The Democratic Alliance had threatened to withhold its vote unless President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the errant higher education minister
With its leader under fire after a visit to Morocco and flying the South African flag, the MK party argues that Western Sahara should be a province and not an independent country
The parties said the higher education minister’s dismissal was a vital step towards restoring accountability amid governance failures and allegations of political interference
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The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police
The ANC secretary general said the party backs the inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa into corruption claims against the police minister
He was also ordered to stop publishing defamatory statements against Polokwane mayor John Mpe and his family on all social media platforms
He said nation building is hampered when enemies are embedded and ready to sabotage the government of national unity
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The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of Seta boards
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula announced Mabuza’s death in a post on social media platform X
Critical thinking is not anti-revolutionary and a return to intellectualism is vital for youth empowerment and national progress
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Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC
Some ANC members want former speaker Margaret Arnolds to return after the incumbent was ousted
The DA leader’s interest in the position has sent political parties scrambling to find stronger candidates as the 2026 municipal elections loom
Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’
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The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party
The ANC Youth League president said he would rather EFF leader Julius Malema returned to the ANC than Shivambu, who he dismissed as having no support base
Although it no longer has an outright majority, and faces new challenges, the party has not lost its belief in democracy and the rule of law
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Parties such as Xiluva, and the South African Rainbow Alliance have recently been absorbed by uMkhonto weSizwe party
ANC Veterans League deputy president Mavuso Msimang has questioned why the party allowed the MK party to be formed
The EFF criticises it as ‘unimaginative’ and not benefiting poorer South Africans, while the DA calls it a step towards ending ‘unchecked government spending’
He also said that ‘white only’ enclaves such as Kleinfontein would be dealt with within the ambit of the law
Despite public spats in Gauteng, the parties are teaming up in North West municipalities, including those where the ANC has a majority
The secretary general has once more been accused of violating party rules to influence regional elections in Limpopo and Gauteng ahead of the 2027 leadership contest
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The Democratic Alliance is challenging the Employment Equity Amendment Act in court, saying it violates constitutional protections against unfair racial quotas
It is high time for policy reckoning in the GNU