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Former Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha. Photo: Marketing and Comms, University of Limpopo

Stan Mathabatha steps down as Limpopo ANC provincial chair

Mathabatha said he was concerned by what he called ‘unethical and un-ANC tendencies’ by party members in regard to the elective conferences of the Vhembe and Waterberg regions

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (X)

Mbalula: Mchunu to stay in parliament, ANC committee despite suspension

The ANC secretary general said the party backs the inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa into corruption claims against the police minister

The DA has filed papers to interdict the budget vote. (Photo: @Our_DA/X)

Amid ongoing talks, bets are on the GNU will remain intact

Tension between the DA and ANC persists but ActionSA may keep them together

ANC conducts flurry of meetings as coalition crisis drags on

The Democratic Alliance’s federal executive has held an urgent meeting to decide how to respond to an invitation to talks by the ANC’s national working committee

There has been nothing remarkable about the government of national unity’s first year in office, but the steadying of the ship has been invaluable. Photo: GCIS

ANC and DA divided on future of coalition

The ANC has bought itself time to decide whether to expel its constantly restive coalition partner

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. (File photo)

ActionSA warns rejigged Gauteng ANC not to include ‘racist’ DA in the coalition

Party leader Herman Mashaba has played down his ambitions of being ActionSA president

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images

Ferrari vs Conquest: Only Mbalula, not provincial leaders, can speak publicly on provincial structure disbandment

The secretary general said the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal cannot keep up with the uMkhonto weSizwe party

ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

ANC in KwaZulu-Natal ‘not strong enough’ to withstand problems – Bhengu-Motsiri

The party’s spokesperson said the ANC was considering various options on how to rebuild the party in that province and Gauteng

ANC parliamentary chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC national leadership to decide whether its worth toppling DA in ‘broke’ Tshwane metro 

The ANC chief whip believes the party might be punished in the local government elections over failed services in the capital if it takes power now

The ANC’s alliance partners in KwaZulu-Natal have been publicly critical of its provincial executive committee — led by chairperson Siboniso Duma and secretary Bheki Mtolo —  over its failure to meet them for more than a year and to consult them regarding key decisions.
(Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

IFP says no to alliance with ANC

Velenkosi Hlabisa says the ANC provincial leader and corruption are impediments

The ANC in Gauteng believes it is on track to secure at least 40% of the vote in the 2026 local government elections (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC to intervene in Gauteng, KZN to boost 2024 poll strength

The governing party will deploy more of its top leaders to assist in both provinces

Gauteng ANC: (Left) TK Nciza and Panyaza Lesufi brief the media in Johannesburg. (Papi Morake/Gallo Images)

ANC flirts with idea of disbanding its KZN leadership

The party’s working committee is gearing up to intervene in both provinces but this could further damage the ANC’s chances at the polls

Possible partner: Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema protests at the state of the nation address in Cape Town in February. (Esa Alexander/AFP)

ANC coalition debate expected to be the next proxy in factional battle

National executive committee members are at odds over a coalition with the EFF, with some vowing to lobby party leaders against the arrangement

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC NWC backs Mantashe and legal challenge to De Ruyter’s claims

The ANC’s national working committee was unilateral in committing to use all its resources to hire the best legal minds to challenge De Ruyter

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Reshuffle will come after budget speech, Ramaphosa tells ANC national working committee

The president tells party leaders that the new electricity minister will also be a project manager for Medupi and Kusile power stations

In the running: eThekwini regional chairperson Zandile Gumede is likely to contest a position in her province’s top five. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)

Gumede sets her sights on ANC KwaZulu-Natal treasurer job

With the eThekwini in the rearview mirror, the former mayor is said to be gunning for a position in the provincial top five

Former president Thabo Mbeki.

Mbeki left out of ANC renewal commission

The commission, made up of ANC elders, will be charged with drafting the party’s programme of unity and renewal for the next decade

ANC Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane

Mabuyane hints at possible coalition with DA in Nelson Mandela Bay

Oscar Mabuyane tested waters with the ANC provincial executive committee regarding a possible coalition with the DA during a special meeting on Thursday

Coalitions open: The ANC’s head of campaigns Fikile Mbalula (L), deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte and treasurer Paul Mashatile. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC prepares for coalition talks — and is open to talking to ‘everybody’

Hung municipal councils, most crucially in several metros, mean the ANC will have to find partners to be able to govern

Three of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s loyalists have made it to the top of the list of those likely to replace ousted mayor Olly Mlamleli. (Photo by Frikkie Kapp/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC Free State endorses three names for Mangaung mayor

The three candidates the province has put forward are said to be Ramaphosa supporters, who will further alienate Magashule from his power base