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Gathering support: The ANC has called all its councillors to a meeting in Johannesburg next week, in preparation for next year’s local government elections. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC summons councillors to talks

An NEC source said the party was not worried about MK party sleeper agents in their ranks

The mayor of Polokwane John Mpe

Three-way face-off for ANC’s top job in Limpopo

Trio of ANC heavyweights being touted as likely to compete for the provincial chairperson job

Justice Minister Mmamaloku Kubayi

Kubayi to discuss her rumoured ANC deputy president ambitions ‘when time is right’

The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images

Mbalula’s ambitions are ‘sowing divisions’ in the Free State

Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula

Mbalula: ANC will not tolerate cadre deployment that prioritises political connections

The secretary general said a local government intervention task team would be sent to assist struggling Free State municipalities

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa: ANC still discussing disbanding Gauteng, KZN executive committees

The party is expected to discuss the matter at its upcoming national executive committee meeting, set for next week

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.

ANC won’t recall SACP ministers over decision to contest 2026 local government elections

The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.

ANC Gauteng provincial committee might face the chop — but KZN could survive

Sources said the party’s national executive committee is set to finalise the possible dissolution of the two provincial bodies at its next meeting in two weeks

Sweating: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as ANC president might not be certain. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa, ANC’s working committee head to troubled KwaZulu-Natal

With eThekwini metro having been placed under administration, Ramaphosa is expected to hold meetings with regional leaders

Former mayor Florence Radzilani (Andrew Hlongwane/Daily Sun/Gallo)

Radzilani in the firing line as veterans raise VBS saga in ANC talks

ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha seems to be off the hook but the jury is still out on his deputy

Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha. Photo: Supplied

ANC provincial committee saves Stan Mathabatha at party meeting

The Limpopo premier has been given a six-month reprieve to clean house as President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for more accountability in government

Gwede Mantashe and Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo

Mantashe saves Ramaphosa from ‘onslaught’ at NEC meeting

The former health minister and a senior ANC member want the president to account for the robbery at Phala Phala Wildlife farm in Limpopo

Ebrahim Ebrahim. (GCIS)

Former struggle veteran Ebrahim Ebrahim dies

The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot

Cleaning up: Zweli Mkhize (left) was the face of a largely good response to the pandemic, which could help explain President Cyril Ramaphosa’s (right) reluctance to act against him. (Lulama Zenzile/Gallo Images/Die Burger)

ANC factions united on Zweli Mkhize

Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the…

former health minister Zweli Mkhize only approved the total R132-million budget for NHI communication in March last year, 199 days after the agreement was signed. Digital Vibes only delivered Covid-19-related communications services.  (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)

ANC Integrity Committee recommends Zweli Mkhize step aside

ANC sources say the report by the committee will be tabled at the next national executive committee meeting

National working committee instructs ANC North West to replace Mokgoro

Three women are said to be at the top of the candidate list to replace Job Mokgoro

Unequal justice: Carl Niehaus of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association warned of ‘civil unrest’ if Jacob Zuma is arrested. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)

MK committee to look into Gupta influence in military veteran’s association

Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal…

End of Ace machinery in Free State — Dukwana

The suspended secretary general’s arch-nemesis Mxolisi Dukwana said the Magashule you see now is not the Magashule he knew then

The ANC national working committee (NWC) has confirmed the disbandment of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) and has thrown its support behind a process of amalgamating it with the rival MK National Council (MKNC).
(Photo by Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

ANC disbands the MK Military Veterans Association

The SANDF is the only legitimate military force allowed to operate in the country, says Jessie Duarte

former health minister Zweli Mkhize only approved the total R132-million budget for NHI communication in March last year, 199 days after the agreement was signed. Digital Vibes only delivered Covid-19-related communications services.  (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa allies call for Mkhize to take leave in NWC meeting

Sources closely involved in the meeting said that the president’s allies — Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu and Snuki Zikalala — each called for Mkhize to take special leave while the…