Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has rejected media reports that suggested that his predecessor Helen Zille was still in charge of the party based on an alleged intervention when a senior party leader from the Eastern Cape wanted to quit. Maimane told Parliament journalists that there had been “a lot[…]
She is taking on Marius Fransman as a person, not as a politician, the woman who accused the Western Cape ANC leader of sexual harassment said on Tuesday. “This happened to me. My human rights have been violated by that human. It didn’t matter what his profession is – I[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema says the media unfairly project his party as violent, when the ruling ANC should instead take the mantle as a violent political party. Malema was addressing journalists at the party’s national list conference for local government election candidates in Midrand on Monday. Calling out the media,[…]
South Africans who vote for the African National Congress have only themselves to blame if their service delivery needs are not met, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Sunday. The ANC needed to remember there was “a difference between government and retailers”, he told about 1 500 supporters[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has condemned violent acts the party claims was allegedly caused by the ANC during their campaign gatherings. “The ANC leadership is involved in the programme to violently disrupt EFF activities because they know the EFF appeals to the people and will defeat them in the[…]
Former Nedbank chairman Reuel Khoza has ridiculed South Africa’s political leadership and President Jacob Zuma, implying that they imposed political solutions on legal matters. Khoza, who angered ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe in 2012 for calling the country’s leadership a “strange breed”, was at it again on Thursday at the Nedgroup[…]
Food parcels and other state resources should not be used for political campaigning in needy communities during the local government elections‚ says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. “As a government we believe that state resources should not be used for political interest. We should not be advancing party political interest through[…]
The uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) in Nelson Mandela Bay has acknowledged support for the ANC in the Eastern Cape was “dwindling”. At a press conference on Monday, Regional Executive Committee Chairperson Ntsikelelo Kwezi said that the organisation had taken a back seat for long time while they[…]
The ANC in Parliament has stopped short of fully backing Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his battle with the Hawks. ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday that the ANC caucus supported Gordhan, just like it did other ministers in the cabinet. On Thursday, the SACP became the ANC’s[…]
The ANC does not want to see anyone dying in Parliament, or blood to be spilled, the party said on Thursday. The party has called for more stringent security in Parliament, following a violent scuffle between EFF MPs and Parliamentary Protection Services as the EFF was being removed from the[…]
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