African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Paul Mashatile says that a reshuffling of Cabinet will take place after month end. He says the cabinet reshuffle is inevitable. The reshuffle will be preceded by the ordinary sitting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the ANC Lekgotla at the end of the month. Mashatile made these assertions while speaking in an impromptu media briefing on the side-lines of the January 8 celebrations in […]
LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa's much-anticipated address to the nation on Thursday evening has been postponed because he's consulting stakeholders. “We are in an unprecedented and extraordinary moment as a constitutional democracy as a result of the report and therefore whatever decision he makes, that decision has to be informed by the best interest of the country. “That decision cannot be rushed and taken in haste. We apologise for the impression […]
The African National Congress (ANC) National Working Committee says letters of suspension will be sent later this week, to party members who are refusing to voluntarily step aside. The decision follows the party’s national working committee meeting on Monday in which lists were collated from different provinces and prepared for this coming weekend’s National Executive Committee meeting. ANC members facing serious crimes including corruption were given 30 days in which […]
Political analyst Lesiba Teffo says the African National Congress (ANC) step aside resolution is likely to have a devastating impact on the party’s electoral base ahead of the October 27 local government elections. ANC members who were expected to step aside on Friday because of corruption charges against them, have been given another week before they learn their fate. The party’s National Executive Committee gave the affected members 30 days […]
The African National Congress (ANC) has responded to the notes of the meeting with former president Jacob Zuma, which made their way to the public sphere. ANC Treasurer-General, Paul Mashatile, says they have cleared all the tensions with the former president. He says in the meeting with the ANC’s Top Six, Zuma was frank and touched on all the issues that are of national importance. In his letter, Zuma accused […]
The African National Congress (ANC) has vowed to take strong action against members who are sowing divisions in the organisation. This comes after the National Executive Committee (NEC) held its meeting at the weekend. In the video below, Party President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the NEC closing address: The meeting resolved to instruct all members facing criminal charges to step-aside or face suspension. Ramaphosa has warned the so-called Radical Economic Transformation […]
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has denied there is any crisis in the governing party brought about by his refusal to step aside after being charged with corruption last month. Magashule did a walkabout in the Ramaphosa informal settlement in Ekurhuleni’s ward 42 where by-elections took place on Wednesday. He was flanked by Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina. “The ANC is not in any crisis,” he told reporters on the sidelines of […]
The African National Congress’ National Executive Committee meeting today is set to discuss the party’s much talked about step-aside resolution. In 2015, the governing party adopted a resolution that says those accused of corruption and other serious crimes including those charged in courts must step aside from their positions or responsibilities. But the ANC seems to have backtracked on the resolution and the matter is likely to top the agenda […]
The African National Congress’ (ANC) entire National Executive Committee (NEC) will on Thursday visit late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s home in Soweto to pay their respects. Madikizela-Mandela passed away on Monday at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg. She was 81-years-old. Scores of dignitaries and prominent personalities on Wednesday visited the home of the anti-Apartheid icon. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a special official funeral to honour the woman who became the […]
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