Filth, frequent electricity and water outages and grotesque E-Coli levels in rivers have angered businesses and residents
ANC bigwigs Zweli Mkhize, Bathabile Dlamini and Zandile Gumede have been left off the national and provincial lists
Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe had to leave the national executive committee meeting where only five NEC members supported the adoption of the integrity commission report
ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list
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
The ANC Women’s League has said that the graft-accused former mayor and eThekwini region heavyweight is one of its ‘best campaigners’
Fikile Mbalula denies that bringing the former Durban mayor back into the fold is a way to neutralise the Jacob Zuma-affiliated MK party
The governing party will deploy more of its top leaders to assist in both provinces
The crimes were not overtly complicated, based on what the state said in the first week of trial. But they were brazen.
Although the city seems to be stabilising politically, it is heading for an uncertain financial future
Governing party says it agreed on the reconfiguration of the municipal committees to sharpen and strengthen its service delivery machinery
Governing party says it cannot be ‘arrogant’ and try to run Durban alone
While it agreed that the party has a duty to root out corruption in government, the province is opposed to the step-aside rule
The protector of the suspended public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was targeted by a retired American colonel
The province’s leaders are calling for mob rule and will try to convince their comrades at this weekend’s national policy conference to support their untenable position
Plans to convert the forum into a national general council meeting to review and scrap the regulation will probably be thwarted by the ANC’s top brass
Several would-be candidates for chairperson failed to make it onto the ballot or declined after being nominated from the floor
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is said to have been among the voices that spoke against the amendment
Public disclosure of Covid-19 contracts exposed looting of emergency funds
For years we’ve watched eThekwini’s ability to serve its people being eroded by those entrusted to do so. They helped sink the city
Mfundo Mokoena had backed eThekwini speaker Thabani Nyawose’s bid to become regional chairperson last weekend
Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo talks to the Mail & Guardian about change in ANC policy.
With the eThekwini in the rearview mirror, the former mayor is said to be gunning for a position in the provincial top five
We may not have suffered the coups prevalent in West Africa, but the ANC’s hostility to reform is concerning for our democracy
But the corruption accused former mayor will not be allowed to take office because of the ANC’s step-aside rule
But the corruption-accused former mayor was not allowed to attend the elective meeting
ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Sihle Zikalala lays down the law, warning factions to stop destroying the party.
But the step-aside rules mean the former mayor may not be able to take up office if she wins
The ANC eThekwini chairperson is running against the speaker of eThekwini metropolitan municipality
A victory for Durban’s former mayor does not necessarily mean she’ll be able to take office
Umlazi branch secretary Thulani Shusha was gunned down on his way home from an ANC meeting on Saturday
The former secretary general was cast out of the ruling party in May last year after he refused to step aside, as per the ANC’s rules over corruption, fraud and money laundering charges.