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Despite protests, the ANC secretary general has vowed that the party will not succumb to pressure to change its candidate list.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the ruling party’s current main focus is to conclude the process of vetting its proposed ward councillors.
The protest of about 20 people was organised by ANC members belonging to the party’s Sol Plaatjie sub-region in Kimberley.
Local ANC officials and politicians are being targeted, giving rise to a climate of fear.
Senzo Mchunu resigned as KwaZulu-Natal premier on Monday following pressure from national and provincial ANC structures.
Top ANC members are putting their foot down and demanding that all key appointments be made through the ANC deployment committee.
His three most powerful lieutenants have dispensed with niceties in dealing with King Zuma – but we rather need dependable systems.
The senior judge helped draft the Constitution, and has worked valiantly to uphold it ever since.
Mantashe stressed that the Reserve Bank must answer for the closure of the family’s accounts – despite its insistence that it would not get involved.
ANC secretary general "not having any sleepless nights worrying about the impact of the court judgments concerning Zuma on the election campaign".
Mantashe said that Mogoeng’s public talk about the Concourt’s Nkandla judgment would provoke verbal attacks against the judiciary by politicians.
The ANC’s powerful secretary general is finding it increasingly difficult to defend the president.
The ANC’s secretary general has warned that the ruling party must win back supporters’ confidence before it risks losing them for good.
In a united party, when the leader steps down, the deputy steps up to fill his shoes. In a divided ANC though, things are more likely to fall apart.
"The president humbled himself and apologised to the nation," ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Friday.
‘He told us we should tell him directly if we wanted him to step down, rather than stab him in the back,’ an ANC NEC member told the M&G.
In the aftermath of last week’s allegations that the Gupta family had tried to ‘buy’ various Cabinet positions, the family and ANC agreed to meet.
The ANC national executive committee this weekend lambasted South African media, especially those owned by the Gupta family, for their coverage.
President Jacob Zuma has emerged unscathed from the damaging revelations of the past week, with the ANC affirming its ‘full confidence’ in him.
An ANC renaissance hinges on the power struggle between President Jacob Zuma and the Pravin Gordhan-Gwede Mantashe-led faction of the ANC.
Gwede Mantashe has expressed concern that the Hawks sent questions to Pravin Gordhan just four days before the budget.
SA’s judges have the unenviable job of ensuring that the state complies with the Constitution amid government’s poor decision-making and abuses.
Inordinate delays to urgent litigation that is in the public interest must be reduced, if not eliminated, writes Paul Hoffman.
A Concourt decision to set aside the by-elections results in Tlokwe has left opposition parties questioning the motives of both the ANC and IEC.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe is not happy with former ANC leaders who "lambast the governments and parties they were once proud to serve".
Faced with falling public confidence, the ANC is to deal more harshly with members who cause divisions and drive speculation on the next leadership.
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande says SA is no longer a colony and applauded the government for not arresting Omar al-Bashir.
The tripartite alliance says it wants to address all "irritations" that are causing internal divisions at their five day summit.
Activist lawyer Paul Hoffman has called for the recall of President Jacob Zuma, whom he said was "ever more conflicted and compromised".
Regional leader Mpho Phakedi wants Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe to become the next president and deputy president of the ANC and the country.
The ANC secretary general has launched a personal attack on "ill-disciplined" journalists claiming to be "ANC experts".