It is sad to write about Tito Mboweni in the past tense. Tito Titus Mboweni, who was born on 16 March 1959 in Tzaneen, a town in South Africa in what was then the Transvaal, passed away after a short illness in Johannesburg on 12 October…
‘Repulsive’ Political Party Funding Act blamed for financial woes The ANC plans to introduce several controversial funding mechanisms to deal with its dire financial position, including amending the Political Party Funding Act which it…
The ANC on Monday denied that it owes the taxman more than R100m. In a statement‚ the ruling party dismissed as false a report by the Daily Maverick that it had been given 10 days by the SA Revenue Service to settle the bill. The report…
The politics of majoritarian triumphalism were evident at the inauguration of the new Ndlambe council on Tuesday November 23. Despite the platitudes of service delivery over politics by new council speaker Andile Marasi – one of the old…
There was an immediate power play in the newly inaugurated Ndlambe council on Tuesday November 23 as the ANC caucus took the executive committee portfolio positions it wanted and voted with the EFF to force the DA into the finance…
A few photographs of voting stations at Memorial Hall, Station Hill, Jauka Hall and Kuyasa Secondary School on Monday. Voting was peaceful and calm, but fewer people than hoped came out to vote. The final tally gives the ANC eight of the…
Council meetings are few and far between, even more so during the past 18 months of various states of lockdown. And being able to report on them is more difficult, because they have all been virtual, which comes with technical glitches,…
The Small Business Institute (SBI) has strongly condemned the wanton looting of businesses, destruction of vital economic infrastructure, burning of trucks and blockading of roads, primarily in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. “We also call on…
Ruling party to tell suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule to publicly apologise for the letter he wrote to party president Cyril Ramaphosa ‘suspending’ him without the authority to do so Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace…
Step aside or be suspended, ANC NEC says as it stands firm on corruption-accused members ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule was given a 30-day reprieve before he faces a possible suspension should he refuse to step aside from his…
Plan is to collapse the NEC to force early elective conference, says insider The allies of ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule plan to resign en masse to force an early elective national conference should he be forced to step aside from…
Former president Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, says he is ready to lead the ANC, according to Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport. Duduzane, who has been living in Dubai for the past five years, told the newspaper he planned to return “as…
The ANC leadership’s meeting with former president Jacob Zuma over his refusal to appear before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture will go ahead “any day soon”. President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed on Friday that Zuma had…
If the ANC is to build a strong movement resembling that of its glory days, it will need to revisit the criteria it uses to select leadership. This is the view of ANC NEC member Nathi Mthethwa who spoke at a virtual round table discussion…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni has expressed that those found guilty of corruption should be booted out of the ANC. This week, on Twitter, Mboweni said “rats and mice” who are found guilty of corruption should be booted out of the party…
