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Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. (@Senzo_Mchunu/X)
ANC COALITION WITH DA

ANC to discipline Malusi Gigaba and Senzo Mchunu over public criticism

The party has warned the two senior members against making ‘opportunistic’ remarks that undermine its unity, after both criticised its leadership and direction

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Some branches in the province have accused Maloyi of purging those who did not support him at the provincial elective conference where he was elected as chairperson, but he insisted this was “far from the truth”.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NORTH WEST

ANC North West chairperson Nono Maloyi denies running provincial government ‘from the comfort of his home’

Critics have accused Maloyi of creating two power centres in the province, potentially weakening the ANC’s position in legislature

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)
ANC

Factionalism is the nature of politics; Ramaphosa and the ANC must stop its cancerous effect on state capability

A critical lesson in the ANC’s near 30-year rule is that we should find policy measures to shield the state and its functioning from the turbulence that factionalism breathes

  • Ron Derby
4 min read
The governing ANC is losing its political hegemony. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Book predicts ANC’s last decade of political dominance in South Africa

Political analyst Ralph Mathekga’s new book, The ANC’s Last Decade: how the decline of the party will transform South Africa, is one of the few researched publications bold…

  • Christopher Isike
6 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Political balancing act delays KwaZulu-Natal cabinet appointment

Premier Sihle Zikalala needs to keep all factions onside ahead of the local government elections

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read