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Ballots used in the ANC’s recent regional elective conference in Johannesburg were on Sunday allegedly found opened at the house of the presiding officer in the December vote.
2027 LEADERSHIP

EXCLUSIVE: ANC Johannesburg regional ballots allegedly  found opened at presiding officer’s house

Party sources said they found a woman at the house trying to burn the ballot papers

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
The people have spoken: The 16th ANC Greater Johannesburg Region meeting at Cedarwoods Hotel. Photo: ANC Joburg Region
2027 LEADERSHIP

Fraud claims rock ANC in Joburg

Allegations of manipulated ballots and conflicts of interest at the regional conference have deepened factional divides

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Mandisa Makgakga
8 min read
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
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the January 8 Statement at Moruleng Stadium, North West.
ANC

Ramaphosa to ANC members: campaigning for 2026 elections is mandatory

He said the party would be run strictly, with zero tolerance for corruption, ill-discipline and factionalism

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Jaco Marais/Gallo Images
2027 ELECTIONS

Mbalula again faces backlash over alleged interference in ANC regional conferences

The secretary general has once more been accused of violating party rules to influence regional elections in Limpopo and Gauteng ahead of the 2027 leadership contest

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DISCIPLINARY ACTION

MK party strife intensifies as ‘nepotism’ allegations grow louder

uMkhonto weSizwe members have accused leaders of double standards, saying Duduzile-Zuma Sambudla is being shielded from disciplinary action

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
ANC KwaZulu-Natal convener Jeff Radebe has vowed to remove any members that refuse to toe the line in restoring voter confidence.
CORRUPTION

Jeff Radebe vows to purge ANC KwaZulu-Natal dissenters to rebuild voter confidence

The political heavyweight says corrupt officials and factionalists would be the first to go

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
ANC KZN coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC ‘Talibans’ plan leadership shakeup in KwaZulu-Natal after being sidelined

Internal strife is brewing in the ANC’s structures in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, with members claiming that the recent reshuffle is weighted in favour of Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Former MK party secretary general Floyd Shivambu. (File photo)
ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MK party won’t ‘tiptoe’ against ill-discipline, Shivambu warns members

The secretary general spoke about a fortnight after MK leader Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla had to apologise after insulting him on social media

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. (File photo)
2026 LOCAL ELECTIONS

EFF removes provincial leaders from deployment for violating pre-conference rules

Backers of Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are removed from deployment before the party’s elective conference

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
Premier Panyaza Lesufi at the release of the quality of life survey by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) at Radisson Blu on October 22, 2024 in Sandton. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

Succession fuels Gauteng coalition woes

Strain over the ANC coalition with the EFF in Ekurhuleni seems linked to leadership battles

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has asked the electoral court to hear oral evidence in its application to have the results of last year’s national and provincial elections set aside. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
CODE OF CONDUCT

MK party unveils its first constitution to “strengthen discipline”

The Jacob Zuma-led party will have structures similar to those of the ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters, but will not hold conferences to elect new leaders

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Bheki Mtolo. (File photo)
ANC

Renewed calls to remove ANC’s Bheki Mtolo as party leaders considers its future in KwaZulu-Natal

The ANC Youth League says the provincial secretary caused divisions that led to the party’s electoral setbacks

  • Mandisa Makgakga
  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Paddy Harper
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
In an effort to garner support for the Zweli Mkhize camp, Mzwandile Masina has dropped out of the race for the position of ANC treasurer general. Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo
ANC CONFERENCE

Mzwandile Masina first nominee to withdraw from running for treasurer general

Both Masina and Pule Mabe come from Gauteng. This means the province would have divided its votes

  • Mandisa Makgakga
2 min read