Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe had to leave the national executive committee meeting where only five NEC members supported the adoption of the integrity commission report
The ruling party seems to have failed to remove tainted people from its parliamentary lists
The ANC leader, who was implicated in the commission on state capture chaired by the chief justice, said Zondo had the ‘serious weakness’ of thinking the report was about himself
Some consider the decision to tap the forex reserve as a sign that the state can be swayed by the left. But the ANC-led government knows exactly how to neutralise progressive forces
ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list
Vehicles were stoned on Umgeni Road on Monday morning, while reports of workers sabotaging water pipelines were also received
But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation
The M&G and University of Limpopo host a forum to discuss, among others, what a coalition government could mean for South Africa
The party also wants lower personal and company taxes and a fiscal commission to oversee public spending
Leader Bantu Holomisa launched the party manifesto on Saturday, also promising zero tolerance for corruption
The electoral commission’s decision will weed out the one-man-and-a-TikTok-account parties clogging up the ballot paper
Zweli Mkhize says the party will address the costs of essentials such as food, housing, healthcare, energy, transport and wages
The EFF leader has said that the door was still open to collaboration with the DA and MK parties after the elections, but not with Ramaphosa
The energy crisis has worsened SA’s existing economic challenges, prompting ratings agencies, the IMF and SARB to flag load-shedding as a significant barrier to recovery
The lawyers demanded that the DA give Kgosi Maepa documents on its ‘fit for purpose policy’ from September 2016 to January 2024
The president also assured grieving families that the government would provide assistance for those injured
The ANC needs to come up with serious plans to tackle unemployment, poverty and inequality, not just catchy phrases
The party wants to tie ministerial performance contracts to implementing key manifesto items
The governing party also said it would progressively work towards implementing a basic income support grant
No jobs, no lights, no water, but at least we have an election date in time for the ANC manifesto launch
The opposition party’s lawyers say it is ‘improbable’ that no records from 2013 to 2018 exist
The opposition’s constitutional challenge on the ANC’s cadre deployment was spun out of conjecture and speculation, a full bench found
ANC takes control of the cadre deployment narrative on the eve of its manifesto launch
The elections offer us the choice between the liberal/conservative group that offers no real benefits for the poor and working-class, and a populist, authoritarian form of kleptocratic nationalism
The election comes at a time when the governing ANC is at its weakest since 1994
ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli believes the president’s approval rating provides an advantageous platform for campaigning
A precedent has already been set by former president Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court order, opposition MP Siviwe Gwarube said
The DA leader delivered the official opposition’s rescue plan for South Africa on Saturday, saying ‘we are in it to win it’
The ruling party’s head of elections has said the ANC should be worried that members were moving to the new party while the IFP should also be concerned
Panellists had little confidence in President Ramaphosa’s address
The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance
The mentality of denial and blame shifting has landed us where we are in 2024