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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
Eastern Cape premier and ANC chairperson Oscar Mabuyane has called allegations of wrongdoing levelled against him part of an orchestrated attack to discredit him. (Oupa Nkosi)
ACE MAGASHULE

‘I’m being targeted for speaking out against powerful ANC figures’ — Mabuyane

The Eastern Cape ANC chair says he will stand for a second term despite a campaign against him as part of an agenda to paralyse the province

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Stand by your man: Branch leader Mzomuhle Dube contends that Jacob Zuma and Ace Magashule are being persecuted because of their political beliefs
STAND ASIDE RULE

ANC’s eThekwini region says party must back Magashule and Zuma

The eThekwini branches say they will engage the party’s regional and national structures to prevent Magashule and Zuma’s ‘persecution’

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

RECAP: New allegations of how the former head of the ANC, the party and others benefited from the SSA

Day two of State Security Agency testimony at the Zondo commission birthed more revelations that point to the former head of state and agents breaking the law

  • Emma Balfour
4 min read
Mayor Nkosinjani Speelman.
ACE MAGASHULE

Luthuli House stands aside as racist Free State mayor carries on in role

Welkom mayor Nkosinjani Speelman has allegedly been continuing to perform his duties, despite his ‘suspension’

  • Chris Gilili
4 min read