African national congress
JUDITH FEBRUARY: The ANC in government is a walking contradiction
President Ramaphosa and the ANC seem so consumed with internal crises and internal party unity that it constantly feels as if we are a country walking in...
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Duarte: Voter registration can't happen without reopening candidate registration
Jessie Duarte said the reopening of the registration process couldn't happen without parties being able to resubmit candidates.
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Disgruntled ANC workers put grievances on hold to focus on elections
Staffers at the governing party have had to contend with months of salary uncertainty, going as far back as 2019.
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Mbalula: ANC to launch local govt election manifesto in Tshwane on 27 Sept
Its head of elections Fikile Mbalula made the announcement on Thursday afternoon during a media briefing admitting the party has been inundated with disputes over its candidate selection processes.
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ConCourt is not a political boxing ring, Freedom Under Law tells parties
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.
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WATCH LIVE: ANC outlines its plans ahead of local govt elections
The party's head of elections, Fikile Mbalula, is expected to touch on the manifesto launch plans, candidate selections and disputes and plans for the voter registration weekend.
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Carl Niehaus says he's not the only one intimidated by the ANC
Carl Niehaus said he would not reveal the identity of ANC staff who support the move for fear of intimidation from the party.
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Deputy Minister in the Presidency Hlengiwe Mkhize passes away
The cause of her death is unclear at the moment. She was 69 years old.
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ANC provincial, regional offices abandoned due to salary non-payment
The ANC staff representative committee’s Mandla Qwane said the problem was bigger than Luthuli House employees as key staff at provincial and regional level have also abandoned their posts.
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Angry ANC members threaten not to vote in protest over party candidate list
Members from several wards in Gauteng and Limpopo gathered outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Wednesday. They alleged that there had been rigging of votes during the process to nominate party candidates to contest in the 1 November local goverment elections.
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Carl Niehaus opens criminal complaint against ANC top brass
Axed ANC employee Carl Niehaus laid a criminal complaint against the ANC and its top executive on 15 September 2021. This is after Niehaus was dismissed as an ANC employee last week, a move which he claims was riddled with intimidation and was a violation of labour laws. #ANC #CarlNiehaus #CyrilRamaphosa
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Niehaus presses on with fraud, corruption charges against ANC top brass
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.
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Tug of war in ANC North West seen as a threat to candidate list
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.
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Mamabolo: Insinuating bias against IEC is a dangerous path to tread
In an answering affidavit submitted to the apex court on Monday, the IEC’s Sy Mamabolo dismisses the claims before the Constitutional Court alleging that even the perception of the commission’s independence is compromised by the reopening of candidate nominations.
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ANC misses its own deadline to resolve candidate disputes
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.
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Zikalala calls for speedy arrest after ANC members killed during branch meeting
It’s believed five gunmen opened fire from a vehicle on the group of ANC members on Saturday. The shooting happened during a branch meeting at a local school to finalise the selection of candidates for the upcoming government elections.
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ANC prepares to close dispute period
Several grievances were left unattended as the party tried to make the IEC's 23 August deadline to submit candidate names.
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ANC says its relationship with Niehaus has irretrievably broken down
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.
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DAVID MAIMELA: Imagining renewal and succession in SA
After dealing with renewal and succession in depth, David Maimela gives our imagination something to work on.
