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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

Paying respects: ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe visiting JB Marks’ grave. Photo: Supplied

ANC at 114: From Morogoro to Moruleng

The Morogoro Consultative Conference, convened under the quiet but resolute leadership of Oliver Reginald Tambo, was no celebration. It was a reckoning

ANCYL President Collen Malatji

Malatji vows to take up arms if need be to remove illegal foreign nationals

The ANC Youth League president said if the police did not do their job, young South Africans would ‘take our country from people who are hijacking it’

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC 113th anniversary at Nelson Mandela Park in Khayelitsha on January 11, 2025 in Cape Town. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC will target ‘dissatisfaction’ in Cape townships ahead of 2026 elections to win back metro

Some Khayelitsha residents say the ANC has learned from its past mistakes and is ready to make amends

ANCYL President Collen Malatji

Youth league president Malatji warns SACP against breaking alliance with ANC

He also said Jacob Zuma was a ‘counter-revolutionary’ who ‘sold his people for nothing’

Traditionally a road map for the ANC’s annual priorities, this year’s 8 January statement carries added significance because of dynamics in the coalition government. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

ANC’s toughest January 8 statement yet as GNU discord hogs the spotlight

The ANC and DA trade jabs as the former prepares to deliver its annual address, with coalition politics under scrutiny

ANC and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa during a visit to Robben Island on Wednesday. (X/@MYANC)

Ramaphosa says ANC will shock critics in 2026 local elections, end ‘disrespect’

The party hopes to win back voters in the Western Cape, where its January 8 commemoration is being held

Mandla Msibi

‘Special leave’ not justified, MEC Mandla Msibi tells Mpumalanga premier

The ANC suspended Msibi, the party’s provincial treasurer, two weeks before the premier’s action

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Difficult ANC anniversary speech for Ramaphosa

Load-shedding and unity are set to dominate the president’s address, which comes at a low point for the party

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

Covid-19, corruption dominate ANC agenda for 2021

In the January 8 statement, Ramaphosa says those who bring the ANC into disrepute will no longer be tolerated

Do as I say, not as I do: The ANC launch of its 2019 elections manifesto in Durban in January last year. The party is finding it difficult to implement its clean-up resolutions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC elective conferences face a second postponement

Covid-19 puts the brakes on the governing party again, as 20 regional and provincial elective conferences need to be rescheduled

Life cut short: Michael Komape’s funeral last year.

Zuma takes Soweto to church as he compares the ANC to Jesus Christ

The president urged the ruling party’s supporters to flock to Orlando Stadium this coming Sunday for its 105th anniversary celebration.

Thousands flocked to the Library Gardens in Johannesburg on Saturday night to celebrate the ANC’s election victory.

Editorial: ​Loot continua. Let’s party

The ANC cannot yet disentangle its ideals and its promises from the internal realpolitik of its leadership battles, such as the clash looming now.

With opposition parties boasting young

ANC kicks off build-up to 105th anniversary celebration in Gauteng

The rally is expected to give the party an opportunity to set the tone and direction for the year ahead.

Jacob Zuma visits the business exhibitors’ centre during the ANC’s conference at Mangaung in 2012.

Big business coughs up for ANC birthday celebrations

Companies will spend a small fortune to mingle with the ruling party’s bigwigs at its birthday bash in the Western Cape next week.

Should City fail to win at Old Trafford, Liverpool — historically United’s fiercest rivals — will be just three games away from a first league title in 29 years. (Getty Images)

January 8: Predictable ANC manifesto and Zuma’s boo situation

Gwede Mantashe says the ANC’s 2014 manifesto will surprise no one. But will Jacob Zuma survive the boos as the party campaigns for election support?

ANC supporters hold up a poster of Jacob Zuma.

Khaya Dlanga: What happened to ANC’s ‘first principle’?

It’s time the ANC did some soul-searching. It’s time the party returned to its "first principle": justice and equality for all, writes Khaya Dlanga.

ANC backtracks on media tribunal

ANC backtracks on media tribunal

The ANC has temporarily backed down from its call to establish a media appeals tribunal, but is adamant the press council must reform its rules.

No cheap seats at ANC’s ‘people’s dinner’

No cheap seats at ANC’s ‘people’s dinner’

For this election year the ANC planned to show itself to be a party which cared about people and that valued relationships for their own sake.

Shifting into high gear

The ANC’s main battle for the 2004 election may not be against other parties, but against over apathy.