Parliament has not been advised correctly, and the ANC caucus would now look at the quality of the advisors, newly appointed Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu said on Wednesday. He was referring to the various parliamentary committees and the adoption of Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report, which determined that President Jacob[…]
The ANC is set to study the damning Constitutional Court judgement on the binding nature of the powers of the Public Protector, and the conduct of the president and National Assembly. ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said in a statement that the party had noted the unanimous judgment. “The African National[…]
The ANC is on its way to making the same mistakes it did ahead of its watershed 2007 Polokwane congress, when President Jacob Zuma unseated Thabo Mbeki, former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has warned. “This is why I dismiss all of these calls for a judicial commission of inquiry[…]
Here is what social movement leaders are saying about the recent ANC national executive committee meeting, President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family, GroundUp reports. Equal Education “As a movement of revolutionary youth we call on the young people of South Africa to make themselves heard. We call on every[…]
Gupta-owned media, ANN7 and The New Age have agreed to publish and broadcast an apology to the ANC following their coverage of the recent national executive committee meeting, the party said on Wednesday. The ANC met with representatives of ANN7 and The New Age on Tuesday night after the[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa declared that the ANC is not for sale and that those who seek to capture the party and the state won’t be allowed to do so. Ramaphosa was addressing a middle-class constituency at a soul-searching session of professionals in Sandton, aimed at jacking up the ruling party’s[…]
Former ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu is widely tipped to become the party’s chief whip. Independent Media has reliably been informed that an announcement is imminent. Mthembu is believed to be the front-runner to succeed Stone Sizani. National Assembly house chairwoman Thoko Didiza is also said to be in the running.[…]
The following is a joint letter from the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Nelson Mandela Foundation and Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation handed to the Secretary General of the ANC at the National Executive Committee meeting yesterday. The Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation jointly[…]
More voices are coming to the fore, calling for a probe into what has been dubbed “Guptagate”. On Friday, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation said it supports the call from quarters for “an independent and impartial” judicial commission of inquiry into the allegations against the wealthy family. The foundation was commenting[…]
President Jacob Zuma faces a battle to save his presidency as ruling party leaders prepare for a showdown this weekend over a controversy engulfing the government that one top official said is threatening to turn South Africa into a “mafia state.” The meeting of the African National Congress’s decision- making[…]
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