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James Nxumalo, a senior leader in the South African Communist Party, has been appointed coordinator of the ANC’s provincial task team.

ANC reshuffles KZN leadership, appoints James Nxumalo as provincial coordinator

The reconfiguration comes as the party rebuilds amid the MK Party’s growing dominance

Mmabatho Mokoena, has been found guilty of extorting 60% of the salaries of at least three of the party’s parliamentary employees and according to a source, she claimed it was for party leader Jacob Zuma.
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MK party’s move to usurp power in KwaZulu-Natal gains momentum

The MK party is believed to be courting the ANC, promising that if it supports the motion, some MECs will retain their positions

KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli.  Photo: Mbuso Kunene

KwaZulu-Natal coalition in jeopardy as MK party motion tests relations between ANC and IFP

Jacob Zuma’s party has submitted a motion of no confidence against premier Thamsanqa Ntuli of the Inkatha Freedom Party

Five ANC councillors in the Impendle local municipality abstained during a vote of no confidence against mayor Buyisani Mlaba. (GCIS)

ANC cracks whip on errant councillors in troubled KwaZulu-Natal municipality

Five ANC councillors in the Impendle local municipality abstained during a vote of no confidence against mayor Buyisani Mlaba, resulting in his ousting by the IFP and EFF

Tensions escalate: KZN provincial task team spokesperson Fanle Sibisi and coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu. Photo: Sandile Motha

ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition

Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration

ANC KwaZulu-Natal convener Jeff Radebe has vowed to remove any members that refuse to toe the line in restoring voter confidence.

Jeff Radebe vows to purge ANC KwaZulu-Natal dissenters to rebuild voter confidence

The political heavyweight says corrupt officials and factionalists would be the first to go

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.

‘Mammoth task’ ahead, says Mbalula of reconfigured ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

Outspoken secretary Bheki Mtolo has been kept on the books as the convenor of policy, planning and monitoring

ANC KZN chairman Siboniso Duma.(Photo by Gerhard Duraan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC intensifies renewal drive as it fights to win back KwaZulu-Natal

The party has vowed to regain the support it lost to former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party in the May election

Friends like these: Gaston Savoi has reached a ‘sensitive’ plea bargain agreement with the National Prosecuting Authority and, in return, will testify against government officials. Photo: Foto24/Getty Images

Hawks circle over ANC heavyweights Mabuyakhulu and Nkonyeni as Gaston Savoi makes deal with NPA

Tenderpreneur Gaston Savoi throws his amigos, including Peggy Nkonyeni and Mike Mabuyakhulu, under the bus

IFP president and Cogta minister Velenkosini Hlabisa.  (Des Erasmus/M&G)

Interventions into embattled eThekwini metro are on track, says new Cogta minister Hlabisa

Velenkosini Hlabisa also said he would personally scrutinise the reports issued by the intervention teams, and that consequence management would be implemented if needed

Former ANC KwaZulu-Natal deputy chairperson, Mike Mabuyakhulu. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Mike Mabuyakhulu warns ANC to adapt to new political era or die

The liberation party has fallen victim to its own success, said the former provincial deputy chairperson

Former ANC KwaZulu-Natal deputy chairperson, Mike Mabuyakhulu. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Mabuyakhulu: I took the R1-million, but not from Savoi

The former ANC provincial treasurer says the donation was used to pay for its conference in 2008

Office politics: ANC general secretary Ace Magashule has rejected deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte’s letter suspending him after he caused chaos in the party. Photo: Sandile Ndlovu/Tiso Blackstar

Sorry? I’m not sorry – Ace

The suspended ANC secretary general won’t apologise publicly for his letter to Ramaphosa

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ANC’s rotten apples on the chopping block

Now that the NEC has finalised its step-aside guidelines for those facing corruption charges, a swathe of officials will struggle to cling to their positions

Cool customer: ANC secretary general Ace Magashule, who is implicated in several cases of corruption, talks to opposition voters before the by-election in Krugersdorp. Photo: Christopher Moagi/Gallo Images/Daily Sun

‘Stand aside’ rule fails the Ace test

The ANC has stalled on setting ground rules for cleanout of comrades accused of corruption

‘Candid and frank’: Former president Jacob Zuma (right) chats to Khanyisile and Sandile Ngcobo as Mike Mabuyakhulu looks on during a campaign visit to Shakaskraal in April 2019. (Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)

ANC move to ‘stand aside’ is falling flat

Corruption-accused cadres are staying put as provincial rulings contradict NEC’s resolution to clean up the party.

Why the ANC clean-up is dragging on

The outcome of the ANC’s NEC meeting was clear: ask party members who are facing or who have been convicted of criminal charges to step aside. But as Paddy Harper and Lester…

Following rules: KwaZulu-Natal ANC chairperson Sihle Zikalala toes the party line despite supporting former president Jacob Zuma. (Alon Skuy/Sunday Times/Gallo Images)

ANC says it will retain KZN

ANC provinces led by two sides of the factional divide face acute challenges to retain control in the 2019 general election

When Mike Mabuyakhulu was arrested in February, the Hawks stressed that the move was not political. (Thuli Dlamini)

Asset Forfeiture Unit seizes Mabuyakhulu assets over jazz festival graft probe

The KwaZulu-Natal deputy chairperson allegedly received payment for an event which did not take place

Mabuyakhulu’s new lawyer, Advocate Jimmy Howse, told the court that his client only faced six charges out of the 77 charges. (ANA)

Mabuyakhulu only played a ‘peripheral role’ in R28m case — new lawyer

Mike Mabuyakhulu and seven others, appeared in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on 77 charges, including money laundering and corruption