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Former South African President and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) leader Jacob Zuma delivers a speech at the MK’s last rally in eMalahleni on May 26, 2024 ahead of the South African elections. (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
ANC DISCIPLINARY HEARING

Jacob Zuma skips ANC disciplinary hearing because of network issues, sends Yengeni instead

The former president could still ‘technically’ be an ANC member if he appeals the decision to have him expelled

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
There are initiatives that can be taken to help millennials overcome challenges. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Homeless freedom fighters battle  for a place called ‘home’

Many Umkhonto weSizwe veterans find themselves living on the streets, abandoned by the country that they helped to free​

  • Carl Collison
  • Monako Dibetle
12 min read
This was a meeting where we were reconnecting
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Ramaphosa ‘saddened’ by way ANC veterans were treated by Zuma

The relationship between former president Jacob Zuma and the ANC veterans had become acrimonious and tense

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read
The newly elected ANC Veterans League leadership will focus on beefing up the governing party’s integrity and consequence management structures to ensure that only “the best” candidates make its parliamentary lists next year.
ANC 54TH NATIONAL CONVENTION

ANC Veteran’s League wants consultative conference to fix ‘political problems’

In a statement, league president Snuki Zikalala said the ANC’s elective conference "grabbed the nation’s attention and anxiety".

  • Jan Gerber
2 min read
Last week Parliament took an unprecedented step to indefinitely postpone SONA amidst ANC wrangling over Zuma’s continued stay at the Union Buildings.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC stalwarts: Zuma must resign as SA president for ANC unity to happen in 2018

The stalwarts said the ANC leadership needed to know the days of unacceptable behaviour with the party’s ‘tolerance of corruption’ were over.

  • Angelique Serrao
3 min read
A weaker dollar could lower South Africa’s import costs, especially oil, which affects everything from fuel prices to transport tariffs.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

​Veterans plead for unity between factions

The ANC’s Veterans League plans to meet with presidential candidates in a bid to prevent further tensions over the party succession battle.

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
(Reuters)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC Stalwarts: The party is in an untenable political crisis, Zuma must step down

Stalwarts and veterans from the ANC have once again called for President Jacob Zuma to step down with immediate effect.

  • Tshidi Madia
5 min read
ANC chairperson and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Supplied
ANC

Gwede Mantashe calls on veterans to guide ANC following Spy Tapes judgment

Mantashe says that, like in 2007 when corruption charges were first brought against Zuma, the party now needs the guidance of elders.

  • Dineo Bendile
  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
President Jacob Zuma during his opening address.
ANC CONFERENCE

Zuma hits back at veterans: They think the branches are riff raff

President Jacob Zuma has hit back at ANC veterans who called for a consultative conference of the party and his removal as head of state.

  • Govan Whittles
3 min read
Former South African Airways chief executive Sizakele Mzimela on Tuesday told the Zondo commission it riled her that taxpayers had to foot the bill for former minister Malusi Gigaba’s legal representatives to cross-examine her at the state capture inquiry.
ANC VETERAN

Gigaba criticises ANC stalwarts

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba spoke in Gugulethu, Cape Town on Friday evening. In his address, Gigaba described ANC veterans as ill-disciplined.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read