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/ 3 February 2024

Return of corruption-accused Zandile Gumede ‘excites’ ANC Women’s League

The ANC Women’s League has said that the graft-accused former mayor and eThekwini region heavyweight is one of its ‘best campaigners’

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By Lunga Mzangwe

Politics

/ 30 July 2022

ANC Women’s League stands firm on chemical castration for rapists

The idea was rejected at the governing party’s last policy conference in 2017

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By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 8 January 2022

In celebrating its 110-year anniversary the ANC must the struggle is not complete without the emancipation of women

The question that must also arise is why we can’t identify and celebrate the women who supported the former presidents of the organisation

By Motlalepula Rosho

Article

/ 15 November 2019

Bathabile’s back – as head of the housing board

The president of the ANC Women’s League, takes control of the housing board with effect from November 1

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 8 August 2019

Women must lead, the rest will follow

Political parties will not be truly representative until gender quotas apply across the board, including at the very top

By Amanda April

Article

/ 21 September 2018

Editorial: Let’s go down memory lane

‘Two years later, it is still quite a marvel to understand how deep the Guptas’ network ran’

By Editorial

Article

/ 6 April 2018

‘Her banishment, our blessing’

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s seven years in Brandfort conscientised a community

By Govan Whittles

Article

/ 28 February 2018

The Cabinet reshuffle did not adequately achieve 50/50% gender parity— ANCWL

The ANCWL has welcomed the changes President Cyril Ramaphosa made to his Cabinet, but has pointed that it reflected a lack of gender parity

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 16 February 2018

Private interests bedevil ANC’s ‘new dawn’

Social justice must be Cyril Ramaphosa’s focus, resisting the corrupting influence of big business

By Lukhona Mnguni

Article

/ 20 December 2017

NDZ can’t play a patriarchy victim

The women’s league failed to promote gender equality and, as a minister, Bathabile Dlamini used Zuma’s patronage to survive her disasters

By Colleen Lowe Morna

Article

/ 19 December 2017

ANC Women’s League believes men used Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Though Dlamini-Zuma was snubbed at the ANC presidency, three of the candidates who had appeared on her slate made it to the top six.

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 19 December 2017

Lindiwe Zulu: Women must go back to trenches for leadership positions

Zulu said an eye should be kept on the election of the party’s NEC members because: "We want to see more women in the leadership structures."

By Jan Gerber

Article

/ 16 December 2017

Zuma takes aim at his enemies in final speech as ANC president

Zuma said “ill-discipline” has caused ANC members to take the party to court or to side openly with the opposition.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 14 December 2017

Now we leave it in the hands of the delegates and the Almighty— NDZ

‘We are going to have a ballot paper at the ANC conference after 105 years for [a] president that is a female’

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 8 December 2017

RECAP: Unravelling the riddle of Jessie Duarte

Tough as nails, the ANC top-sixer is labelled a party unifier by some and clearly biased by others

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 1 December 2017

Baleka Mbete and the art of chairing an ANC conference

ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete has her eye on the presidency as she readies herself for a highly contested national conference

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 18 November 2017

No show: Will Mabuza bat for NDZ or CR17?

Many have been vying to get Mabuza’s approval but he has been coy and keeping his cards close to his chest.

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 16 November 2017

Ramaphosa nowhere to be found on ANC Women’s League NEC nomination list

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s name is not on the ANCWL’s list of 223 members nominated for the ANC NEC

By Mahlatse Mahlase

Article

/ 20 October 2017

Dlamini-Zuma haunted by president’s past failures

Zuma’s support could do more harm than good for the candidate’s ANC presidency campaign

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela

Article

/ 5 October 2017

Why, a decade on, a new book on Zuma’s rape trial has finally hit home

In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 25 September 2017

SABC investigating ‘demeaning’ mistakes about Dlamini-Zuma

This follows an apology to Dlamini-Zuma in August when her name was spelt incorrectly, calling her Nkosazana "Mini-Zuma", due to “human error”

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 9 August 2017

The elusive Winnie Mandela

An accurate portrait of this struggle figure, made up of our feelings about her, would be impossible to create

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 15 July 2017

A divided alliance will fail in 2019 elections, Mbete warns

If the alliance could not unite, DA leader Mmusi Maimane could become the country’s next president, she warned.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 4 July 2017

One ‘febenist’, one blesser

The M&G’s series of first-hand accounts of the ANC’s national conferences through the eyes of insiders continues with another delegate update

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 26 June 2017

Nehawu: ‘Constitutional democracy’ not compatible with democracy

Recently, the ANC Women’s League also made similar remarks.

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 22 December 2016

ANC divided on how to win back the support it has lost

One faction argues that Jacob Zuma must quit and the other is intent on electing a successor who will cover for him.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author and Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 13 October 2016

ANC senior leaders, alliance partners come out in support of Gordhan

The timing of the fraud claims against the finance minister has raised suspicions among close to a dozen of the party’s NEC members.

By Govan Whittles

Analysis

/ 10 October 2016

Remembering Khwezi and how the ANCWL continues without admitting they were wrong

Remembering Khwezi should not be reduced to the rape trial, the way she was treated and the injustice of it all, writes Ra’eesa Pather.

By Raeesa Pather

Analysis

/ 2 September 2016

Why do the media take gender justice seriously in August, but ignore it otherwise?

Edna Molewa takes issue with the cynicism surrounding Women’s Month, saying it’s a time to refocus on the struggle for emancipation.

By Staff Reporter

Analysis

/ 25 August 2016

Get it right, newsdesks, the ANC aunties are not exactly fighting for women’s rights

We should be overjoyed that the focus is on women, but the way the media deals with this is generally underwhelming.

By Glenda Daniels

Article

/ 7 January 2016

Attempts to rejuvenate ANC Women’s League under fire

Some members say the ANCWL’s new "young women’s desk" is a "calculated move to sideline younger women and suppress them".

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 29 October 2015

Women put it out there for Zuma

The ANC Women’s League will defend any ANC leader, says secretary general Meokgo Matuba.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge

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