The ANC is no longer, by default, a people’s movement, much like the Democratic Party in the United States. It is not, however, irredeemable
According to a source, she claimed that it was for party president Jacob Zuma
The MK party is believed to be courting the ANC, promising that if it supports the motion, some MECs will retain their positions
He said South Africa should look for alternative markets rather than relying on America
The fallout is the latest threat to the fragile government of national unity that has frequently come to the brink of collapse over policy clashes between its two largest parties
Shivambu’s Afrika Mayibuye Movement also accused Mcinga of spreading lies about the party’s leadership
Jacob Zuma’s party has submitted a motion of no confidence against premier Thamsanqa Ntuli of the Inkatha Freedom Party
The committee was forced to adjourn after the EFF leader objected to the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner submitting the same statement given to the Madlanga commission
ActionSA leader ready for race if party can’t find better mayoral candidate
The Democratic Alliance federal chair declined to commit to a time frame within which she planned to fix the city’s problems if elected mayor
The ANC leader said it also hurts him to see that some municipalities run by the party were ‘being run backwards’
An NEC source said the party was not worried about MK party sleeper agents in their ranks
This follows months of consultations with communities on whether there was a need to form another political party in South Africa
The new political movement is aiming to challenge established parties in KwaZulu-Natal in next year’s local government elections
The former speaker suggested there were no differences in how the party she has left and Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe were being run
The party alleged that fired secretary general Floyd Shivambu, who has now been expelled from MK, had left with a R28 million debt
The MK spokesperson maintained there was a coordinated attack against him and the daughter of the party’s president
The MK party had gone to the apex court to challenge Ramaphosa’s handling of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s suspension, accusing him of shielding allies
The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was unconstitutional
With its leader under fire after a visit to Morocco and flying the South African flag, the MK party argues that Western Sahara should be a province and not an independent country
Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC
Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’
The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party
The ANC Youth League president said he would rather EFF leader Julius Malema returned to the ANC than Shivambu, who he dismissed as having no support base
Parties such as Xiluva, and the South African Rainbow Alliance have recently been absorbed by uMkhonto weSizwe party
ANC Veterans League deputy president Mavuso Msimang has questioned why the party allowed the MK party to be formed
The premier and provincial co-convenor said the party would resurrect itself in Gauteng because there was no better alternative
The EFF has removed two senior KwaZulu-Natal leaders after allegations of ghost branches, sabotage and defiance of Julius Malema’s directives
When strongmen with nationalistic and populist tendencies begin to dominate politics, we should be worried.
The finance minister says his U-turn on a VAT hike was a collective decision of the government of national unity
Taking control of the ANC would be part of uMkhonto weSizwe party’s ‘political project’ of unifying black people, the MK party’s head of presidency added
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