The African National Congress (ANC) will use the next three days to get legal counsel on the correct way to navigate KwaZulu-Natal before dissolving the provincial executive committee (PEC) which was declared unlawful by a full bench of judges of the Pietermaritzburg High Court, secretary general, Gwede Mantashe said on Friday. “Let me tell you, the reason we have been given three days to get the senior counsel opinion is […]
The African National Congress is expected to brief the media on Monday on whether President Jacob Zuma survived another round of claims that his son's business partners, the Guptas, are involved in ministerial appointments. The party's National Executive Committee (NEC) met between Friday and Sunday at the St George's Hotel on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria as three separate media exposes made claims against the Treasury, Zuma, and key […]
African National Congress (ANC) NEC member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says if members of the party continue to be attacked by the opposition, members of the party should protect them. Dlamini-Zuma was speaking at an ANC Cadres briefing in Sasolburg in the Free State. She says this is not the first time the party goes through problems, but should remain united at all times. Dlamini-Zuma says the party's objective of radical economic […]
After surviving an unparalleled attack on his leadership of the ANC, a defiant President Jacob Zuma has told the party's national executive committee (NEC) that stepping down would be like handing himself over to the enemy and he would never do it. Zuma addressed the NEC following a grueling three-day battle over his future, initiated by Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom. The meeting, scheduled to end on Sunday, was extended to […]
A “fierce” and “robust” ANC national executive committee meeting had to be extended as it could not agree on holding a secret vote for President Jacob Zuma to step down. The meeting which was due to end on Sunday has been extended to Monday. However, spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said the extension was due to a number of items on the agenda which still needed to be discussed. “There are a […]
The ANC’s top leadership moved to defuse tensions in the party’s parliamentary caucus this week, after ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu’s call for the national executive committee (NEC) to step down caused disquiet in some quarters. Four ANC sources in Parliament independently told City Press that the party’s secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, and his deputy, Jessie Duarte, used the opportunity while in Cape Town for the medium-term budget policy statement 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.
