By Carl Niehaus As we are standing at the doorstep of September with most of Women’s Month behind us, it is good that stock is taken about where we find ourselves in the race for the election of the future President of the ANC at the National Elective Conference in December. Although the National Executive […]
News broke yesterday that Oakbay has sold its majority stake in its media and news business, ANN7 (Infinity Media) and The New Age (TNA Media) to a company called Lodidox PTY LTD, led by Mzwanele Manyi for an amount of R450-million in respective amounts of R300million and R150 million. Incidentally this news breaks on […]
Sello Theletsane The association also reiterated its support for Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to take over as president of the ANC when President Jacob Zuma’s term expires The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) has demanded that African National Congress (ANC) member Derek Hanekom be removed from his position as chair of the […]
When political expediency proves less honest about our struggle history The debate on the re-launch of the UDF on this significant date of memory on this its 34th anniversary, remains clouded with less original thought but political expediency. We had heard this before five years ago when some Western Cape based […]
Carl Niehaus This article first appeared in African Times. The word ‘factional’ is being thrown about with abandon within and outside the African National Congress (ANC). It has become a stick with which we beat each other, but also a conveniently kicked up dust cloud behind which scoundrels hide. In the aftermath of […]
Forty-four lives lost, yet in political narrowness only thirty four are remembered It is five years since the very unfortunate events of tragic proportions robbed families, friends and colleagues of their loved ones in what can be called a grave tragedy of our nation. Never before in our democratic history has a labour […]
Sello Theletsane The African National Congress (ANC) has slammed the “gravely unfortunate” accusations of factionalism by the South African Communist Party (SACP) where it criticised the ruling party’s decision to discipline its members that voted with the opposition in the recent failed vote of no-confidence in President Jacob Zuma, saying it is under no obligation […]
Solly Makganoto Amidst concern over the voting patterns in the recent motion of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma, and calls from within the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to discipline members who voted against the party line, Parliament has responded by saying the “integrity of the secret ballot was beyond reproach”. While ANC Secretary […]
Staff Reporter US President Donald Trump has drawn the wrath of people all over the world for blaming “alt-left” activists for inciting violence against white nationalists in the tragedy in Charlottesville and resulting death. Not only has Trump drawn the ire of many people, he has drawn a thank you from a white supremacist leader. Trump […]
