There will be losers and winners as the provinces prepare for their elective conferences and slates are sealed. Find out who is trading.
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A busy year looms for Ramaphosa and allies as he fights to lead the ANC and the country come 2024.
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The regional conferences in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal will test the muscle of Cyril Ramaphosa and his faction in the build-up to 2022 congress
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One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds
The governing party faces legal hurdles thrown up by the Democratic Alliance — and its own members
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The party is in danger of losing five KwaZulu-Natal municipalities over a registration flop, but counts the absence of political murders as a win
Court challenges loom as ANC branches cry foul over the culling of popular candidates
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Fielding councillors charged with corruption, along with Zandile Gumede, would bring the party into disrepute.
Political feathers are ruffled as deputy mayor candidate Diana Hoorzuk is ‘imposed’ on eThekwini by provincial executive council
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The state has added racketeering to the charges faced by the former eThekwini mayor and 21 others, but logistics are likely to delay their trial until mid-2022
The Durban high court will set a date for the former mayor’s corruption trial to go ahead
Corruption-accused ANC members will stand for election at the impending regional conferences
The former eThekwini mayor is one of eight ANC KwaZulu-Natal members who have accepted the national executive committee’s ruling
Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede is out on R50 000 bail after being arrested for an allegedly corrupt solid waste tender
The suspended ANC secretary general won’t apologise publicly for his letter to Ramaphosa
ANC branches in Durban want all accused of corruption, and not just the criminally charged, to step aside
Bongani Bongo, Zandile Gumede and Sindiswa Gomba are also among the parliamentarians affected by the step-aside resolution
During a top six meeting ANC secretary general Ace Magashule asked that step aside be reviewed every six months
Corruption charged eThekwini councillors and former mayor Zandile Gumede have been nominated
Zandile Gumede won’t step aside from being nominated ANC regional chair in KwaZulu-Natal
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Magashule fails to meet former presidents Mbeki and Motlanthe as he runs out of options
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Ace Magashule tells provinces to add those accused, but not charged, to step-aside list
Now that the NEC has finalised its step-aside guidelines for those facing corruption charges, a swathe of officials will struggle to cling to their positions
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Ace Magashule will appear before the ANC’s integrity committee this weekend. After that, all eyes will be on next year’s conferences to see who will win the fight for control of the party
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The ANC has stalled on setting ground rules for cleanout of comrades accused of corruption
Corruption-accused cadres are staying put as provincial rulings contradict NEC’s resolution to clean up the party.
The NPA is investigating eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza to determine whether he broke his bail conditions while back at work.
The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work
ANC regions in the province have ordered their mayors, chief whips and speakers to stay in office
The ANC is wielding its axe to clear out ineffective councillors and those facing criminal charges
Defiant backers of the former eThekwini chairperson and mayor, who has appeared in court over corruption charges linked to a tender, face disciplinary action over ‘divisive’ court protest
The governing party appears to be struggling to enforce the ban on support for leaders facing criminal charges