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Wardship: ANC Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi (above) and KwaZulu-Natal ANC leaders are to get nannies. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Getty Images
ANC

Gauteng, KZN ANC leaders prepare for life under (political) adult supervision

Instead of focusing on trying not to lose the local government elections next year, the comrades are already eyeing who takes control of the party in 2027

  • Paddy Harper
4 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)
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT

MK party wants to lead oral argument in its challenge to 29 May election result

Jacob Zuma’s party says oral evidence will assist the court in understanding its ‘technical’ argument

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The ANC will have to manage the fallout from last month’s decision by the South African Communist Party to contest next year’s elections alone, and its relations with its other alliance partners, labour federation Cosatu and the South African National Civic Organisation. (File photo)
ANC

ANC faces a tough 2025 as it tries to clean house ahead of local elections

It will also try to ease dealings with its partners in the government of national unity (GNU), in particular the DA, ahead of local government election campaigning

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC 113th anniversary at Nelson Mandela Park in Khayelitsha on January 11, 2025 in Cape Town. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC will target ‘dissatisfaction’ in Cape townships ahead of 2026 elections to win back metro

Some Khayelitsha residents say the ANC has learned from its past mistakes and is ready to make amends

  • Lunga Mzangwe
8 min read
Leader of the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and former South African president Jacob Zuma waves to supporters during the party’s first anniversary celebrations at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban on December 15, 2024. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
ANC

Zuma tells ANC to reverse his expulsion and reinstate him immediately — or else

The former president’s lawyers say Tony Yengeni is being “persecuted” for representing Zuma at his disciplinary hearing

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Jostling: President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi
ANC

Second political realignment is in the offing ahead of 2026 poll

The SACP, EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe party are all looking at potential new alliances

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Paddy Harper
10 min read
Cartoon by Carlos.
ANC

Lines in the sand drawn and redrawn in the first five months of the GNU

Pre-existing policy tensions between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance have been the biggest stressors on Ramaphosa’s government

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
Former MK party secretary general Floyd Shivambu. (File photo)
ANC

MK party to contest every ward in 2026 local government elections

Jacob Zuma’s party aims for a branch in every ward by the middle of 2025

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal
BARNABAS XULU

MK party claims computer expert is the subject of another ‘politically motivated attack’

The party says the alleged harassment of Vusi Mhlongo caused delays in it filing court papers in its electoral case

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal
ANC

MK party brings out big guns for Thabazimbi by-election

A total of 21 parties and five independents will contest the dysfunctional Limpopo council next week

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The ANC and SACP have agreed to continuous consultation and to strengthening the broader ANC-led alliance
ALEX MASHILO

ANC, SACP plan talks to rebuild alliance ahead of January lekgotla

The parties have agreed to continuous consultation and to strengthening the broader ANC-led alliance

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Trade, industry and competition minister Parks Tau. (Photo: X)
CANNABIS

Cannabis master plan moved from agriculture to trade and industry ministry

New legislation could be brought before parliament in the coming session

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma Photo: Mlungisi Louw/Getty Images
ANC

ANC appeal body confirms Jacob Zuma’s expulsion

The former president was guilty of the ‘highest form of ill-discipline’ against the ANC

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The ANC’s alliance partners in KwaZulu-Natal have been publicly critical of its provincial executive committee — led by chairperson Siboniso Duma and secretary Bheki Mtolo — over its failure to meet them for more than a year and to consult them regarding key decisions. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
ANC

Sanco in KwaZulu-Natal cuts ties with province’s ‘arrogant’ ANC

The civic organisation says the ANC’s relationship with itself, labour federation Cosatu and the South African Communist Party is ‘fake’

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Let’s party: Sparks are flying and it isn’t only the fireworks for Diwali. The Democratic Alliance is making the most out of Enoch Godongwana’s mini-budget. Photo: Annice Lyn/Getty Images
ANC

Not much GNU in Enoch Godongwana’s first mini-budget

Instead of scrapping ANC economic policy, DA ministers are now implementing it

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read