Water and housing entities are likely to see political appointments reversed after the cabinet reshuffle
Zuma’s mystery illness has given TV viewers time to watch his successor swap ministers and be astonished about the extent of state capture
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.
ANC economic policy head Enoch Godongwana takes over the finance portfolio
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
Mkhize’s request to take special leave left President Cyril Ramaphosa reeling, party insiders say
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
The trade union rejects Senzo Mchunu’s ‘stunt’ on asking the public to weigh in on public sector wage bill
Because President Cyril Ramaphosa won the step-aside order in the ANC’s national executive committee, a cabinet reshuffle looms, with Sisulu and Dlodlo’s names on comrades’ lips
Stocktake at the end of a momentous year shows that the ruling party holds all the cards but has little room for manoeuvre
Persistent rumours of a cabinet reshuffle may be jumping the gun, but they do reflect the political realignment taking place within the ANC
Cosatu rejects job losses and a wage freeze for public servants, calling this ‘a declaration of war’
KZN’s new premier will have to start his promised clean up of the provincial government at the very top and fire its director general
Members’ IDs are scanned, helping to get rid of nonexistent members and bogus branches
But using the courts and oversight institutions to dissolve enemies slows the pace of the cleanup
The ANC’s new KwaZulu-Natal leaders want the NEC to let the former president campaign
No one knows who is behind the killings near Richards Bay or why the hitmen have moved in
The ANC national executive committee member raised concerns about what he termed South Africa’s lazy approach to protecting its local industries
Mchunu says it is time for the ANC to face its delivery shortcomings head on and to begin to implement the tangible solutions people wanted
The regional conferences were due to be held this weekend ahead of the province’s elective conference in two weeks’ time
It’s chilly in Durbs but this weekend’s provincial conference may prove even frostier
The failed meetings are fuelling growing frustrations and putting pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove Supra Mahumapelo
The beleaguered North West premier will have to answer to the ANC’s top six before facing its NEC
Acting provincial police commissioner Major General Bheki Langa was on ‘official police business’
In a bid to halt its slide at the polls, the ANC wants its former presidents and other big guns to campaign for the party
The ANC’s NEC chairperson is ready to rebuild the party’s electoral structures
Magashule and Mchunu were at the centre of a dramatic race for the position of secretary general at the party’s December 2017 elective conference.
Ramaphosa told his fellow top six colleagues during a meeting on Friday he would announce a cabinet reshuffle after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting.
“We aren’t too concerned about names. The NEC will ensure that sober people are appointed.”
Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal branches are in wait-and-see mode but are ready to go to court
Delegates who were barred from voting have vowed to take the matter to the high court
The ANC’s national conference has been threatened with court action by delegates whose votes were not counted in elections for new leadership.