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Russian president Vladimir Putin greets South African president Cyril Ramaphosa during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit in 2019. File photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
ANC NEW WORLD ORDER

Mbalula: ANC won’t apologise for Russia alliance, supports new world order 

The ANC secretary general also brushed off suggestions that South Africa’s trade relations with the US were under threat

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
In the May elections, the ANC got 28.5% of the vote, down from 32.9% in 2014. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Search for new ANC leaders in Western Cape a delicate matter

Two weeks ago, the ANC’s national executive committee disbanded the provincial executive committee for, among other reasons, in-fighting

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Ahead of the May 8 general elections, the party in the province made several blunders which weakened its campaign to try and loosen the Democratic Alliance’s grip on the region. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ANC W. Cape to go back to the drawing board as NEC disbands provincial leadership

The Western Cape is the only province not governed by the ANC

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Ahead of the May 8 general elections, the party in the province made several blunders which weakened its campaign to try and loosen the Democratic Alliance’s grip on the region. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Western Cape ANC opposition effort starts with internal spat

After its worst-ever result in the province, the ANC in the province has struggled to bring together competing factions and create a cohesive party

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
ANC provincial executive committee spokesperson Lionel Adendorf confirmed Maurencia Gillion’s (above) suspension.
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Western Cape ANC treasurer in hot water over Survé donation

Maurencia Gillion has been supended and an investigation into the matter is underway

  • Lester Kiewit
1 min read
The ruling party suffered its worst-ever defeat in the Cape, garnering only 28.5% of the vote in the province. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC WESTERN CAPE

ANC plans to be “damn good opposition” in Western Cape

Despite worst-ever result in the province, the ANC sees a dip in DA support as a sign that it can take municipalities in 2021

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Ahead of the May 8 general elections, the party in the province made several blunders which weakened its campaign to try and loosen the Democratic Alliance’s grip on the region. (David Harrison/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

W. Cape ANC will use dismal showing to launch 2021 municipal fight back

With more than two-thirds of voting districts declared in the Western Cape, the incumbent DA is holding firm to continue governing the province

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
Face of the party: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa visited Hanover Park in Cape Town last year. The party is not putting up a premier candidate to campaign in the Western Cape. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANC

ANC is playing it safe in the Western Cape

The ANC’s Western Cape list has not yet been made public, but it is understood that veteran provincial legislator Cameron Dugmore tops the list

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
Art History: Thebe Magugu presented his latest collection at South African Fashion Week last week. Photo: Alet Pretorius/ Gallo Images
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Threats of war conclude WC land hearings

Panel at Western Cape land hearings receive conflicting ownership accounts and threats to defend land violently

  • Govan Whittles
5 min read
‘Cultural expansion’: Ernest Kelly of International Art Solutions says the company wants the local community to engage in the opportunity that the Soweto International Jazz Festival will bring. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC gains on DA in two Western Cape by-elections

The IEC released the results of four by-elections held on Wednesday – two in the Western Cape and two in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Paul Herman
  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
The provincial structures will meet to put together a campaigns team and Rasool will be tasked with building their strategy and leading them.
ANC WESTERN CAPE

ANC Western Cape brings in Rasool to bolster election campaign

Ebrahim Rasool, a former Western Cape premier, was announced as the party’s provincial elections head on Monday

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack. (Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC Western Cape PEC member shot dead at his home

Elese Depouche and his wife were attacked while entering their home in Crossroads outside Cape Town. Police are investigating

  • Jan Bornman
1 min read
De Lille has thanked opposition parties in the city for saving her from the motion
ANC WESTERN CAPE

De Lille thanks ANC for saving her bacon

The mayor lives to fight another day as opposition scolds DA’s ‘racism’

  • Dineo Bendile
  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Elijah Litheko
ANC

The Western Cape ANC race is on

Warring factions of the party are hoping to unite the province under Ramaphosa’s presidency

  • Govan Whittles
5 min read
“We know that the thirst for De Lille’s blood has more to do with fighting over tenders instead of getting to the bottom of rampant corruption
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Gigaba must refuse De Lille’s drought levy proposal – Western Cape ANC

"They are using the drought crisis as a cash cow," said the leader of the opposition in the council, Xolani Sotashe

  • Jenni Evans
2 min read
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa at Cosatu’s central committee meeting in Centurian.
ANC

Western Cape ANC backs Ramaphosa and his ‘winning team’

​The ANC in the Western Cape has become the second provincial structure to nominate Cyril Ramaphosa as its preferred successor to President Zuma

  • Govan Whittles
3 min read
The crackdown on freedom of expression comes despite pledges of change from the new leadership.
ANC

Mantashe: ANC can’t let big corruption go scot-free

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the ANC cannot be seen to be allowing individuals to get away with big corruption at state level.

  • Paul Herman
  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Minister Patricia De Lille says government is capable of turning the tide.
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Cape Town ANC branch to lay criminal charges against De Lille

On Tuesday morning, the Dullah Omar region’s Khaya Yozi confirmed he was on his way to the Cape Town Central police station to lodge the complaint.

  • Caryn Dolley
3 min read
Peter Dutton has been described as solid
ANC

ANC resolves to downgrade South African embassy in Israel

The ANC has adopted a policy recommendation made by the ANC in the Western Cape in a bid to reduce diplomatic ties to Israel.

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Seventy-two countries co-operated on the military front in the battle for Mosul but abdicated their duty to care for the wounded and sick. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)
ANC WESTERN CAPE

Western Cape ANC could have new chairperson by April 2017

Marius Fransman remains the party’s provincial leader as he is appealing his suspension.

  • Thulani Gqirana
2 min read