The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference
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Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists
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The secretary general said a local government intervention task team would be sent to assist struggling Free State municipalities
The party is expected to discuss the matter at its upcoming national executive committee meeting, set for next week
The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month
Sources said the party’s national executive committee is set to finalise the possible dissolution of the two provincial bodies at its next meeting in two weeks
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With eThekwini metro having been placed under administration, Ramaphosa is expected to hold meetings with regional leaders
ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha seems to be off the hook but the jury is still out on his deputy
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The Limpopo premier has been given a six-month reprieve to clean house as President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for more accountability in government
The former health minister and a senior ANC member want the president to account for the robbery at Phala Phala Wildlife farm in Limpopo
The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot
Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so
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ANC sources say the report by the committee will be tabled at the next national executive committee meeting
Three women are said to be at the top of the candidate list to replace Job Mokgoro
Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal allies
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The suspended secretary general’s arch-nemesis Mxolisi Dukwana said the Magashule you see now is not the Magashule he knew then
The SANDF is the only legitimate military force allowed to operate in the country, says Jessie Duarte
Sources closely involved in the meeting said that the president’s allies — Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu and Snuki Zikalala — each called for Mkhize to take special leave while the matter was still under investigation
Sources inside the talks said the NWC decided to take a safer option and exhaust all internal processes while it investigated a charge of misconduct against the defiant party leader
That the majority of those who form part of the ANC’s appeals body will come from 101 elders – which faction will have the upper hand
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The ANC’s national executive committee has tasked its national working committee with paving the way forward on the VBS scandal
Earlier this year, ANC members successfully pushed for Mahumapelo to be removed as North West Premier but he retained a powerful position in the party
The committee’s defiance about the premier has put it on the chopping block at the NEC meeting
Factions line up over the proposal to delay a number of regional and provincial conferences
"Zuma told them that he has survived eight or nine votes of no confidence and he believes he will survive another one."
New proposals include more deputy secretaries general, two deputy presidents and strengthening the integrity commission
The ANC chair has missed two meetings at which the issue would have been raised
Zimbabwe is in a state of crisis, the African National Congress (ANC) national working committee said on Monday. ”The ANC regards [the ruling] Zanu-PF as an ally. However, it is concerned with the state of crisis that Zimbabwe is in and perceives this as negative for the entire Southern African Development Community region,” said spokesperson Jesse Duarte.
The ANC’s national executive committee elected its 28-member national working committee (NWC) on Monday. Get the complete list of NWC members here, as well as the names of the eight ANC members who will form part of the ad hoc committee to draw up a report on the arms deal.
The African National Congress clarified the absence of President Thabo Mbeki and a close ally, Joel Netshitenze, from Monday’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting, saying both men had excused themselves a week ago, citing prior engagements.
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Top leaders of the African National Congress said on Tuesday they had ”grave misgivings” about the timing and handling of corruption charges against newly elected leader Jacob Zuma. Zuma has been charged with fraud, corruption, money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion.