Following weeks of confusion surrounding the price of umrah visas, the African National Congress’s (ANC) Western Cape branch this week released a statement affirming the party’s willingness to assist in resolving the matter. In August this year, media reports surfaced from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stating that travellers to[…]
There was no need for students to break down the doors of learning when these were already open, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “There is no need for violent protests which give the impression that government is opposed to students,” he told ambassadors and high commissioners at the Heads[…]
In an apparent bid to mimic his predecessor Julius Malema’s militancy, ANC Youth League president Collen Maine on Saturday called on military veterans to take up arms for President Jacob Zuma. The call by Maine, who is known as Oros in political circles, was made at a pro-Zuma march organised[…]
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has called the Hawks investigation “mischief in the real sense” adding that it was not doing the country any favours. Speaking to SABCNews in New York ahead of the South Africa Tomorrow Investor Conference, he said that everyone concerning the Hawks-SARS investigation knows there’s[…]
Other former mayors will not follow Danny Jordan’s lead and resign as councillors in metros the ANC lost during the municipal elections, the party said on Monday. Jordaan had more demands to deal with as South African Football Association (Safa) president, ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa told reporters. “Our cadres in[…]
The ANC wants to focus on its principles when selecting its next generation of leaders, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “The succession debate should be taken to the principle level. Let’s go back and look at the documents of the ANC,” he told reporters in Johannesburg. Failing to[…]
The chickens are coming home to roost. What you sow, you will harvest. Pile up the clichés: this is what is happening to the governing ANC right now. The ANC in Parliament wants to disband the SABC Board tomorrow because it has embarrassed the party and the broadcaster. But these[…]
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) and the Young Communist League (YCL) in the North West say they are concerned about their alliance with the African National Congress (ANC). They say the alliance in this province is just a marriage of convenience, especially during the election period. Sanco’s leadership[…]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Sunday pledged to help the IEC cope with the ANC’s alleged “bullying” following this year’s local government elections. He would ask to meet Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) leaders to address these threats, he said in a statement. He wanted to help ensure the[…]
The growth of South Africa´s black middle class has not been sustained under President Jacob Zuma´s leadership, long-serving ANC member and businessman Sipho Pityana said on Thursday. “What has happened that is so dramatic, that the president has done to make us claim that he has driven the transformation agenda[…]
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