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ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji. Photo:  ANCYL

Collen Malatji: I would rather support Magashule’s return to the ANC than that of Jacob Zuma

The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has replaced its long-standing president, Vuyolwethu Zungula. (@ATMovement_SA/Twitter)

No plans to merge with MK party or deregister ATM, says leader

Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party

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Zandile Gumede denies plans to join Zuma’s MK party, but leaves door open

The eThekwini ANC regional chair, former mayor and corruption accused has said she would not wish the step-aside rule even on ‘my worst enemy’

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images

Mbalula’s ambitions are ‘sowing divisions’ in the Free State

Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists

Justice Minister Mmamaloku Kubayi

Justice minister insists she was not put in place to act against Ramaphosa’s enemies

Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to improve access to the courts and deal with their dilapidated condition

Zuma’s desire to remain an ANC member can’t be going down all that well in the MK party, especially in the Kingdom, its stronghold and the source of its national political presence. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Fish swim, birds fly, Zuma litigates

Is Zuma trying to rain on Cyril’s January 8 parade, or is uBaba feeling politically homesick?

Mini-Me: Duduzane Zuma, the leader of the All Game Changers party and Jacob Zuma’s son. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Getty Images

Myths to test and lay to rest

Are the pollsters reflecting reality or is it a case of the tail trying to wag the dog?

Throwing punches: Action Congress for Transformation leader Ace Magashule. Photo: Mulungisi Louw/Getty Images

Ace Magashule belongs in the political UFC

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Hlaudi Motsoeneng. File photo

Hlaudi mulls joining forces with Ace after elections

The disgraced former SABC boss also has ambitions of becoming premier of the Free State

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Ramaphosa to intervene in Ezulweni debt matter

The president will consult party lawyers after a court ruling that could see the ANC forking out R150 million to the company

Spin: Dr Malinga performed at the ANC’s recent elections manifesto review at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, one of several such reviews countrywide. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

More parties than paper as election campaign gets going

The time for sod-turning and ribbon-cutting is nearly upon us

ACT-istic: Expelled ANC secretary general Ace Magashule puts on a T-shirt with the logo of his new party, the African Congress for Transformation, at its launch. Photo: Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images

Acing the one-election wonder

The earth shook in Jozi but Magashule’s party is no seismic event, politically speaking

Ace Magashule. Photo by Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images/Volksblad

Ace’s new party is a home for ‘the betrayed’

The governing party’s former secretary general said Cyril Ramaphosa was endorsed by the DA and ‘neoliberal handlers’

ANC treasurer general Gwen Ramokgopa. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images)

ANC ‘fixer’ Gwen Ramokgopa pulling the party out of the red

In her short time as ANC treasurer general, Ramokgopa has overseen the resuscitation of the party’s finances

The ANC has started expelling members of its Mangaung branches who supported former party members who stood against it as independents in last week’s by-elections in the Free State capital.

Axe falls on ANC rebels as Mangaung no confidence vote looms

A no confidence motion against speaker Maryke Davies is set to take place on Friday

Phoenix High School

Delinquent Gauteng departments fail ‘disposable’ school

The departments of education and infrastructure development dithered for two decades over a school they ‘erroneously’ sold

The ANC has started expelling members of its Mangaung branches who supported former party members who stood against it as independents in last week’s by-elections in the Free State capital.

ANC boots rebel members after Mangaung by-elections victory

The governing party is now looking to oust Democratic Alliance speaker Maryke Davies

The landscape of technology-driven elections is fast mutating. With the current deficits, there is a need for adequate digital skills if Africa is to be recognised for effective handling of elections.

Battles loom for George, Mangaung in coming round of by-elections

A total of 11 wards in four provinces will be contested on 19 July

Former ANC secretary general Ace Magashule.

Magashule vs Mbalula: Icons of South Africa’s leadership malaise

The language on both sides of the kerfuffle highlights the depth of our political descent

Retreat: Safa boss Danny Jordaan shifted from threatening to kick out Banyana players to promises of pay. Photo: Lee Warren/Gallo Images

Like Banyana Banyana, Ace Magashule boots people under the bus

It’s payback time and the ANC’s former secretary general has taken a note out of Banyana Banyana’s game plan