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Fransman claims ANC factions out to stop him

Troubled ANC provincial leader Marius Fransman is fighting for his political survival as he takes on the ANC for entertaining “factional politics to neutralise him” in the local government elections campaign. ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said this week Fransman will face the party’s national disciplinary committee after a recommendation[…]

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Anti-SABC protest goes to ANC’s doorstep

The sustained clamour to have the “delinquent” SABC board removed will be brought to the ANC’s doorstep as civil-society organisations are expected to protest outside the party’s Luthuli House headquarters in central Joburg on Friday. This decision was taken on Wednesday during a public planning meeting by the Right2Know Campaign[…]

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ANC brings MPs into SABC battle

In a battle of David versus Goliath proportions, the ANC has called in its lawmakers in the National Assembly in the continuing fight with the defiant SABC board. The state broadcaster is in open defiance against the ruling party, adding the ANC to the growing list of institutions the SABC[…]

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SABC can’t be a bull in a china shop, says ANC

The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday said defying the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) did not make the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) a “better public broadcaster”. The SABC rejected Icasa’s recommendation on Monday that it lift its unilateral ban on showing footage of violent protests. Reacting to[…]

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SABC censored ANC too – Gwede Mantashe

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe claims the ANC has also been a victim of censorship at the SABC. “We are saying the SABC sometimes censors us as the ANC and nobody speaks. It doesn’t report on our activities and yet nobody comments. Censorship is a bad thing generally,” Mantashe told[…]

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Woman lays rape charge against ANC official

The ANC in Tshwane has distanced itself from its senior official in Ga-Rankuwa Zone 20, who is facing charges of raping a female member of his constituency. Regional spokesman Teboho Joala said the ANC would comment after it had established all the facts related to the allegations against the politician,[…]

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Cape Town transport racist, says ANC’s Sotashe

Cape Town mayoral candidate for the African National Congress (ANC) Xolani Sotashe on Monday said there should be a debate on how transport logistics in the city perpetuated racial exploitation. Addressing the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU’s) provincial general council in Cape Town, Sotashe said the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led[…]

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Malema: We want the diamonds, not the big hole

Restoring the dignity of the poor and disadvantaged will be at the top of the EFF’s agenda in any of the municipalities it might win in the upcoming, local government elections. This was the central theme of the party’s Northern Cape campaign trail on Monday when their commander-in-chief, Julius Malema,[…]

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Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported on Tuesday that the African National Congress (ANC) believes Jimi Matthews has allowed himself to be “used by those who…want to undermine the integrity of the public broadcaster part”. The ruling party’s Zizi Kodwa attacked Matthews for playing the “victim game” and described[…]

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