President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa might have survived a grueling National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Nasrec over the weekend, but this does not mean the battle for the soul of the governing party is over. This is according to political analyst Professor André Duvenhage in response to the NEC meeting … Read more
The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley said the struggle for freedom must continue as she paid respects to John Langalibalele Dube, the founding President of the African National Congress (ANC). Mottley delivered the 20th Nelson Mandela Annual lecture at the International Convention Centre (ICC) held for the first time in KwaZulu-Natal in light of … Read more
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s critics, led by presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, on Friday called on him to step aside over the Phala Phala farm robbery fiasco. ANC NEC meeting Ramaphosa reportedly discussed Phala Phala during his opening speech on the first day of the African National Congress (ANC) NEC meeting being held at Nasrec Expo Centre, … Read more
In order for us to heal, we need to admit that we are a sick society. The truth is that corruption is fast becoming a way of life. We are no longer shocked by scandals but we have to adjust our expectations that corrupt behaviour is how fast money is made and how jobs, resources, … Read more
Eat your heart out Helen Zille, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)are the masters of the coalition politics game – the young party has put your Democratic Alliance (DA) back into power at Ekurhuleni. A last-minute disagreement between the ANC and the EFF benefitted the DA’s Tania Campbell, who was re-elected mayor – thanks to the … Read more
Monday is officially the deadline for ANC branches to conclude their nominations ahead of the governing party’s 55th national elective conference next month. ANC elective conference While several candidates are hoping to be nominated and elected for the highly contested presidency of the ANC, incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa and former health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize … Read more
The Gert Sibande African National Congress (ANC) Regional Deputy Chairperson Muzi Manyathi has been shot dead in Mpumalanga. It is understood the 41-year-old Manyathi was gunned down at a fuel station in Mkondo (Piet Retief) on Friday night. Suspects According to provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Donald Mdhluli , the suspects were tailing Manyathi at the … Read more
Politics is a dirty game. It has been proven time and time again that in politics there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. When old friends and struggle pals, the late ANC stalwarts Mluleki George and my old friend Rev Arnold Makhenkesi Stofile, were at each other’s throats, we couldn’t believe it. The … Read more
Residents of Kgetlengrivier in the North West – an area which includes the towns of Koster, Derby and Swartruggens – have had enough of the atrocious service delivery from their ANC local government … and now they want the municipal manager locked up because of it. Back in 2020, the Kgetlengrivier Concerned Residents Association won … Read more
A disenchanted Limpopo ANC will on Friday meet former president Thabo Mbeki in a bid to forge unity in the already bruising political relations between three former ANC presidents and the incumbent, President Cyril Ramaphosa. The province at the weekend accused former presidents Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma of having developed a penchant … Read more