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ANC dismisses reports that Jessie Duarte has passed away
The party said those spreading the fake news should take responsibility or it would approach relevant authorities over the matter.
ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini is a step closer to being asked to “step aside” after she was found guilty of perjury.
Voters have punished the party, causing its biggest upset yet.
Speaking on 3 November 2021, the ANC's deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said the low voter turnout and the party's poor results were a message to the party. Duarte said the ANC had heard the message loud and clear and was working on renewing itself.
In a wide-ranging interview with Eyewitness News on Tuesday, the party's deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said some of the instruments used for the polls could do with an improvement including the facilities used in poorer areas.
Eyewitness News Senior Political Reporter Tshidi Madia chats to ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte on the 2021 local government elections.
Deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte was speaking during the launch of the ANC’s local government barometer.
On Friday, Duarte embarked on a campaign trail in the area which saw 36 people being killed due in racial violence in July.
The party’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte on Wednesday said that they were concerned but believed that the ANC had to continue trying to assist communities to move away from the violence, especially when it came to dealing with women.
African National Congress (ANC) deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said that the party was now waiting on the IEC for an exception report regarding the names it had submitted.
ANC secretary general Jessie Duarte held a media briefing to confirm that the governing party had met the IEC deadline for submitting its list of candidates.
ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte on Wednesday said the party successfully submitted candidates for all 4,468 wards and 257 candidates for the metros.
Jessie Duarte said the reopening of the registration process couldn't happen without parties being able to resubmit candidates.
The ANC's Jessie Duarte said the IEC could not reopen voter registration without opening up candidate lists submission, because candidates are also registered voters.
Jessie Duarte said the party would visit wards throughout the country, including those where it did not enjoy mass support.
The Department of Correctional Services announced at the weekend that the former leader would be released early from his 15-month jail sentence for contempt.
Due to the IEC’s amendment of the election timetable, and as per the order of the Constitutional Court for the elections to go ahead, the ANC now has an opportunity to make up for its failings last month.
ANC's Jessie Duarte condemned firearms being discharged at funerals. #KebbyMaphatsoe #ANC
The African National Congress (ANC) has been thrown a lifeline and will now be able to rectify its previous mistake of failing to register candidates for 93 municipalities in the upcoming local government elections.