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Former ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli
ANC

A glimpse into the ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal organisational report

The report by the province’s secretary, Mdu Ntuli, will probably reveal crippling and protracted internal instability in the party

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
The ANC has confirmed that it has finally expelled its former president, Jacob Zuma. (Oupa Nkosi)
ANC

KwaZulu-Natal conference ‘do or die’ for the ANC’s existence in the province

The KwaZulu-Natal executive committee has kept Jacob Zuma up to date about plans for its conference

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Despite a high court ruling removing unlawfully-elected ANC mayor Dada Morero, the ANC still managed to score itself five new Johannesburg council chairperson positions on Thursday as it cemented its new-found strength in the city. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

More ANC murders ahead of party’s eThekwini regional conference

Umlazi branch secretary Thulani Shusha was gunned down on his way home from an ANC meeting on Saturday

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The agreement was secured after talks between the ANC’s top leadership — including president Cyril Ramaphosa — and the IFP top brass, including its president emeritus, Mangosuthu Buthelezi. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / POOL / AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

IFP-ANC agreement breaks deadlock in 21 hung KwaZulu-Natal councils

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is understood to have been part of talks that swung the agreement, which is a ‘governance plan’ rather than a coalition

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC Durban election candidate shot dead while on door-to-door campaign

One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Community members hold pangas as they stand at a road block in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on July 15, 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. – Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore order. Understaffed and heavily reliant on private security companies, the police was rapidly overwhelmed when riots and looting first flared last week in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), sparked by the jailing of graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP) (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images)
ANC

Sparks fly over DA’s ‘racist’ Phoenix posters

ANC says the opposition party is using the racial tensions in Phoenix to garner votes

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Armed community members gather around a fire to keep warm at a road block set up in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on July 15, 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
ANC

35 bodies unclaimed as Phoenix tensions simmer

The ANC has distanced itself from marches and motorcades over alleged killings of black people

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Most South Africans agree that the country is in a mess and that the ANC must go if there is to be any chance of a second building of a new South Africa.
ANC

Intimidation claims threaten ANC Far North regional conference

ANC branches in the Farth North region in KwaZulu-Natal want an intervention from above to ensure a fair process

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

Rebel ANC branches reject ‘step-aside’ rule

Corruption charged eThekwini councillors and former mayor Zandile Gumede have been nominated

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Fanbase: Backers of Supra Mahumapelo (centre) celebrate after a court ruling that the decision to disband the ANC’s North West PEC was unlawful. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/Netwerk 24/Beeld
ANC KWAZULU NATAL

ANC’s North West troika clean-up flops

ANC regions in the province have ordered their mayors, chief whips and speakers to stay in office

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Supra Mahumapelo addressing his supporters outside the Johannesburg high court on Wednesday 6 February, 2019. (Photo by Gallo Images/ Netwerk 24 / Beeld)
STAND ASIDE RULE

Councillors barred as ANC moves against corruption

‘Stand aside’ rule implemented for people facing charges as provincial integrity commission process stalls

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Facing charges: Former eThwekwini mayor Zandile Gumede. (Photo: Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)
ANC

Zandile Gumede’s backers spoil ANC clean-up

The governing party appears to be struggling to enforce the ban on support for leaders facing criminal charges

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

Why the ANC clean-up is dragging on

The outcome of the ANC’s NEC meeting was clear: ask party members who are facing or who have been convicted of criminal charges to step aside. But as Paddy Harper and Lester…

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lester Kiewit
8 min read
Former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)
ANC

Mama mia! Here we go again

Instead of facing the music, Zandile Gumede seems to be winning a game of political musical chairs

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede. (Wikus De Wet/AFP)
ANC KWAZULU NATAL

Zandile Gumede sworn in as ANC MPL in KwaZulu-Natal

The governing party sends corruption-accused former mayor Zandile Gumede to the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature to ‘stabilise the municipality’

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read