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Willing and ready: Provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi at a community meeting. Photo: ANC Amathole Region
ANC

Lulama Ngcukayitobi raises his hand

The provincial secretary says he will accept nomination for chairperson of the ANC

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Eastern Cape MEC could face the chop under stand-aside rules

Charges against health MEC Sindiswa Gomba over the Nelson Mandela funeral scandal have been reinstated – leading to questions about her political future after this weekend’s ANC…

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
Former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa.
ACE MAGASHULE

ANC Eastern Cape’s Lungisa may get the chop

The former councillor is scheduled to appear before the provincial disciplinary committee on charges of misconduct.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
The EC transport department is hard at work to ensure that gravel roads are upgraded and that strategic bridges are built
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Facts and figures: 2019/2020 policy speech

‘As individuals and a collective, let us do our bit in the building the Eastern Cape we want’

  • Advertorial Supplement
10 min read
Analysts have warned against opinion polls as an accurate measure of sentiment ahead of the election, due mainly to the divergent outcomes of all the studies available. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC takes steps to compensate for lack of women premier candidates

The ANC selected premiers after its election win.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
The newly elected ANC Veterans League leadership will focus on beefing up the governing party’s integrity and consequence management structures to ensure that only “the best” candidates make its parliamentary lists next year.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC Eastern Cape members lose urgent bid to nullify ‘festival of chairs’ outcome

The high court in Johannesburg struck the matter off the roll with costs on Monday

  • Mahlatse Mahlase
2 min read
“The ANC must first lead us but if it fails its members
ACE MAGASHULE

‘If the ANC fails to lead us, we will opt for legal action’

Eastern Cape ANC members are hoping that the high court will compel the NEC to implement the recommendations made by the Ndebele report

  • Tshidi Madia
3 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to Mam’ Winnie at a memorial held at her hometown of Bizana
CHRIS HANI

Mam’ Winnie was a gallant spirit: Ramaphosa

April has become a significant month for the struggle

  • Siya Miti
6 min read
Nhlanhla Nene
BHISHO

Scholars debate Sopa

‘Aren’t the strategies the government has implemented without first fixing the basics just a waste of money?’

  • Siya Miti
8 min read
Conference clash: The ANC’s internal dynamics raise critical questions about representation and inclusivity.
ACE MAGASHULE

Feuding Eastern Cape ANC leaders must smoke peace pipe ― NEC

Chairperson Oscar Mabuyane and Premier Phumulo Masualle will be forced to work together to avoid a rerun of last year’s chaotic elective congress

  • Mahlatse Mahlase
  • Tshidi Madia
  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Third force: President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to run for a third term in defiance of the country’s Constitution has provoked widespread anger and protests in Burundi and uncertainty in the region.
ANC NEC

E Cape ANC warns of ‘crisis’ if top brass is ousted

​The ANC’s NEC has been backed into a corner and forced to endorse last year’s election of Eastern Cape chair Oscar Mabuyane and his team

  • Govan Whittles
2 min read
Third force: President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to run for a third term in defiance of the country’s Constitution has provoked widespread anger and protests in Burundi and uncertainty in the region.
ANC NEC

Mabuyane’s ‘hostile takeover’ train halted in its tracks

​The ANC’s Eastern Cape’s Joe Gqabi region has objected to the PEC’s request to reshuffle Premier Phumulo Masualle and members of his Cabinet

  • Govan Whittles
2 min read
Jaydev Unadkat was just 19 when he made his only Test appearance against South Africa at Centurion in 2010
ACE MAGASHULE

No end to the legal challenges

‘As with previous similar challenges, the ANC itself supported those who opposed the application’

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
ANC

Gwede Mantashe says ANC elective conference won’t be affected by court battles

Mantashe says the party would deal with anything that threatened to stand in the way of its ability to successfully hold its conference.

  • Dineo Bendile
  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene must take up where Pravin Gordhan left off.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

All eyes on ANC branch nominations

Crunch meetings this weekend will give a clearer indication of how the leadership cards are stacked

  • Mg Political Reporters
10 min read