a code of conduct for a liberation struggle in exile was the most significant work of his career, Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs said on Thursday. ”To my mind that was the beginning of the constitutionality at the heart, at the core of the freedom struggle,” Sachs said in delivering the second annual Abdullah Omar Memorial Lecture.