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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

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

Giyani water debacle ‘not all our fault’

Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha made the claim during an elections debate hosted by the University of Limpopo and the Mail & Guardian

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha

Limpopo premier’s ‘unemployment is increasing at a decreasing rate’ claim jeered

During a Mail & Guardian elections town hall debate, he also blamed technology in part for the high joblessness rate This content is restricted to registered users and…

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Limpopo’s Florence Radzilani fails to make it to the top of ANC’s provincial candidates list

ANC bigwigs Zweli Mkhize, Bathabile Dlamini and Zandile Gumede have been left off the national and provincial lists

ANCYL wants its deputy president to be a minister

The league’s national spokesperson said it will agitate for all its provincial chairpersons to be appointed as MECs

ANC Sekhukhune secretary Mathope Tala (right). Photo supplied

Limpopo MECs are useless, says Sekhukhune regional secretary

ANC leaders hoping for a spot in the provincial and national lists have intensified their campaigns as the party’s list conference approaches

Former mayor Florence Radzilani (Andrew Hlongwane/Daily Sun/Gallo)

Radzilani in the firing line as veterans raise VBS saga in ANC talks

ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha seems to be off the hook but the jury is still out on his deputy

Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha. Photo: Supplied

ANC provincial committee saves Stan Mathabatha at party meeting

The Limpopo premier has been given a six-month reprieve to clean house as President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for more accountability in government

Ramaphosa’s campaign team have steadfastly wanted Gwede “Tiger” Mantashe to roar back into his current position as national chairperson when the conference closes on Tuesday.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The ANC’s antics of adolescence

Lobbying at the party’s conference is akin to the top seven township playground game

The ANCYL’s conference will take place this weekend. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The ANC has lost its moorings

Not only is the party living in the past, it is afraid to confront today’s realities and has lost its ideological direction

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Michele Spatari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

ANC leadership contest hots up

Horse trading and negotiations begin in earnest as the real battle starts for party positions ahead of the elective conference

Current ANC deputy president David Mabuza failed to meet the threshold for nomination, could help Zweli Mkhize instead of president Cyril Ramaphosa in the battle for the top position.
(Photo by Phill Magakoe /AFP via Getty Images)

The real battle starts now for ANC positions

The nominations have set the stage for the ANC race for top six, and horse trading and negotiations will take place in earnest

Uneven application: Delegates at the ANC provincial conference in Limpopo, where there were calls for the party’s step-aside regulation to be scrapped. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla

Mantashe: Step-aside rule won’t be reviewed at ANC policy conference

Plans to convert the forum into a national general council meeting to review and scrap the regulation will probably be thwarted by the ANC’s top brass

President Cyril Ramaphosa  (Photo by LUCA SOLA/AFP via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa says the case opened against him is politically motivated

The president seeks to dispel allegations against him, saying they will not deter him from fighting corruption

Despite a high court ruling removing unlawfully-elected ANC mayor Dada Morero, the ANC still managed to score itself five new Johannesburg council chairperson positions on Thursday as it cemented its new-found strength in the city. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Why Waterberg is important in the ANC fight for limpopo

A late-night provincial executive committee meeting saw provincial chairperson hopeful Dickson Masemola lose a battle to regain momentum through the backdoor in a fight for the…

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu. (PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa allies accused of interference ahead of Limpopo provincial conference

During a meeting of national executive committee deployees in Limpopo, Senzo Mchunu is said to have warned that the province is not ready for the conference

Players: ANC provincial chair Stan Mathabatha (far left) is relying on support from Florence Radzilani (second left). Mathabatha’s ally, Danny Msiza (far right), will not will not be contesting because he had to abide by the step-aside ruling. Photo: Antoio Muchave/ Sowetan/Gallo Images

ANC’s Limpopo conference a game changer

Insiders say that the Limpopo provincial conference will only produce one outcome, which could mean Stan Mathabatha is destined for a national position

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa warns ANC members to get with party renewal programme or get out

As the party celebrates its 110th anniversary, President Cyril Ramaphosa says members must restore the ANC’s integrity to win the confidence and respect of South Africans.

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha has foregone a swearing-in ceremony, and his new MECs will not receive new vehicles either. (Antonio Muchave/Gallo Images/Sowetan)

Premiers signal virtue in provinces

Displays of conspicuous frugality replace flashy inaugurations as leaders promise delivery

Marumo Mashifane, the principal of Moroke Secondary School in Phokwane, said the school’s management had come under pressure from parents in the community and surrounding areas wanting to enrol their children. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Limpopo’s top performing schools under pressure as parents seek places for children

The principal of Moroke Secondary School in Phokwane, Nebo, says the school had to turn down scores of applications from parents