Talks are ongoing but there is movement towards breaking a deadlock between the ANC and DA, sources said
The Democratic Alliance was apparently annoyed that Lesufi did not consult the party before his aborted cabinet announcement on Sunday
The liberation party has fallen victim to its own success, said the former provincial deputy chairperson
The party has a long history of deal-making and alliances. The DA and other partners in the GNU are new bedfellows but the ANC owes much of its historic success to its open-mattress policy
The ANC said in a statement that President Cyril Ramaphosa would announce appointments to the executive ‘in the coming days’
People in the Ekurhuleni area that is named after the MK party’s leader believe it will bring positive change
Cupcake appears to have lost his patience along with the ANC’s parliamentary majority
Ntuli said the IFP tried to talk to the ‘chaotic’ uMkhonto we Sizwe party but was stood up
Negotiators from the ANC and the DA met on Thursday to try to ease tensions in the GNU
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MK party’s strategy to end ANC control of the Umzumbe local municipality has failed
The province’s economy has struggled amid infrastructure and governance failures
It is not clear whether the ANC will vote with its government of national unity partners
The president made the plea after being inaugurated for a second term on Wednesday at the Union Buildings
The president said the formation of a Government of National Unity was the beginning of a new era for South Africa
The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament
The Inkatha Freedom Party, ANC, Democratic Alliance and National Freedom Party are represented in the provincial cabinet
Building a leftist party to contest future elections will require exorcising existing organisations of their Stalinism — or creating something from a much smaller base
The president will consult the leaders of other parties before he makes the appointments
Following much pomp and ceremony, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will administer the Presidential Oath of Office, after which Ramaphosa will give an address
Ramaphosa’s enemies in the ANC voted for Jacob Zuma — and got John Steenhuisen instead
But ANC Gauteng spokesperson Lesego Makhubele said the party did not have a resolution in place about ending its relationship with the Economic Freedom Fighters
The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances
Broad agreement will be followed by talks to flesh out how the coalition will work
We expect the new government to work. Ramaphosa has promised that a list of principles will advance “the building of a united, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous nation”
The ‘majority’ of 17 parties in parliament had expressed support for the government of national unity, the ANC secretary general said on Thursday night
The majority of 1994’s voters recognised the GNU script because they co-authored it, and were assured of explanations if deviations were unavoidable
The coalition faces the task of implementing long-promised transformations while managing political contradictions
The idea of unity has become brittle as inequality becomes more severe along race and class configurations
The provincial leadership has been singled out over the loss after it defied the orders not to contest the provincial elective conference
In forming a new government, the ANC needs to ensure its partners can improve governance and service delivery
Party insiders say it is now up to their negotiators to muster the numbers ahead of the vote on Friday