The department of international relations and cooperation rejected the claim, saying the government was bound by the Constitution to defend the rights of South Africans of all races
The ANC has so far rejected conditions on which the DA would agree to support Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 0.5 percentage point VAT increase for the coming fiscal year
The ANC secretary general said the ANC would not water it down to ‘Kiss the Boer’, nor would it prescribe to other parties what they must sing
Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party
The Economic Freedom Fights won’t back a motion to remove Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, despite acknowledging the same concerns raised by opposition parties about his leadership
The eThekwini ANC regional chair, former mayor and corruption accused has said she would not wish the step-aside rule even on ‘my worst enemy’
The Democratic Alliance said the budget would struggle to pass in parliament, given the ANC’s lack of a majority
The Democratic Alliance has suggested cutting government budgets for advertising, travel and catering, and a freeze on hiring for non-essential positions to make up the budget shortfall
The youth league president also said that if AfriForum is not interested in nation building, its supporters should pack up and go to the US
Some members believe the chief whip is out of his depth, which has left the EFF’s Julius Malema dominating as the voice of the opposition
The secretary general spoke about a fortnight after MK leader Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla had to apologise after insulting him on social media
Party leader Herman Mashaba has played down his ambitions of being ActionSA president
Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has said the current government is under no illusions about the challenges that lie ahead
His departure follows verbal attacks from Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema
Three groups emerged: those who negotiated quietly to set up the GNU; loyalists in the DA, ANC, EFF and MK party and the rogues in and out of trouble with the law
The EFF and MK party both believe the new law falls short of giving real muscle to land reform programmes
The secretary general said discussion about the fate of KwaZulu-Natal was being hijacked by factionalism and premature mobilisation regarding the ANC succession issue
ActionSA has signed up the Forum 4 Service Delivery, the ANC considers wooing Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and the MK party is fishing for the Abantu Batho Congress
A man of action, he has a deep knowledge of the party and of the politics of South Africa
The SACP, EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe party are all looking at potential new alliances
The former president said political power was ‘only four years’ away
The EFF leader said Ndlozi was not at the conference and that it was not in the party’s interests to entertain such “nonsense”
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
Some who have left the party might view their exit as a politically expedient shortcut to power
This is an edited extract from the book Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Sobukwe
The DA has refused to partner with the ANC in eThekwini because of its role in the removal of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink
Unlike his predecessor, President Cyril Ramaphosa has no interest in compound interest
A total of 21 parties and five independents will contest the dysfunctional Limpopo council next week
MK’s plan to poach EFF leaders has strained relations between the parties
The Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit in the Presidency has highlighted plans to upskill people to work in the green economy and roll out infrastructure to support renewable energy plants
The national director of public prosecutions says that key personnel are being targeted as part of a fight-back by state capture forces