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Four square behind Cyril: The ANC NEC special sitting which deliberated on the Section 89 Constitutional Court judgement, has ruled to support the president fully. Photo: My ANC

ANC closes ranks behind Ramaphosa

After Parliament established an impeachment committee linked to the Phala Phala scandal, Ramaphosa has refused to resign, insisting the Constitutional Court ruling does not…

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the January 8 Statement at Moruleng Stadium, North West.

Ramaphosa to ANC members: campaigning for 2026 elections is mandatory

He said the party would be run strictly, with zero tolerance for corruption, ill-discipline and factionalism

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC’s national general council earlier this week. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC renewal headache

The party is set to address factionalism, corruption and alliance fallout ahead of next year’s local government elections

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa at the party’s national general council forum. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Show of support for Ramaphosa at ANC conference, amid talk of plans to recall him

On the first day of the party’s national general council, chairperson Gwede Mantashe slammed Ramaphosa’s detractors and urged them to ‘say whatever you want to say here and not…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa: ANC still discussing disbanding Gauteng, KZN executive committees

The party is expected to discuss the matter at its upcoming national executive committee meeting, set for next week

ANC national executive committee (NEC) member and deputy chair of the party’s international relations sub-committee Obed Bapela. (Ntswe Mokoena/GCIS)

ANC removes Obed Bapela from NEC position over his Morocco trip

The party veteran has been ousted after he contradicted the ANC’s position on Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mantashe: Sisulu did not bring the ANC into disrepute

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the minister of tourism and a member of the party’s national executive committee was expressing her personal views when she attacked the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa warns ANC members to get with party renewal programme or get out

As the party celebrates its 110th anniversary, President Cyril Ramaphosa says members must restore the ANC’s integrity to win the confidence and respect of South Africans.

Up for the job?: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Lamola hints at interest in ANC deputy president position

ANC NEC member and Ramaphosa ally Ronald Lamola says that the NEC needs to have a generational mix in its next top six and hinted at possible deputy presidency.

The ANC can neither hold the centre nor lead society. The recent policy conference was bereft of new ideas. (Paul Botes/M&G)

ANC members take legal action over council selection disputes

Nine ANC members in the North West’s Greater Taung Municipality have sent a letter to the national list committee threatening to go to court should the ANC not respond to their…

The provincial list committee believed the inclusion of the councillors-elect on the list at a time when they were out on bail and still attending court, “could bring the organisation into disrepute”. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC branches protest as corruption charged councillors culled from elections list

Fielding councillors charged with corruption, along with Zandile Gumede, would bring the party into disrepute.

Eastern Cape ANC general-secretary Oscar Mabuyane on the side-lines of the ANC’s 55th national policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre in July 2017. (Photo by Gallo Images /The Times/Masi Losi)

Mabuyane win will boost Ramaphosa’s chance

Outgoing Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is ready to lead the province for another term. The ANC provincial heavyweight and one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s loyal…

Speak up: Former Defence and Military Veterans Minister; Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula during a media briefing. (Photo by Gallo Images / Beeld / Theana Breugem)

Top six chooses Mapisa-Nqakula as preferred parliamentary speaker candidate

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.

The ruling party had problems with submitting its list to the IEC, ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte told a media briefing on Thursday. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

We hope Zuma’s application to avoid being arrested is successful, Duarte says

But the ANC’s national executive committee also said the interests of an individual cannot take precedence over the rule of law

Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC fears more violence at branch meetings

Party secretaries have beefed up security as tensions at branch general meetings rise

Winding his neck in: Ace Magashule. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Duarte claps back at Ace in court

The suspended ANC secretary general toed the party line in his address to Zuma’s court rally as further disciplinary charges loom

The introduction of a new youth league task team results from mounting pressure by the league for its task team to be composed of members younger than 35 years.

Out with the old in the ANC youth league

Six members of the ANC national youth task team were expelled from the structure this weekend after it emerged that they were over the age of 35.

ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said some leaders of the Radical Economic Transformation faction in the party had made statements which were an “assault” on the party leadership’s attempts to hold the party together.

ANC resolute over its step-aside decision: Duarte

The governing party has identified 40 members charged with serious crimes who will have to step aside

Suspense: ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

Apologise or face action — NEC instructs Magashule

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has been ordered by the party’s NEC to publicly apologise for writing an unauthorised letter suspending President Cyril Ramaphosa

Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule during a media briefing. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alon Skuy)

NEC wants more charges added against Magashule

The NEC has called for party officials to deal with the suspended secretary general, terming his behaviour ‘misconduct’