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James Nxumalo, a senior leader in the South African Communist Party, has been appointed coordinator of the ANC’s provincial task team.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC reshuffles KZN leadership, appoints James Nxumalo as provincial coordinator

The reconfiguration comes as the party rebuilds amid the MK Party’s growing dominance

  • Sandile Motha
3 min read
Tensions escalate: KZN provincial task team spokesperson Fanle Sibisi and coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu. Photo: Sandile Motha
ANC

ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition

Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration

  • Sandile Motha
4 min read
ANC Greater Johannesburg regional powerhouse Eunice Mgcina has nominated Dada Morero (above) for the position of regional chairperson ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference set to take place in September. Photo: X
ANC GREATER JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg mayor Morero warns contenders for ANC regional posts not to sabotage his government

Dada Morero has said he will stand for a second term as the Greater Joburg chair

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.
ANC

‘Mammoth task’ ahead, says Mbalula of reconfigured ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

Outspoken secretary Bheki Mtolo has been kept on the books as the convenor of policy, planning and monitoring

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
IFP cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi
ANC

Zulu king ‘being lobbied’ to fire traditional prime minister Thulasize Buthelezi

IFP and ANC leaders and members of the Zulu royal family are among those who want Buthelezi removed from the role

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
ANC KZN chairman Siboniso Duma.(Photo by Gerhard Duraan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC ETHEKWINI

ANC intensifies renewal drive as it fights to win back KwaZulu-Natal

The party has vowed to regain the support it lost to former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party in the May election

  • Clive Ndou
2 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)
ANC

Mbalula: No decision yet on dissolving ANC KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial executive committees 

The party will take a decision at the end of October, its secretary general said

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Charm offensive: President Cyril Ramaphosa not only wooed the United Nations, he also championed the Gaza cause and found time for Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right). Photo: Anadolu/Getty Images
ANC

So far so good as Ramaphosa’s GNU nears the 100 day mark

Cyril’s away game can’t be faulted, like Mikel Arteta’s 2024 Arsenal, but with no red cards

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma is likely not going to attend the office funeral of Pravin Gordhan. (Photo by Esa Alexander/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
ANC

Jacob Zuma not set to attend Pravin Gordhan’s funeral

The uMkhonto weSizwe party leadership is ‘not aware’ of any plan for Zuma to say goodbye to his former comrade

  • Paddy Harper
  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Honest day’s work: Pieter Groenewald, the new minister of correctional affairs, wants prisoners to earn their keep. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty
ANC

New Ooms sweep clean

Down in the kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is also cleaning house

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
KZN ANC secretary Bheki Mtolo, with provincial spokesperson, Mafika Mndebele. Photo supplied
2024 ELECTIONS

KZN electoral carnage a ‘message from our people’, says ANC provincial spokesperson

The party has been decimated in what was once one of its strongest provinces

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Olive branch: Paul Mashatile, the deputy president of the ANC, is to consult with the Zulu king in an attempt to reduce tension over a perceived snub. Photo: OJ Koloti/Gallo Images
KING MISUZULU KAZWELITHINI

Damage control: Mashatile to visit Zulu king in wake of Duma’s microphone gaffe

The ANC’s top brass is deploying its deputy president to clean up provincial chair Sboniso Duma’s mess

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
ANC KZN chair, Siboniso Duma, who is also MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, with Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube at the official opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on February 27, 2024 in Pietermaritzburg. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC backs Duma, blames Buthelezi after royal microphone gaffe

The KwaZulu-Natal government claims the traditional prime minister wanted to ‘collapse’ royal event

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
The ANC’s provincial chair, Siboniso Duma, has perfected the art of seizing moments. Photo: Darren Stewart/Getty Images
ANC

Duma seizes the moment… and the microphone

The new Zulu prime minister has been giving the ANC chest pains since the king appointed him

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Florence Radzilan
BATHABILE DLAMIN

Limpopo’s Florence Radzilani fails to make it to the top of ANC’s provincial candidates list

ANC bigwigs Zweli Mkhize, Bathabile Dlamini and Zandile Gumede have been left off the national and provincial lists

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read