The ANC chairperson also urged the party not to elect a strongman president at its 2027 conference
The ANC chairperson dismissed as insignificant, the party’s loss last September of a ward which includes Marikana
The ANC Youth League president said if the police did not do their job, young South Africans would ‘take our country from people who are hijacking it’
The political outfit, previously regarded as promising, is currently sustained primarily by the residual momentum of its electoral success in May 2024, while simultaneously engaging in conduct that is deleterious to its own long-term viability
A scuffle broke out when MK party members rejected the results, prompting the proceedings to be adjourned
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the uMkhonto weSizwe party had won the most votes in the province at last year’s elections and should be given a chance to lead
The party says its decline has been worsened by communication failures, while opponents dominate social media with sharp messaging and emotional appeal
The DA says it has long operated under the notional protection of her father, former president Jacob Zuma, acting with impunity as a senior MK Party politician
MK party says it knows nothing about the ill-fated Russian trip involving 17 South Africans
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
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’