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DA rejects ANC child labour claims

The DA on Wednesday dismissed allegations by the Western Cape ANC that it paid children to campaign in a by-election in Ceres. Head of the Democratic Alliance constituency in Witzenberg, under which Ceres falls, James Vos, said in a statement: “As usual the ANC’s accusations are utter rubbish”. The African[…]

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ANC welcomes CT tender ruling

The ANC in the Western Cape on Tuesday welcomed a High Court ruling that set aside and ordered the re-evaluation of a R113.5 million tender to rehabilitate sewers in Cape Town. “One would have expected from the ‘best-run’ Cape Town to have sufficiently adapted its internal workings in order to[…]

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FW had no choice: analyst

In a recent opinion piece, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Social Sciences research fellow Imraan Buccus says apartheid era president FW de Klerk has been erroneously painted to be a forward thinking leader. Twenty five years after he made his famous speech unbanning liberation movements like the African National Congress and[…]

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ANC to pay for Selebi’s funeral

The ANC will pay for former police chief Jackie Selebi’s funeral and memorial service, it said on Tuesday. “It was agreed with the family that the African National Congress will be allowed to bury comrade Jackie Selebi who has been for most of his life at the centre of the[…]

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Malema returning to ANC laughable: EFF

The EFF on Tuesday rejected as “laughable” a media report that its leader Julius Malema would return to the ANC. “We wish to categorically state that this information is not true,” Economic Freedom Fighters’ spokesman Lehlohonolo Fana Mokoena said in a statement. “The CiC [Commander in Chief] has already responded[…]

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FW de Klerk “not a messiah”: ANC

FW de Klerk was “not a messiah”, the ANC said on Friday in response to the City of Cape Town’s proposal to rename Table Bay Boulevard after the former president. “He was part of apartheid. He cannot be a messiah. He did not liberate us,” national spokesman Zizi Kodwa said.[…]

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ANC to blame for rolling blackouts: EFF

The ANC and not apartheid is to blame for South Africa’s energy problems, the EFF said on Tuesday. “The ANC is shifting responsibility again. It shows that from the beginning, the ANC was not ready [to govern],” Economic Freedom Fighters’ deputy president Floyd Shivambu told reporters in Johannesburg. He was[…]

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Muslim turnout ‘underwhelming’: ANC

The African National Congress (ANC) says they have noticed a lack of interest from Muslims despite a strong legacy of people from the community participating in party activities. This comes despite a drive to garner a large amount of support from Cape Town’s Muslim community for their 103rd Anniversary celebrations[…]

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Freedom Charter and NDP not compatible: Analyst

The African National Congress’s (ANC) promise to return to the fundamentals of the Freedom Charter is an attempt by the party to reestablish its ‘political legitimacy’, according to analyst Andre Duvenhage. This comes after the ruling party’s 103rd anniversary celebrations at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, where it vowed[…]

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