The decision to increase domestic workers’ annual wages, in line with the new minimum wage, showed the ANC’s commitment to improve the lives of lowly paid workers, the party said on Tuesday. “The challenge facing low income workers is the pressure of coping with the ever-increasing cost of living,” African[…]
The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) has decided to seek input from its alliance partners to help resolve the turmoil in Cosatu, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “The NEC agreed that the task team must work hard for unity and cohesion in Cosatu,” he told reporters in Johannesburg.[…]
Faced with a clearly combative opposition, the ANC on Thursday night abandoned a debate in the National Assembly on a report calling for the suspension of 20 Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the legislature. The decision came after five hours of tense meetings in Parliament, while riot police were again[…]
The ANC has stepped in once again to help embattled Cosatu deal with the internal struggles which have divided the trade union federation. This included the charges against its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Sidumo Dlamini told reporters in Johannesburg on Thursday. “The ANC-led[…]
The ANC did not fail or succeed in its intervention in problems within Cosatu, general secretary Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “The ANC cannot impose solutions on Cosatu,” he told reporters in Johannesburg. “Our intervention cannot fail or succeed, only Cosatu can fail or succeed.” This weekend the National Union[…]
There is no friction between the Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement and the African National Congress, according to organization’s spokesperson Sthembele Majova. Instead, he says, the movement has received opposition from an individual within the party’s provincial leadership. This comes after Ses’Khona on Thursday announced the shooting of its leader, former[…]
Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement leader Andile Lile was shot in a drive by shooting in Khayelitsha late on Wednesday night. Lile apparently survived four shots to the stomach, allegedly by two assasins. He is in a serious yet stable condition at Tygerberg hospital. Police have not confirmed the incident. Lili[…]
The ANC on Friday expressed concern at the action by Cosas members who placed a pig’s head in the meat section of a Woolworths store in protest against trade relations with Israel “The placing of pigs’ heads, in violation of the religious beliefs of certain sections of our population, is[…]
Gun Free South Africa has welcomed the African National Congress’s (ANC) announcement that it would seek tougher gun controls laws, following the tragic shooting of Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa. The football star’s murder at the hands of two burglars last weekend has left the South African[…]
There is no rift between President Jacob Zuma and ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe, the party said on Friday. “The African National Congress dismisses with the contempt they deserve reports… claiming a ‘rift’ between ANC President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, and the secretary-general, Comrade Gwede Mantashe,” spokesman Zizi Kodwa said in[…]
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