Sources say Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi is not a threat to the ANC secretary general, but could be collateral damage
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A national position is a flickering light for Gauteng Premier David Makhura, whose province is the firm turf of Paul Mashatile
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No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way
With the Gauteng provincial conference around the corner, West Rand regional secretary Sanele Ngweventsha argues that Lesufi might give them the edge in 2024.
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With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common
The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services
Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends
But City authorities vow to stop the erection of new shacks during the national lockdown
Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery
The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again
Despite promises of relocation, two months after floods people in Mamelodi are still living in a church. Bongekile Macupe and Delwyn Verasamy went to talk to the learners who are trying to get on with school while living in a loud and alien environment
The Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development intends to terminate its contract with a controversial security services company
The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections
Makhura reportedly supported a group that backed former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau as his deputy
Panyaza Lesufi’s focus is on the poor, and on what the ANC needs to do to win back unhappy voters
‘There shall be no MEC who is changed because they have a different view from me’
Lesufi narrowly defeated economic development MEC Lebogang Maile to become the ANC in Gauteng’s deputy chairperson
The ANC deputy is seen by some provinces as a turncoat, rendering his position precarious
Net widens as investigators find evidence of fraudulent activity conducted in three provinces
The Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development insists on holding on to the karikis
Mashatile’s vacant seat as party chair in Gauteng will be filled by the premier ‘to bring stability’
The ex-mayor’s supporters believe he will take the post of deputy ANC chairperson and premier.
‘I refuse to allow my name to be dragged through the mud or sacrificed at the altar of political opportunism and factional.’
The Gauteng government presented 50 of the 200 controversial ‘karikis’ to waste pickers this week
The alleged irregularities involving the contracting and prepayment made to Enviro Mobi has been referred to the SIU for investigation
More than 300 forensic audits have been handed over to the SIU with a view to recover hundreds of millions of rands lost to the government
The rising Gauteng ANC star has denied that his political mentor is an ambitious puppetmaster
Panyaza Lesufi, Parks Tau and Lebogang Maile to fight it out for key positions in the region
Gauteng’s MEC for economic development, agriculture and rural development says the department will focus on modernising the provincial economy.
As Julius Malema’s appeal against his suspension from the ANC begins, the youth league says it worries that important issues are being sidelined.
The African National Congress Youth League started the third day of its national congress on Saturday with a closed session.
The ANCYL was taking no risks on security at its national congress yesterday.