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Senior executives of the dysfunctional King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality — with the assistance of the deputy minister of agriculture, rural development and land reform, Nokuzola Capa — spent R183  997.82 to attend the ANC’s February elections manifesto launch. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Eastern Cape mayor ‘goes on ANC manifesto jol’

The Eastern Cape delegation was invited by the deputy minister of agriculture to school activities in KwaZulu-Natal

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

We will do better, ANC president Ramaphosa says in corrective manifesto

At the ANC’s manifesto launch, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to reduce unemployment, increase social security, and stamp out corruption in the party

The basic education department is adopting a ‘phased-in’ approach to reopening schools, with some schools possibly starting up as early as next week. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Cyril wants SA’s pupils up to code

Making programming compulsory in schools is a challenging prospect, but if the president wills it, there might be a way

ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Why Ramaphosa can’t stop the ANC’s decline, even with a win at the polls

Indications are that even an ANC victory at the polls is unlikely to reverse the party’s decline in popular support

ANC supporters at the launch of the ANC’s 2019 election manifesto in Durban on Sunday. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC haunted by failure but opposition can’t relax

Using the ANC’s 25-year failure will do the trick, but its supporters will need careful persuasion

The pension fund industry will resist being forced to invest in state assets unless there are viable projects in which to do so. The Government Employees’ Pension Fund has already loaned Eskom which is building Medupi money before. (Madelene Cronjé)

Not on to use pensions to bail out state

The suggestion in the ANC’s election manifesto on prescribed assets has drawn fire

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago. File photo

Kganyago calls out ANC manifesto on the Reserve Bank

​Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says the bank’s mandate already includes a focus on ‘balanced and sustainable growth’

The ANC faces a tough set of elections in May. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

The ANC must offer more than promises to win over South Africans

The African National Congress faces two big challenges: fewer South Africans trust it, while its electoral support has been waning

The DA says it was the first party to use this tagline since launching its election campaign in September last year. (Screenshot)

DA considering legal action against ANC for “stolen” slogan

The DA is considering taking legal action against the ANC for use of the slogan ‘One South Africa for all’

Former members of the Umgeni Water Amanzi board have gone to court to challenge their removal by Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu

ANC’s no longer just listening, it’s doing ― Mchunu

Mchunu says it is time for the ANC to face its delivery shortcomings head on and to begin to implement the tangible solutions people wanted

Godlimpi warned that even though current polls showed the ANC winning 48% of the vote next year with Cyril Ramaphosa as president, that figure was not guaranteed if the governing party could not resolve the electricity crunch.
(Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

ANC to launch manifesto forums ahead of 2019 elections

​The ANC has announced that it will launch manifesto forums across the country to hear what South Africans want from the governing party

Over 137 000 attended ANC elections manifesto launches across the country this weekend

The Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng ANC elections manifesto launches took place over the weekend, and over 137 000 people attended the events.

Mxolisi Nxasana

Mbalula: ANC must renew social contract between government and citizens

Sport and Recreation minister says he is confident that the ruling party will retain its majority vote in Gauteng municipalities.

ANC bus crash victims’ names released

A fatal bus accident killed 10 ANC members who were travelling from the ANC’s Manifesto Launch in PE to their homes in the Ekurhuleni region.

People attending the ANC Manifesto Launch in Nelson Mandela Bay April 16 2016.

Fifteen key points on the ANC manifesto

We break down the ANC’s local government elections manifesto into a digestible read.

ANC supporters wear newly designed party shirts at the ANC manifesto launch in Nelson Mandela Bay on April 16

ANC transport troubles delay manifesto launch

The M&G was informed that in some cases the buses were not paid for, while in others people who were feeling aggrieved with the ANC refused to come.

President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arrive at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium for the ANC Manifesto Launch on April 16

Manifesto launch crowd enthusiastic, but few

There were an estimated 30 000 people in the stadium when Zuma entered – far less than the 110 000 the ANC expected and promised.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

Mantashe hits out at Chief Justice Mogoeng

Mantashe said that Mogoeng’s public talk about the Concourt’s Nkandla judgment would provoke verbal attacks against the judiciary by politicians.

Bishop Bheki Ngcobo said the “mother of all prayers” would be held outside court on Friday before the start of proceedings

Zuma drums up support in Mandela Bay

According to President Jacob Zuma, the ANC is “working hard to change the lives" of people … It just takes time – "like growing maize".