South Africa and the ANC are not in “a good place”, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded. Ramaphosa, who is in the running to be elected to the presidency of the ANC in December, was speaking at the party’s Western Cape policy conference in Stellenbosch yesterday, convened in preparation for[…]
Opposition MPs say South African youth are “worse off” under the ANC‚ whom they accuse of having “sold out” young people to the Gupta family and teachers’ union SADTU. The MPs were speaking in the national assembly during a debate on youth day‚ due to be commemorated on Friday. DA[…]
It was a case of third time lucky for the ANC when they finally had enough members in the National Assembly to pass the controversial Border Management Authority Bill on Thursday evening. On May 11 and again on Tuesday, there were many empty spaces in the ANC benches and the[…]
A day before President Jacob Zuma is due in Parliament, opposition parties decried what they call the legislature’s failure to hold the president and his executive to account. A groan was audible from the ANC benches when Agang MP Andries Tlouamma stepped up to the National Assembly’s podium to deliver[…]
The African National Congress is expected to brief the media on Monday on whether President Jacob Zuma survived another round of claims that his son’s business partners, the Guptas, are involved in ministerial appointments. The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met between Friday and Sunday at the St George’s Hotel[…]
A long drawn out battle over President Jacob Zuma’s future is set to continue when the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting continues on Sunday. Zuma is facing a second motion of no confidence in 6 months. ANC guru policy and former head of government communications Joel Netshitenzhe tabled a motion[…]
The need for drastic economic reform cannot justify the widespread looting of state coffers, while the current state capture networks active in South Africa pose a dire threat to the country’s long-term future. These were some of the sentiments shared by a group of academics gathered at the Wits Business[…]
A group of ANC stalwarts has urged the party’s National Executive Committee to consider recalling President Jacob Zuma as head of government. The veterans have written to secretary general Gwede Mantashe. They want the request tabled during the governing party’s NEC meeting, which begins today (Friday). It’s the first time[…]
Fired ministers are now using Parliament as a battleground to fight President Jacob Zuma, political analyst Ralph Mathekga said. On Tuesday former Finance minister Pravin Gordhan led the grilling of his former colleague in cabinet Lynne Brown and the Eskom board for their flip-flopping over the return of Eskom boss[…]
The ANC has noticed that certain state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been suffering from poor management and allegations of corruption, said Ayanda Dlodlo, chairperson of the ANC subcommittee on legislature and governance. She said the ANC will announce “exact and targeted mechanisms” at its national policy conference from 30 June to[…]
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