The family of prominent Cape Judge Essa Moosa say they’ve been overwhelmed by the messages of support for their father who is gravely ill. The 81 year old anti-apartheid activist is being surrounded by close family and friends who say he is still in high spirits and has a positive[…]
The assault case against the ANC’s Western Cape secretary Faiez Jacobs is expected to resume in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The ANC’s national disciplinary committee found him guilty of assault in April 2016, following an altercation with former ANC employee, Wesley Seale, at the ANC’s provincial offices[…]
By Judith February There are certain moments in South African political life which simply lodge in one’s memory. The day 27 years ago when FW De Klerk announced the unbanning of the ANC and other political parties was one such day. And then there was the day Nelson Mandela strode[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape is evoking the strategy that won in the province during the 2004 general elections. It’s hoping that by retracing its steps then, it will wrestle control of the province back from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in 2019. Hence the party’s Provincial[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has added its voice in questioning the resignation of Patricia de Lille as the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape. ANC spokesperson in the Western Cape Jabu Mafu says De Lille’s decision is indicative of tensions within[…]
“We’re going to be in trouble.” This is what ANC general manager Ignatius Jacobs said when he got his first glimpse of Sihle Bolani’s “war room” report. Bolani, a public relations expert, had just handed Jacobs her report on the ANC’s covert campaign set up ahead of the 2016 local[…]
The DA says it will ask the Independent Electoral Commission to look at allegations that the ANC set up a covert election campaign to disempower opposition parties ahead of last year’s municipal vote. PR expert Sihle Bolani has claimed in a court affidavit that an ANC campaign team known as[…]
The ANC planned to spend R50 million on a covert campaign targeting opposition parties in the 2016 local government elections, according to court papers filed in the High Court in Johannesburg. A covert team, initially known as the War Room, intended to “disempower DA and EFF campaigns” and set a[…]
President Jacob Zuma has condemned the tendency of discussing leadership succession before the period is opened, including leaders whom he says are obsessed with positions. President Zuma was addressing thousands of ANC supporters gathered in KwaDukuza during the party’s 105 year celebrations. ANC Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize and some NEC[…]
The African National Congress stalwarts say they will now hold further discussions with the party’s top six to press for an early consultative conference. They say it’s important to have it as early as April as this will impact the outcome of the party’s policy conference which will be held[…]
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