The province’s cabinet will be named on Tuesday
The court said the party’s 11th hour application was without merit
As the political horse trading begins, the fate of the controversial policy is uncertain
The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president
Now that the report cards have been handed out, cynicism and uncertainty rule
The secretary general said the only party that had been difficult to speak to had been MK, because Jacob Zuma was unreachable
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
If we don’t have a credible left party on the ballot in the next elections, it will put our democracy in danger and we will not be able to solve our social crisis
As the liberal establishment and the kleptocratic nationalists in and outside of the ANC both see a moment of political possibility for themselves it is the left in the ANC that must now step up
As the 14 days to announce a coalition government commences, investors are nervous and the rand is flat
The ANC secretary general should join the ‘Takalani Sesame’ cast and leave politics
The failure of coalitions in metros demonstrates the need for transparent and publicly available agreements
Leader Jacob Zuma has positioned himself as a scapegoat, the victim of an unjust judicial system, and an uncaring ANC
It faced budget cuts, the burden of an amended electoral system and a legal challenge from Jacob Zuma
The former president’s political resurrection has thrown the other parties’ pre-election coalition plans into disarray
The only certain thing is that there will be a scramble to form a new government – and possible instability
ANC draws a crowd of about 60 000 at its final Siyanqoba rally held in Joburg’s 94 000-seater FNB Stadium
EFF leader appeals to the youth for votes at final rally
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader political parties must secure their votes on 29 May and refrain from complaining after the elections
The minister confronted the future deputy president of the SCA on the electoral court’s overturned judgment on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility for parliament
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The former speaker of the National Assembly said she was doing her job at the time and, if needed, she would have protected FW de Klerk
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The hearing of the IEC’s appeal to the electoral court’s finding that Zuma was eligible for parliament saw a tense exchange between counsel and the bench
The ANC has been under pressure to up its game in the province since Jacob Zuma announced last year that he would endorse the MK party
The former Gauteng premier said the ANC, not Jacob Zuma, was the true custodian of the uMkhonto weSizwe brand
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The Electoral Commission of South Africa has argued that the former president’s standing would erode the foundations of the constitutional order and the rule of law
The ANC secretary general said the provinces most affected by the manipulation were Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, the North West and Gauteng
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The former president, who has criticised Jacob Zuma of late, says his pandemic policies were misunderstood
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The party cries victim over forged signatures and says if it is removed from the ballot, then all other new parties must be investigated
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The court’s reasoning for overturning the decision that the former president was not eligible to run for parliament rested on a misreading of law and case law, the electoral body argued
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The party has until Thursday to respond to the IEC’s appeal on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to stand for parliament
The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections
The political project around Jacob Zuma is violent, predatory and socially toxic, but it does speak to real lines of exclusion that liberalism cannot address