The party’s spokesperson says the programme will continue while the ‘crucial’ work of confirming credentials is completed
Not only is the party living in the past, it is afraid to confront today’s realities and has lost its ideological direction
The minister said there may be different styles depending on the candidates, but the party’s policies will not waver
With no clear line of march from the ANC president, his allies are left to their own devices, racing against time to find each other and solidify a slate
Ramaphosa delivers his political report despite heckling by supporters of his predecessor Jacob Zuma
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Delays in registration and the delayed arrival by Jacob Zuma nearly stole president’s show
Charge instituted on the eve of the ANC’s elective conference where Ramaphosa is seeking a second term in the presidency
Party delegates chant ‘load-shedding’ as President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his political report
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The matter will be ‘processed’ by the new national executive committee being elected at Nasrec.
The ANC will leave a legacy muddied by political careerism, personality cults and corruption
The party’s top six agreed that the would-be presidential contender committed misconduct by voting with the opposition against the ANC party line
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The president is likely to head an NEC made up of people who
back Paul Mashatile
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Like a toxic relationship, the governing party has sapped the strength of its supporters
ANC MPs voted down the Ngcobo report that recommended he face further inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal
Comrade Carl joins the Outside Delegates as those on the conference floor earn their Christmas bonus
The jailed fraudster says his criminal record has been expunged and that the step-aside rule can’t be applied retrospectively
Limpopo branches have rejected any alliance by its provincial leaders with KwaZulu-Natal in support of Zweli Mkhize
The president quoted from the Ncgobo report selectively in his bid to have it set aside by the constitutional court, the African Transformation Movement said
Disgruntled would-be national executive committee members are going to court over their failure to make the top 200 names
Against a backdrop of unkept promises and a growing frustration with the ANC, Ramaphosa faces the worst scandal of his career
The president cannot rely on ANC MPs in the National Assembly to vote against initiating an impeachment process
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It should be lights, jingles and feasts but this year the HoHoHo-ness of it all has been undone by Phala Phala and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Hostels are finding ways to transmute blighted history into safe places for cultural expression to take root, Oupa Nkosi discovers
ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has threatened MPs with disciplinary action if they vote in favour of section 89 report
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The president’s review application asks the constitutional court, again, to determine how parliament should deal with the political scandal
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How different are those who will toe the party line on Tuesday to reject the section 89 panel’s report to those who rejected the firepool report and many others? And what do they stand to gain from protecting Ramaphosa?
The ANC treasurer is being punted as a compromise — rather than a compromised — presidential candidate
While the president’s predicament is creating uncertainty, the work of forging a durable social compact has struggled to gain traction. Why?
Investors will watch President Cyril Ramaphosa’s political fate closely, but the best outcome for the rest of us is that the factional battle exposes the ANC’s policy ambivalence
The president has given the country an extra day off, because Christmas Day falls on a Sunday
Chief legal advisor says the sub judice rule does not bar the National Assembly from debating the report, unless the president applies for an interdict
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But backing the president is a useless strategy if the left can’t pull together, be open new ideas and find a way to get in tune with the majority
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