Government needs to take bold decisions and implement tougher measures to get the economy to recover, the DA said on Wednesday. “It is a difficult time for South Africa, that is why we need bold and strong leadership. Globally, other markets are starting to recover,” Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi[…]
An ANC ward councillor and SA National Civics Organisation member has been killed in Philippi, Cape Town police said on Tuesday. “Last night at about 9.15pm a 53-year-old man who was a member of Sanco, Mr Charles Thembisile Kanku, and a woman were shot at on the driveway of Bongolethu[…]
The ANC on Wednesday rejected a claim that ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was one of the “concerned MPs” who leaked information on the 1999 arms deal. “With no fear of contradiction, the ANC disputes the allegations as lies being peddled against Comrade Winnie,” deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said in[…]
ANC MPs on Tuesday moved to absolve President Jacob Zuma of any wrongdoing in the Nkandla controversy as they unilaterally pursued Parliament’s consideration of the matter following an opposition walkout. They said there was no evidence that Zuma asked for luxuries to be added to his private home in KwaZulu-Natal,[…]
An agenda to discredit the ANC and its president Jacob Zuma is behind recent critical media reports, the political party said on Sunday. “The intention is to discredit the ANC. No-one accepts it [the party]; Nobody likes it,” African National Congress spokesman Zizi Kodwa said. He said Zuma was not[…]
ANC members and leaders should not travel to Israel as the party is in solidarity with the people of Palestine, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “[We are] joining the call for [a] cultural, academic and education boycott of Israel, including travel bans for members and leaders of[…]
The ANC wanting Parliament to protect President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa undermines the chamber and the Constitution, the DA said on Sunday. “This confirms the DA’s position that the ANC deployed its chairperson Baleka Mbete as Speaker to undermine the role of Parliament in holding the Executive[…]
The African National Congress won 10 of the 11 wards contested in Wednesday’s by-elections, with the Democratic Alliance winning one, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said on Thursday. The elections saw the ANC take two wards, one from an independent candidate and another from the DA. “From an independent[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters were committed to undermining Parliament through chaotic conduct, the ANC said on Wednesday. “The African National Congress once more expresses its concern about the conduct of EFF Members of Parliament in the National Assembly today,” national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said in a statement. “Their refusal to[…]
The ANC is not worried about the “revelations” the DA claimed to have found in the contents of the so-called “spy tapes”, it said on Tuesday. Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille’s assertions that the tapes provided enough evidence to apply for a review of the withdrawal of charges against President[…]
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