It would be refreshing if South Africans encountered political parties that actually walked the talk of embracing the ideals of nonracialism
An ANC member has accused the Free State speaker of flouting the Electoral Act after the ANC list was changed twice, resulting in Mxolisi Dukwana being sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
ANC says the opposition party is using the racial tensions in Phoenix to garner votes
Citizens want a meaningful say in how they are governed, not local government that foists on them what it has decided the people need.
The party wants to use 2021 as a platform to vote the ANC out in 2024
The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry
When the ANC was faced with possible losses in 95 municipalities, it approached two smaller parties in hope that its endorsements would result in trade-offs.
How many R Kellys are we harbouring? It’s a difficult question for all.
The National Prosecuting Authority will conduct its own probe into Angelo Agrizzi’s claims of ill health, after he failed to attend court again
At the ANC’s manifesto launch, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to reduce unemployment, increase social security, and stamp out corruption in the party
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a more rigorous mayoral selection process, which will involve the party’s top six
The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.
At a time when unemployment and poverty must be tackled head on, our country appears rudderless
In love, as in politics, look before you leap
If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
Candidate court challenges loom for ANC
The organisation has sent another letter to staff members saying that salaries for July, August and September will not be paid on 25 September
Regional ANC leaders have asked Duarte to intervene after the interim provincial committee resolved to dissolve their branches ahead of local government elections
A party source said the ANC in Johannesburg would most likely call on one of the mayoral committee members to stand in as mayor until the local elections
The apex court’s dismissal of the Democratic Alliance’s application to declare reopening candidate registration unlawful came as no surprise
Local government is about cutting the grass and filling potholes, not about the death penalty and prayer in schools
Nine ANC members in the North West’s Greater Taung Municipality have sent a letter to the national list committee threatening to go to court should the ANC not respond to their demands.
A new book, Marriages of Inconvenience: The Politics of Coalitions in South Africa, takes a forward-looking view of the country politics but also a historical one
The ANC deputy secretary general wants the national executive committee members in the province to assess the suitability of the IPC coordinator
The suspended KZN prisons boss was barred from entering his office by armed security staff last week, at the behest of his national counterpart
Deputy secretary general Jesse Duarte ordered that they come to the party headquarters to ‘sit with the registration teams and go over their lists’
Babalo Madikizela is considering standing against Oscar Mabuyane to become chair of the key Eastern Cape ANC region in December
The governing party will call off political activities in areas of KwaZulu-Natal where threats are detected ahead of time
The court dismissed Magashule’s claim that its scathing July judgment showed little sound reasoning, but rather a bias towards the Ramaphosa faction
ANC gives Zuma-backer Niehaus the chop over ‘divisive’ statements and behaviour. On Wednesday he threatened to lay criminal charges over the party’s failure to pay salaries
Of the 504 political parties registered with the IEC, 393 did not respond to the requirement of the Political Party Funding Act