Dirks is the first ANC member to be expelled for aligning himself with former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party
Voters can inspect the roll to ensure they have been correctly registered
The president said the minister of finance was consulting with social development about possibly increasing the social relief of distress grant
The party wants to tie ministerial performance contracts to implementing key manifesto items
The governing party also said it would progressively work towards implementing a basic income support grant
ANC KZN chairperson Siboniso Duma also said the party would support calls for Danny Msiza, who had to step aside over the VBS Mutual Bank heist, to return to the fold
No jobs, no lights, no water, but at least we have an election date in time for the ANC manifesto launch
The opposition party’s lawyers say it is ‘improbable’ that no records from 2013 to 2018 exist
Judges Matter has asked the chief justice whether the implications of the decision have been carefully weighed
The opposition’s constitutional challenge on the ANC’s cadre deployment was spun out of conjecture and speculation, a full bench found
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ANC takes control of the cadre deployment narrative on the eve of its manifesto launch
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The Pretoria high court found no common cause that the ANC policy has resulted in corruption, maladministration and state capture
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The Democratic Alliance wanted the deployment policy implemented by the ANC declared unconstitutional
The election comes at a time when the governing ANC is at its weakest since 1994
The president said opposition parties ‘will be defeated’ in the upcoming elections
The governing party says it will continue to implement its cadre development policy and deployment strategy
ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli believes the president’s approval rating provides an advantageous platform for campaigning
The very idea that BEE can empower most — let alone all — Africans in a capitalist country is a nonsense that ought to have been subject to instant and constant exposure by the left
Party says the call exposes ANC’s double standards when it comes to oversight and accountability
A precedent has already been set by former president Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court order, opposition MP Siviwe Gwarube said
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One of the party’s core proposals is to replace broad-based black economic empowerment, which it says has only enriched ‘a tiny, connected elite’
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The party’s energy strategy is similar to that of the ANC-led government, which includes liberalising the country’s energy market
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The DA leader delivered the official opposition’s rescue plan for South Africa on Saturday, saying ‘we are in it to win it’
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The DA Gauteng leader has declined to say outright whether he would scrap the Nasi Ispani scheme if elected Gauteng premier
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The ruling party’s head of elections has said the ANC should be worried that members were moving to the new party while the IFP should also be concerned
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The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance
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The president largely blamed the state of the country on the legacy of apartheid and the Zuma era but said the ANC was not finished yet
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Julius Malema is allegedly disappointed with the party’s leaders including deputy president Floyd Shivambu and Marshall Dlamini after its manifesto launch
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While the IRR report tore into the Economic Freedom Fighters’ key principles, author Ivo Vegter also said the party had legitimate grievances
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The national chairperson has called on EFF delegates to nominate hard workers for party posts at the December elective conference
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The debate on the State of the Nation address, predictably, became a campaign stump for all parties
The government says Israel’s extension of its military operations in Rafah is in breach of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza