The party hopes to win back voters in the Western Cape, where its January 8 commemoration is being held
The former president’s lawyers say Tony Yengeni is being “persecuted” for representing Zuma at his disciplinary hearing
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power
The monarch has been under pressure from KwaZulu-Natal politicians to ditch Buthelezi and has also been at odds with the Ingonyama Trust Board
‘A kind of electoral long Covid’ has left its mark on countries around the world that went to the polls
Jacob Zuma is vibing Black Jesus as the year comes to a close
The SACP, EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe party are all looking at potential new alliances
Pre-existing policy tensions between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance have been the biggest stressors on Ramaphosa’s government
The EFF president said the party would be ready to go into a coalition government with the ANC nationally once it dumped the Democratic Alliance
The former president said political power was ‘only four years’ away
The South African Communist Party says it will not backtrack on its decision to contest alone in the 2026 local government elections
It can be achieved through the regulations the education minister must draft
ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile said the party’s national executive committee respected the SACP’s decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
Jacob Zuma’s party aims for a branch in every ward by the middle of 2025
If the original uMkhonto weSizwe had been launched on 16 July and not 16 December, we would all be on holiday
The SACP is asking important questions of itself but, like the other parties busy with political activities this week — and those threatening to walk out of the government of national unity — it should also be asking itself what material benefit its decisions will bring to those it will be asking to vote for the party come the 2026 local government elections
The party is also set to discuss whether to ‘donate’ its votes to the ANC after the poll
The South African Communist Party has rejected claims of collaborating with the uMkhonto weSizwe party, describing it as a counter-revolutionary organisation
The Democratic Alliance called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to draw on a settlement with Solidarity to end the impasse over the act
The ANC, and not the Economic Freedom Fighters, are the ‘true victims’ of the uMkhonto weSizwe party
The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC
The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month
The Democratic Alliance is seen as having disrespected President Cyril Ramaphosa, limiting the chances that he might extend the consultation period on the Act’s contentious clauses
IFP and ANC leaders and members of the Zulu royal family are among those who want Buthelezi removed from the role
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula defends the decision not to ask the minister to step aside, despite allegations of misconduct linked to VBS Mutual Bank
The party wants to use its growing influence in Gauteng metros to consolidate its presence
The SACP had planned to run in 2024 national and provincial elections but pulled back because of the number of parties funded by white capital
This is an edited extract from the book Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Sobukwe
The cabinet has accepted that the communications minister’s unilateral withdrawal of the Bill was not malicious
The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development has called for Simelane to be removed from the cabinet
The secretary general said the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal cannot keep up with the uMkhonto weSizwe party
The party’s spokesperson said the ANC was considering various options on how to rebuild the party in that province and Gauteng