Members have accused the ANC’s national working committee of punching above its weight when it dissolved the Mpumalanga provincial executive committee and installed a task team to take the province to its elective conference
The league – upset that those in power ‘forget the women’s agenda’ once elected – is unsure whether to support any candidate at the party’s December conference
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Lesotho – not to mention Eswatini – may suffer if David Mabuza leaves the deputy presidency to focus on party work
ANC deputy president David Mabuza is set to visit the Free State this week as regions start rebuilding
The party’s NWC is said to have discussed disbanding its Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces, with the North West calling for an extended term
Former PEC member Peter Nyoni has thrown his hat in the ring in what is expected to be a fierce contest for party chair in Mpumalanga
The tourism minister will have to jockey with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Zweli Mkhize for a presidential nomination.
The deputy president’s remarks come just hours after acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo warned that facilities were under threat from those wanting to destroy institutions safeguarding constitutional rights
Although Cyril Ramaphosa has avoided speculation over his availability for a second term, his deputy, David Mabuza, has already indicated that he is up for the job.
Democracy in Action argues in court papers that the president cannot receive the report because he is implicated, and demands it be given instead to the deputy president or the public protector, or both
David Mabuza will be acting president for a week
The speaker of parliament intervened when the DA demanded the deputy president comment on rumours he had been poisoned, saying health information was confidential
As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe told people in Daveyton to stop expecting handouts from the government
Angry Atteridgeville residents hurl insults at ‘dysfunctional’ ANC full of ‘corrupt individuals’ as Mabuza fails to placate them with party T-shirts and doeks
For more than five years the deputy president has remained steadfast in his right to travel abroad to receive medical treatment
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Some ANC members claim Tshwane’s regional executive committee is ‘dysfunctional’, but leaders will assess the situation only after the local government elections
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ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula suggested deputy president David Mabuza’s announcement that he was in the running for another term was premature
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
Fans are desperate to return but authorities in the sector have shown little appetite to tackle difficult questions
The deputy president said the government’s resources were not enough to address all of the problems created by the week of looting and arson
Paddy Harper isn’t the only one who’s broke: everyone from Zuma to Luthuli House, never mind the chronically unemployed, is feeling the pinch these days
There are calls for the president to act against ministers said to be responsible for the state’s slow response to the unrest, but his hands are tied
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The Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality owes the power utility more than R5-billion
Maphatsoe said the decision was surprising, given that it deviated from the MK unitary process the MKMVA and the MK Council had been working on
In a leaked recording ANC treasurer general Paul Mashatile proposes staff cuts
The ANC’s financial crisis has been intensified by President Cyril Ramaphosa refusing to once again bail out the party
Never mind the past: at the Zondo commission Ramaphosa looked to the future — and local government elections
Fresh firefighting teams are expected to take over from the crews that battled the blaze throughout Monday evening
We are exhausted, scared, hurt, overwhelmed, heartsore, sick and disillusioned. But in this past year people have helped each other.
So many of us are still here thanks to the kindness of others.
The deputy president, who also the chairperson of the interministerial committee on Covid-19, was responding to questions in the National Assembly
The deputy president, who also the chairperson of the interministerial committee on Covid-19, was responding to questions in the National Assembly