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Lindiwe Sisulu (2004-09; 2014-18 and 2019-21). (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

Lindiwe Sisulu confident of women’s support in ANC presidential race

Tourism minister wants the electoral committee to take over the ANC’s election process entirely

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
The ruling party had problems with submitting its list to the IEC, ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte told a media briefing on Thursday. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC heads to electoral court to get the IEC to reopen the local government registration list

The party has blamed the Covid-19 lockdown for not submitting its candidates list to the Electoral Commission of South Africa on time

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read
Crime and councillors: Sangomas outside court during the pre-trial hearing in the Durban Solid Waste case (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)
ANC

ANC candidates list filled with people accused of crimes, but too late to make changes

Court challenges loom as ANC branches cry foul over the culling of popular candidates

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
7 min read
Stolen dockets, tender corruption, unaccountable leadership and criminals rob South Africans of their dreams of a safe future. Photo: File
ANC

ANC council candidate stabbed to death outside party meeting

The brutal murder of an Eastern Cape ANC member puts political killings in the province, and in the country, into sharp focus just before the local government elections

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Most South Africans agree that the country is in a mess and that the ANC must go if there is to be any chance of a second building of a new South Africa.
ANC

Intimidation claims threaten ANC Far North regional conference

ANC branches in the Farth North region in KwaZulu-Natal want an intervention from above to ensure a fair process

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
STAND ASIDE RULE

ANC battle now moves to the regional and provincial conferences

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…

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read