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Willing and ready: Provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi at a community meeting. Photo: ANC Amathole
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Lulama Ngcukayitobi raises his hand

The provincial secretary says he will accept nomination for chairperson of the ANC

Former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa.

ANC Eastern Cape’s Lungisa may get the chop

The former councillor is scheduled to appear before the provincial disciplinary committee on charges of misconduct.

The EC transport department is hard at work to ensure that gravel roads are upgraded and that strategic bridges are built

Facts and figures: 2019/2020 policy speech

‘As individuals and a collective, let us do our bit in the building the Eastern Cape we want’

Analysts have warned against opinion polls as an accurate measure of sentiment ahead of the election, due mainly to the divergent outcomes of all the studies available. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC takes steps to compensate for lack of women premier candidates

The ANC selected premiers after its election win.

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 Eastern Cape members lose urgent bid to nullify ‘festival of chairs’ outcome

The high court in Johannesburg struck the matter off the roll with costs on Monday

“The ANC must first lead us but if it fails its members

‘If the ANC fails to lead us, we will opt for legal action’

Eastern Cape ANC members are hoping that the high court will compel the NEC to implement the recommendations made by the Ndebele report

President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to Mam’ Winnie at a memorial held at her hometown of Bizana

Mam’ Winnie was a gallant spirit: Ramaphosa

April has become a significant month for the struggle

Nhlanhla Nene

Scholars debate Sopa

‘Aren’t the strategies the government has implemented without first fixing the basics just a waste of money?’

Conference clash: The ANC’s internal dynamics raise critical questions about representation and inclusivity.

Feuding Eastern Cape ANC leaders must smoke peace pipe ― NEC

Chairperson Oscar Mabuyane and Premier Phumulo Masualle will be forced to work together to avoid a rerun of last year’s chaotic elective congress

Third force: President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to run for a third term in defiance of the country’s Constitution has provoked widespread anger and protests in Burundi and uncertainty in the region.

E Cape ANC warns of ‘crisis’ if top brass is ousted

​The ANC’s NEC has been backed into a corner and forced to endorse last year’s election of Eastern Cape chair Oscar Mabuyane and his team

Third force: President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to run for a third term in defiance of the country’s Constitution has provoked widespread anger and protests in Burundi and uncertainty in the region.

Mabuyane’s ‘hostile takeover’ train halted in its tracks

​The ANC’s Eastern Cape’s Joe Gqabi region has objected to the PEC’s request to reshuffle Premier Phumulo Masualle and members of his Cabinet

Jaydev Unadkat was just 19 when he made his only Test appearance against South Africa at Centurion in 2010

No end to the legal challenges

‘As with previous similar challenges, the ANC itself supported those who opposed the application’

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

Gwede Mantashe says ANC elective conference won’t be affected by court battles

Mantashe says the party would deal with anything that threatened to stand in the way of its ability to successfully hold its conference.

Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene must take up where Pravin Gordhan left off.

All eyes on ANC branch nominations

Crunch meetings this weekend will give a clearer indication of how the leadership cards are stacked

(Reuters)

Chairs to you, new regional chair

‘The position as regional ANC chairperson, full-time and of the top variety, requires a killer instinct and a taste for blood’

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ANC’s  ‘chief disrupter’ unbowed

Andile Lungisa fears for his life after the chaotic Eastern Cape party election, but won’t back down

ANC secretary general Zweli Mkhize is one of the top contenders for the party’s leadership.

Eastern Cape ANC reveals preferred candidates for top six

The ANC in the Eastern Cape is consolidating its list of its preferred top six leaders ahead of the party’s conference in December

Conference clash: The ANC’s internal dynamics raise critical questions about representation and inclusivity.

ANC Eastern Cape conference interdict application struck off the roll

Judge Belinda Hartley, however, ruled that the papers filed for case could be used for a possible review of the conference.

Supporters of the Constitution will be hesitant to silence Hofmeyr in the absence of it being hate speech. At the same time they might also be reluctant that he’s given a platform from which to spew his intolerant views.

Interdict application against ANC ECape conference just a start – Mabuyane

During his first media briefing in the position, Mabuyane seemed confident that the party would win the court case.

Cyril to Phumulo: Come back, don’t rush to court

Cyril to Phumulo: Come back, don’t rush to court

Ramaphosa said he “expected better” from the ANC in the Eastern Cape because of its track record of producing quality leaders.