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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 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

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)

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’

Covid-19 surges in the Eastern Cape

With people queuing for services, no water, lax enforcement of mask rules and plenty of partying, the virus is flourishing once again, and a quarter of the growth is in the…

The immediate danger of becoming homeless is more urgent than worrying about contracting the coronavirus.

Dispute over the occupation of RDP houses

Those involved in the distribution of government houses in Gauteng fear for their lives

(John McCann/M&G)

Quo vadis? End of the ANC as we know it

The party must decide if politicised uncertainty and institutionalised ambiguity will be its end

Mpanza and Mdakane appeared in court on Monday and were released on bail of R15?000 each and will appear in court again on March 29. (News 24/Supplied)

Sanco denounces police action

Sanco deputy president wants Ipid to investigate an attempt to arrest him and the organisation’s president on the eve of its elective conference

Embo’s lament: Thandiswa Mazwai’s songs become tools to remember our origin stories and survive the purgatory of the present. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Sanco officials won’t go quietly

The civic organisation is battling to rid itself of Jacob Zuma’s allies in the post-Nasrec era

Former president Jacob Zuma flanked by Sanco treasurer Roy Moodley and its then president Richard Mdakane arrive at a Sanco rally in Durban in 2014. Moodley is contesting to be Sanco’s president. (Thuli Dlamini/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

Sanco divided ahead of poll

The suspension of an official and accusations of corruption have racked the civic body

Zindzi Mandela at a UDF rally. The coalition of anti-apartheid groups was formed in 1983. (Gallo Images/Rapport archives)

A bunny can’t stand up to Sanco

It was meant to keep the ANC honest but has become another victim of Zuma’s toxic legacy

Embo’s lament: Thandiswa Mazwai’s songs become tools to remember our origin stories and survive the purgatory of the present. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Sanco KZN rejects suspension of secretary

Sanco’s provincial leadership has rejected the suspension of its secretary, Richard Mkhungo, by its national leadership

There is no war between factions

ANC has a responsibility to build the unity of the alliance

Unity cannot and should not be equated to the absence of differences within the structures of the organisation

ANC factional divisions have hit Sanco treasurer Roy Moodley

Sanco honcho and Zuma sponsor given the boot

The treasurer of the South African National Civic Organisation has been kicked out by Sanco’s leadership.

Tapping into tourism: coffee culture in Braamfontein.

Bus strike set to intensify ― unions

‘The bus strike is continuing, we are intensifying the action,’ Satawu spokesperson Zanele Sabela said

Sanco calls on government to break bus strike deadlock

The bus strike, which started on Wednesday, has left thousands stranded and minibus taxis strained as they try to cater for the increased travel load

Cosatu said it had lost confidence in Zuma to lead and unite the ANC and the country

Zuma: Conference must decide the tripartite alliance’s future

The ANC entered into an alliance with the SACP, Cosatu and Sanco in 1993, and has won elections with the three bodies campaigning for them since.

Mathabo Leeto

Mkhize works at being No 1

The ANC treasurer general is being punted as a unifying ‘third way’, which is gaining traction in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape

Baleka Mbete called on ANC branches to prepare themselves to fight the EFF in provincial legislatures and municipalities.

A divided alliance will fail in 2019 elections, Mbete warns

If the alliance could not unite, DA leader Mmusi Maimane could become the country’s next president, she warned.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

Alliance to tackle internal divisions head-on

The tripartite alliance says it wants to address all "irritations" that are causing internal divisions at their five day summit.

Sanco condemns ‘dodgy business owners’ after Diepsloot attacks

In the wake of recent unrest in Diepsloot, the South African National Civic Organisation has condemned "African-on-African violence".

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale

Sanco: Sexwale has betrayed the people

Civic Organisation Sanco has said it will rally to keep Tokyo Sexwale out of office because of his silence on the demolition of houses in Lenasia.