The ANC stalwarts say that the party’s leaders and members must be informed that the days of unacceptable behaviour are over and that a starting point and clear message to the country should be the recall of President Jacob Zuma. The stalwarts on Thursday congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as president of ANC and expressed the hope that it will be “a breath of fresh air that we as […]
The competition for the top six leadership positions in South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), was no carefully choreographed script such as the one-candidate-per-election of Chinese Communist Party congresses. It was a rip-roaring, full-throated democratic contestation – as raucous as US primary elections. Even more so, with delegates’ repeated singing and dancing. This point bears emphasising. As recently as 2016, one hardline ANC critic published a book-length […]
ANC veteran Reverend Frank Chikane has warned individuals who are being touted by corrupt factions that their bid to be leaders of the ANC come 2017 won’t succeed and that they should rather decline those nominations. “When people nominate you, you must check who these people are. Whether they are clean or if they are just fraudsters. If they are not clean, then deny the nomination. Don’t allow yourself to […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
