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Intervention: Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, left, and his deputy Zuko Godlimpi believe a sustainable solution can be found to prevent Tongaat Hulett from being liquidated, thus preventing a devastating ripple effect across the economy. Photos: Supplied
BUSINESS

Tau leads drive to save Tongaat Hulett

The government says the ailing company is a crucial player in South Africa’s sugar value chain and its demise would have ‘far-reaching and devastating consequences’ for the sector

  • Brian Sokutu
7 min read
Justice Minister Mmamaloku Kubayi
ANC

Kubayi to discuss her rumoured ANC deputy president ambitions ‘when time is right’

The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Zuko Godlimpi is now the head of the ANC’s economic transformation committee. (@MYANC/X)
ANC

Kubayi makes way for Zuko Godlimpi as ANC shuffles convenors

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has been removed as the head of the party’s economic transformation committee

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
The president of the ANC Veterans League Snuki Zikalala.
ANC

ANC vets want members with criminal records barred and would-be leaders to first meet criteria

The veterans league wants the vetting to be done on every card carrying ANC member and those who wish to join the party

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
The party is establishing a task team led by Minister Parks Tau, a former mayor of Johannesburg, to tackle service delivery issues. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC to deploy NEC members to local government to boost dwindling support

The party is establishing a task team led by Minister Parks Tau, a former mayor of Johannesbur, to tackle service delivery issues

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
ANC

After much drama, Collen Malatji elected ANCYL president

Phumzile Mgcina was elected deputy president, Mntuwoxolo Ngudle as secretary general, Tsakani Shiviti as deputy secretary general and Zwelo Masilela as treasurer general.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read
ANC secretary general speaks to delegates at the ANCYL conference. Photo: Twitter
ANC

We will not tolerate anarchy, Mbalula tells ANCYL delegates

The ANC secretary general, who has been accused of interfering in the ANCYL conference, said he was not shaken by members calling for his head

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ANC

Butt out, Youth League tells ANC leaders

The league’s members say its elective conference has been delegitimised by interference

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
ANC

Mkhangelwa fit to lead ANCYL, not ‘lapdogs’, says new Eastern Cape chair

Luntu Sokutu has questioned the call for the Eastern Cape’s Mntuwoxolo Ngudle to get support for the youth league secretary general position

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ANC Eastern Cape secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi (X)
ANC

ANC Youth League defies Eastern Cape provincial secretary with Mbalula’s aid to elect new leaders

The provincial leadership accused the ANC provincial secretary of attempting to influence the outcomes of its conference

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Dirco spokesperson Chrispin Phiri. (@Chrispin_JPhiri/Twitter)
ANC YOUTH LEAGUE

ANC Youth League wants government to change land programme to avoid creating ‘rural elite’

Chrispin Phiri has opted out of the league’s leadership contest but still hopes to influence the organisation through its national executive committee

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Thabile Mbili is said to be the daughter of an ANC activist and former municipal manager at the Ray Nkonyeni local municipality on the province’s south coast who is now the head of the provincial department of human settlements.
ANC

Godlimpi and Mkhangelwa in talks over ANCYL presidency

Youth league presidential contender Mkhangelwa accuses NEC member Mduduzi Manana of interfering in processes

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Collen Malatji. File photo
ANC

ANC youth league presidential candidate lobbies for second  secretary general

Collen Malatji, who received an endorsement from Gauteng, is hoping to add more women to the league’s leadership

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
ANC

Eskom unbundling not a priority now – electricity minister Ramokgopa

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said he will only invoke the Disaster Management Act if existing solutions do not allow him to act with speed on load-shedding

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
ANC supporters march against South African power supplier ESKOM and to protest against power cuts on May 14, 2015 in Soweto district of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ANC

Zuko Godlimpi: ANC may lose 2024 elections over energy crisis

The ANC’s economic transformation committee deputy chair said the party would have difficulty justifying why it should return to power if load-shedding continued

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read