Anc lekgotla
Losi: ANC can't call itself a leader of society if it can't lead senior members
Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi said that ANC leaders, especially those vying for leadership positions, must show high levels of discipline.
According to ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, the alliance movement reaffirmed its support and distanced itself from narratives that stripped away at its transformative intent and gains.
Ramaphosa was delivering the closing address at the party's national executive council lekgotla on Sunday.
The ANC is meeting with its alliance partners and other stakeholders for its weekend lekgotla that begins on Saturday.
As president of the ruling party, Cyril Ramaphosa gave feedback on the ANC's lekgotla, which was held over the weekend. Ramaphosa said that the party discussed a number of issues, including border management and strict consequences for officials who robbed the poor of services.
The virtual gathering will consist of the party’s alliance partners, government deployees and stakeholders from strategic sectors.
In his leaked address to the African National Congress (ANC) lekgotla being held on Friday, the president said the programme was a public good that was vital to the wellbeing of all South Africans.
Senior ANC members continue to arrive at the St George’s Hotel in Irene for the two-day NEC lekgotla where topics such as the state of parastatals and municipalities will be discussed.
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule says its deployees in government will now be closely monitored.
The review of the mandate for the Reserve Bank was one of the ANC’s manifesto promises. In the document the party said the central bank should pursue a more flexible monetary policy regime aligned with the objectives of the party’s programmes.
The Spectator Index recently ranked the country’s youth joblessness rate as the highest in the world.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised South Africa that his cabinet will sign performance agreements to ensure they deliver.
The party is hosting a lekgotla in Irene, Pretoria to give direction to the governing party’s deployees some of whom have already been implicated in corruption.
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the 64 men and women, saying they face the task of implementing government plans over the next five years.
The ANC is briefing the media on the outcomes of its NEC meeting and its lekgotla which ended on Monday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says ANC lekgotla has called on the government to develop and implement a stimulus package to ignite growth and job creation.
The lekgotla comprises high-ranking ANC officials, including mayors, MECs and ministers.
The ANC held a news conference to disclose the outcome of its top-level lekgotla that was held at Irene outside Pretoria this past weekend.
After a four day national Lekgotla, the governing party’s leadership met for the first time after the national policy conference.