The Secretary-General of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, has given contradicting messages regarding the future of the government national unity (GNU) during a press conference in Johannesburg today. Mbalula was addressing the media following the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), the governing party’s operational arms, which meets every fortnight. The meeting discussed several issues including the impasse between the ANC and the DA over the budget that was passed last week with the inclusion of VAT increase. The DA…

The ANC in the Norman Mashabane and Peter Mokaba regions in Limpopo have postponed their elective conferences to early May after branches failed to meet the 70% threshold required by the party’s constitution to sit.  Another reason provided for the postponement is to allow the party’s structures to go through the compulsory Foundation Course as mandated by ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.  Norman Mashabane (formerly Mopani), the biggest region in Limpopo in terms of membership with 129 branches, was supposed…

The ANC’s Peter Mokaba region in Limpopo is set to be postponed after some branches failed to hold their branch general meetings (BGM) to nominate conference delegates.  The regional conference, scheduled for April 25-27, was billed to elect a new leadership that would lead the party’s 2026 Local Government Elections campaign.  The ANC’s regional task team (RTT) spokesman Adolph Rapetswa confirmed to African Times that the conference is likely to experience another delay, due to BGMs extensions.  “The regional leadership is…

Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Member of Parliament Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has sang South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s praises, saying he is committed to “genuine transformation”.  In a tweet published on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday, February 3, Ndlozi stated that Ramaphosa is “not what we have been told he is,” asserting that the president is committed to genuine transformation in South Africa.  “This man is not what we have been told he is. He is truly up to…

The provincial executive committees (PEC) of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng have survived the axe – at least for a week. The party’s Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula announced on Monday (January 20) that the national executive committee (NEC) meeting over the weekend decided that the party’s top seven officials will have to come up with a framework on how to reconfigure the PECs of the two key provinces. Panyaza Lesufi and Siboniso Duma lead the two ANC provinces as…

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has defended his decision to use a private yacht belonging to a Cape Town businessman who has scored lucrative state tenders. He says he did not use the luxury yacht to galavant but for party work since he had a busy schedule during his trip to Robben Island.  Mbalula claims his decision to use the yacht was neither a gift nor evidence that he is somewhat linked to corruption.  The embattled head of the governing party’s…

Former President Jacob Zuma has reignited his fight to claw back his ANC membership, giving the party an ultimatum to reinstate him or face legal action. In a letter of demand issued on Wednesday, January 8 and addressed to ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula, Zuma’s lawyers say his expulsion is illegal and he must be allowed back to his former political home before the end of this month. The ANC expelled Zuma late last year for founding and leading the…

The future of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive committee (PEC) of the ANC chaired by Siboniso Duma now lies with the party’s national executive committee (NEC) following today’s behind closed doors meeting with the national working committee (NWC). This was said by the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula while addressing the media in Boksburg on Friday after the meeting.  The meeting took place amid rising tension and a public fallout between the national leadership and the KZN PEC, whose vocal Provincial Secretary…

In what appears to be a push back ahead of Monday’s “compulsory” meeting with the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC), the provincial secretary of the party in KwaZulu-Natal has said top leaders must also account for the May 29 electoral drubbing. Bheki Mtolo says it is fair that all party members, from branches to the national leadership, account for the ANC’s electoral decline, which saw the governing party losing its outright majority for the first time since 1994.  He was…

The ANC’s national working committee (NWC) has summoned the party’s KwaZulu-Natal leadership to a “compulsory” meeting in Boksburg, Gauteng, fuelling growing speculations that the provincial executive committee (PEC) will be dissolved. In the letter of summon signed by Fikile Mbalula, the ANC’s Secretary-General, all PEC members are expected to attend the meeting on Saturday, November 31, without fail. However, the letter dated 26 November 2024 (Tuesday) does not state the agenda of the meeting. “It is compulsory that all PEC…