Outgoing Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is ready to lead the province for another term. The ANC provincial heavyweight and one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s loyal allies said that when the province holds its conference in December, he will put his hat back in the ring. Mabuyane leads one of the ANC’s biggest provinces after […]
Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term
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In April the M&G reported that the two were ordered to step aside from all party positions and to desist from speaking on behalf of the organisation until the SIU investigation has been concluded.
President Ramaphosa has instructed the former Free State PEC to back off from appealing the court judgement dissolving it and instead form a compromise leadership.
Acolytes of the ex-president gear up take-back regions in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and North West before the ANC mid-term meeting
Ousted Durban mayor’s backers want her back as ANC mayoral candidate for 2021
The Durban mayor has been axed along with her EXCO and that of Pietermaritzburg
The governing party has deferred taking action on her fate by a week
The eThekwini ANC chairperson was asked to take leave or face removal
Last week, the Johannesburg high court ordered the reinstatement of the North West ANC PEC
In August last year, the ANC’s national executive committee confirmed the disbandment of the North West PEC
The high court found that the consultative process in the lead-up to the disbandment of the PEC in 2018 was not compliant with the ANC’s procedures
The task team was set up by Luthuli House to run the ANC in the province until after next year’s national elections
North West agriculture MEC Manketsi Tlhape is alleged to have taken 44 cattle meant for an emerging farmer in her hometown of Delareyville
The disbandment of the PEC means that Mahumapelo has now been removed as provincial executive committee chairperson in the North West province
Earlier this year, ANC members successfully pushed for Mahumapelo to be removed as North West Premier but he retained a powerful position in the party
Makhura reportedly supported a group that backed former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau as his deputy
Saturday’s court application — which is expected to be heard at 11am — is likely to see further delays on conference proceedings
The top six are said to want different candidates for North West premier, along factional lines
The reshuffle was part of a deal that would see Masualle keep his job as premier after losing power at last year’s chaotic ANC provincial conference
Following the announcement that Mahumapelo would take "a leave of absence", the North West PEC has moved to appoint Wendy Nelson as acting premier
PEC retracts earlier statement, issues another in support of Mahumapelo
Premier Supra Mahumapelo will not officially announce his decision to step down from his role as head of the province on Wednesday morning as expected
The ANC’s NEC has been backed into a corner and forced to endorse last year’s election of Eastern Cape chair Oscar Mabuyane and his team
Mahlobo said the NEC had done all it could to listen to grievances throughout the period leading up to the ANC’s congress.
The controversial conference, which has been postponed four times, is expected to elect a new provincial leadership.
The application for the enforcement order was heard along with an application by the PEC for leave to appeal against the September judgement.
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 in KwaZulu-Natal says they are not afraid of losing an appeal granted to a so-called "rebel" group challenging their leadership
Cele has backed the ANC “tradition” of the deputy president becoming president while challenging the obligatory election of a female candidate
An irate Lawrence Dube says the NEC should have "swallowed their pride" and disbanded the PEC and installed a provincial task team.
Andile Lungisa fears for his life after the chaotic Eastern Cape party election, but won’t back down