If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
Candidate court challenges loom for ANC
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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.
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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
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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
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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
Leadership will be at the core of how the learning space evolves and uses the pandemic as an opportunity to advance
‘The unrest presents an untimely and negative effect on SA’s growth prospects,’ said Godongwana, adding that this could last for the next six quarters
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calls for Covid-19 caution as she gives political parties the green light to canvass for votes
It is still unclear how discontent with politics, and the effects of Covid-19, will affect voter turnout, according to research company Ipsos
Governing party denies lobbying the IEC or the Constitutional Court ahead of the announcement that candidate registration would be reopened
There is a huge difference between holding a governing party to account and making it an excuse for failing to face deep-rooted problems. Fixating on the ANC has given the one-third an excuse not to face difficult realities
The ANC president said the basic income grant should be cost effective and subject to long-term affordability
President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to be looking for someone who can bridge the gap between his office and the media.
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Whether national security should be located inside or outside the presidency must be considered based on functionality and constitutional values
Political analyst Ralph Mathekga’s new book, The ANC’s Last Decade: how the decline of the party will transform South Africa, is one of the few researched publications bold enough to offer specific timelines for the end of the ANC’s dominance
Branches in several provinces will go to court to challenge the ruling party’s final choice of councillor candidates for the local government elections
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Some party leaders say he left the office in total disarray, which paved the way for disaster
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The president and the Gunners coach inherited own-goal, deadwood ‘players’ and need a few seasons to offload them
The party had lodged the application after it failed to submit proportional representative council lists in municipalities across five provinces in time
The ANC in Johannesburg says charges against a ward councillor accused of instigating last month’s looting and violence are trumped up