Reverand OJ Tselapedi passed away on Sunday, 06 June 2021 after a short illness. He was 65 years old.
This as some members object to their inclusion and participation in the recently formed youth task team.
Deputy secretary general of the African National Congress Jessie Duarte is briefing the media on Tuesday following the the national working committee's regular session.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has been marred by an irregular multimillion-rand tender awarded to a company linked to some of his close associates and his son.
The office of the Auditor-General has flagged the city for losing about 52% of its freshwater annually through leaks and burst pipes.
Mkhize was a no-show this morning citing legal opinion which recommended that he not attend the meeting to discuss the irregular Digital Vibes contract.
Mbatha Attorneys, representing an ANC Youth League member, on Tuesday said it had been instructed to seek an interdict against the NYTT after not receiving responses to a legal letter it was served questioning the status of some ex-officious in the structure.
The former president of both the country and the ANC decried corruption in his party and its inability to deal with careerists who continue to thrive in the movement.
Following the ANC national working committee’s (NWC) decision to suspend him in line with the step-aside resolution, Magashule sent a suspension letter to Ramaphosa over the CR17 campaign.
Calls have been growing for Mkhize to resign or be fired over the health department’s irregular multi-million-rand contracts with Digital Vibes – the company linked to his close associates.
In a last-minute media briefing on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said he was not friends with Tahera Mather and Naadhira Mitha, who work for Digital Vibes, after reports the company received media liaison contracts improperly. But he admitted that the pair were his comrades.
His deputy Jessie Duarte told journalists at a post-national working committee media briefing on Tuesday that she spoke to Magashule who said he would not gather crowds due to mounting fears of rising COVID-19 cases.
The governing party’s KwaZulu-Natal secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli said they were convinced that there was no cultural imperative or rationale for the legalisation of polyandry.
The party said there would only be peace and justice when the people of Palestine are given their land and their freedom.
Zak Yacoob said while he agreed that the matter was unfortunate, he would have apologised had Mathews Phosa not gone to the press saying “awkward things”.
The IFP has now called on Luthuli House to intervene following continued heated public exchanges between Ntuli and Buthelezi over matters relating to the amaZulu royal household.
Four party members from the Francis Baard region also want branch biennial general meetings held this year to be declared unlawful, unconstitutional and in breach of the ANC’s constitution.
This comes amid court action by the governing party’s suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule who wants the Johannesburg High Court to declare the ANC’s step-aside resolution unconstitutional, invalid and unlawful.
