Limpopo’s Dr MJ Madiba Secondary School alumni have launched #50ToFifty to raise R20 000 for school infrastructure
Meetings are due in coming days and weeks to undo the damage after the finance minister caved on the tax increase
For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives
Secretary general Fikile Mbalula challenged the Democratic Alliance to either support the government of national unity or make its exit official, as tension rises over the budget
The ANC has bought itself time to decide whether to expel its constantly restive coalition partner
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
The South African Communist Party is among 192 political parties that had not met the deadline to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa
Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists
The party’s secretary general said he was only halfway through his current job and was focusing on rebuilding the party
ANC members in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng allege that the reconfiguration of the provincial structures and upcoming branch audits are part of his strategy to strengthen his position for the race
The finance minister now has to choose from several options presented by a task team to draw up a budget
Three groups emerged: those who negotiated quietly to set up the GNU; loyalists in the DA, ANC, EFF and MK party and the rogues in and out of trouble with the law
Some Khayelitsha residents say the ANC has learned from its past mistakes and is ready to make amends
The ANC and DA trade jabs as the former prepares to deliver its annual address, with coalition politics under scrutiny
SCORE: C- Paul Mashatile has had a very Ramaphosian 2024: cautious, inoffensive and ever-present. He runs the deputy presidency much like his boss did — which can be soothing to a country that hasn’t forgotten how forgettable his predecessor, DD Mabuza, was. In that position he has been the cheerleader-in-chief for the government of national […]
Pre-existing policy tensions between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance have been the biggest stressors on Ramaphosa’s government
It can be achieved through the regulations the education minister must draft
Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the president would soon reveal the fate of the contentious law after months of deliberations and consultations
ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile said the party’s national executive committee respected the SACP’s decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
The party is also set to discuss whether to ‘donate’ its votes to the ANC after the poll
The Democratic Alliance called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to draw on a settlement with Solidarity to end the impasse over the act
The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month
The Democratic Alliance is seen as having disrespected President Cyril Ramaphosa, limiting the chances that he might extend the consultation period on the Act’s contentious clauses
The cabinet has accepted that the communications minister’s unilateral withdrawal of the Bill was not malicious
The Democratic Alliance says there is no strategy for its ministers to torpedo bills they opposed before joining the GNU
The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage
Changes to the integrity commission hope to reaffirm it as the custodian of the ANC’s values, ethics and organisational discipline
They believe the deputy president has the political acumen and experience to maintain the fragile alliance
Sources say Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi is not a threat to the ANC secretary general, but could be collateral damage
Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes
Deputy President Paul Mashatile will chair the dispute resolution committee
ANC insiders insist Lesufi played no part in removing the Democratic Alliance’s Brink from his position last week