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The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Ramaphosa to crack the whip in the Free State

The president will meet the provincial executive to discuss the state of the province’s municipalities

  • Lunga Mzangwe
1 min read
Not briefed: Police Minister Bheki Cele (left) and police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s testimony at hearings into the July riots suggest monumental crime intelligence failures. (Jaco Marais/ Netwerk24/Gallo Images)
ANC

The security cluster remains the thorn in the ANC’s side

Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lizeka Tandwa
8 min read
Power play: Oscar Mabuyane (right), the Eastern Cape’s provincial chairperson, is a strong supporter of the ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Lulama Zenzile
ANC

Mabuyane warns ANC provincial executive against another ‘festival of chairs’ at next conference

The ANC chair in the Eastern Cape, Oscar Mabuyane, urges PEC members to accept election outcomes and not devolve into the violence of the “festival of chairs”

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
(Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

Local elections: More than 800 ANC candidate disputes remain unresolved

Candidate court challenges loom for ANC

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
Eastern Cape ANC leaders Babalo Madikizela (left) and Oscar Mabuyane (right).
ALFRED NZO

A Madikizela win against Mabuyane could tilt the scales against Ramaphosa’s camp

Babalo Madikizela is considering standing against Oscar Mabuyane to become chair of the key Eastern Cape ANC region in December

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

ANC’s Danny Msiza ordered to step aside or face suspension

The party’s deputy secretary general said the step-aside resolution must be applied without deviation

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

End of Ace machinery in Free State — Dukwana

The suspended secretary general’s arch-nemesis Mxolisi Dukwana said the Magashule you see now is not the Magashule he knew then

  • Lizeka Tandwa
7 min read
Neglected: KwaZulu-Natal ANC branches say national leaders are fighting factional battles with the likes of Supra Mahumapelo (above) and not on their battles. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/ Netwerk 24/Beeld
ACE MAGASHULE

Selecting ANC councillor before addressing interim body a recipe for disaster — KZN branches

Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
ANC Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane
ANC

E Cape ANC wants harsh punishment for OR Tambo municipality councillors who voted with opposition to oust mayor

Provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi lambasts councillors for being interested in serving residents or remaining in the ANC

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

Guilty: ANC orders Diko to step aside

The ANC’s disciplinary committee has recommended Khusela Diko stay away from any government position after it found her guilty of bringing the party into disrepute

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Supra Mahumapelo addressing his supporters outside the Johannesburg high court on Wednesday 6 February, 2019. (Photo by Gallo Images/ Netwerk 24 / Beeld)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Mahumapelo supporters reject ANC intervention in North West

Successful applicants still want the high court order reinstating Mahumapelo’s provincial executive committee to be enforced

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
4 min read