Minsters' squabbles during a time of unrest shows that the ANC's own problems could affect South Africa's security, writes Tshidi Madia.
The party had approached the court to reveal all those who donated to the president's campaign for the African National Congress (ANC) presidency in 2017.
African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa said it was now clear that last week's looting and destruction of property was a deliberate coordinated and well-planned attack on the economy and people's livelihood.
African National Congress (ANC) Councillor Nokuthula Bolitye was gunned down outside her home earlier this week.
This suspension of his membership follows him being charged by the ANC after he was found guilty by a court of law on charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when he struck Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor Raino Kaiser with a glass jug over the head.
The party’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte confirmed to journalists that important organisational changes were on the cards. She was briefing the media following the ANC’s national executive committee meeting.
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte held a briefing on the outcomes of the party's NEC meeting. She talked about the riots in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal and tweets from party members such as Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, former President Jacob Zuma's daughter.
The party said that Councillor Nokuthula Bolitye was shot and killed outside her home on Monday afternoon.
Political analyst Ralph Mathekga said that the current problem was an African National Congress (ANC) issue and should continue to be seen that way.
Suspended African National Congress secretary-general Ace Magashule said he was ready to fight his suspension all the way to the Constitutional Court.
Carl Niehaus said that Ace Magashule was not done with the courts and maintained that he was still the ANC secretary-general.
On Thursday, court proceedings against Smith and former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi were postponed to September.
African National Congress (ANC) Veterans League president Snuki Zikalala said that police handled thousands of Jacob Zuma’s supporters with restraint while remaining firm and consistent. He said that there was no appetite or room for conflict.
Spokesperson of the already disbanded uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA), Carl Niehaus, insists that the actions he has been suspended for from the African National Congress (ANC) were part of the collective and not just his own doing.
Barely a month after picketing, employees at the governing party’s headquarters still have not received their pay-cheques for the month of June.
The party’s national executive committee (NEC), which held a special meeting on Monday, said that inflammatory speeches made by Carl Niehaus over the weekend while dressed in ANC regalia had brought the organisation into disrepute.
The African National Congress (ANC) has given itself a pat on the back for managing the political situation which unfolded outside former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home while at the same time affirming all of the country’s democratic institutions.
Following a special national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Monday, deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said that the NEC had once again expressed its support for the country’s rule of law and its Constitution.
