Freedom Under Law, which was part of the previous matter, has joined again and said the DA’s application was impermissible and should not be entertained by the courts.

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’ argument was simple: the DA’s interpretation of the recent Constitutional Court order is incorrect.

Kgalema Motlanthe, who currently heads up the ANC’s electoral committee to help in the selection of councillor candidates ahead of the municipal polls, took issue with Hlomane Chauke, accusing him of lying about the committee’s resolutions.

The main opposition iss arguing that the only amendments permitted following the recent Constitutional Court order is for the voters’ registration to take place.

Carl Niehaus was fired last week after failing to provide the party with a sufficient explanation behind a media alert inviting journalists to watch him and others lay a criminal complaint against the ANC top 5.

The Jacob Zuma Foundation has confirmed that a thanksgiving prayer reception event will take place in his honour.

The party has set aside three days to help organise the different lists that must be submitted to the IEC.

Sources in the party told Eyewitness News on Monday that clashes between the interim provincial committee (IPC) and the provincial list committee (PLC) had derailed efforts in the platinum-rich province.

According to party insiders, there's been mobilisation around the issue of complaints with some opting to use them to further factional interests, while others who've fallen out of favour with their communities are refusing to let go because this is their only source of bread and butter.

African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson, Pule Mabe, said that Monday’s court outcomes confirmed that resolutions of the ANC were not designed to take away the rights of individuals.

The party insists that the incident must not be given any political connotations and must be seen as nothing more than a criminal act.

Ace Magashule claimed that the court erred in its July judgment where he was challenging his suspension from the African National Congress (ANC).

Ace Magashule wanted to challenge the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg’s July findings that upheld his suspension as the ANC’s secretary general

Several grievances were left unattended as the party tried to make the IEC's 23 August deadline to submit candidate names.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema told journalists that medical issues were personal matters and should not be placed in the hands of the lawyers of his political opponents.

On Thursday, the IEC released its first quarterly report on political party donations and funds and only three - the African National Congress, Democratic Alliance and ActionSA - disclosed their funders.

After a year of warning letters asking him to mind both his tone and utterances about the movement and its leaders, the governing party has had enough.