DURBAN, March 27 – The African National Congress Youth League in the Greater KwaDukuza region in KwaZulu-Natal province said on Tuesday it supported a protracted strike at tolling company Intertoll. Workers affiliated to the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union downed tools at the firm last Monday, demanding salary increases from R2,900 to R6,000 […]
PRETORIA, January 26 – Traffic was heavily congested in the Pretoria CBD on Friday afternoon as members of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) led more than a thousand protesters to the offices of Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga, whom they accused of inefficiency. Businesses in the city centre were closed and some frustrated motorists were hooting […]
JOHANNESBURG, January 24 – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) said on Wednesday that it was mourning the death of South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela whom it called a critical and militant voice for South Africa’s young people. “Bra Hugh”, as Masekela was popularly known, represented a generation of cultural activists that used its […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 12 – The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) has confirmed Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as its preferred candidate for the presidency of the ruling party. The women’s league wants the former African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the ex-liberation movement. She is set to contest the […]
Ogopoleng Mushi CR, don’t spread AIDS, spread the message. This was one of the messages on a poster during a demonstration by hundreds of students who marched to the offices of South African National Aids Council in Hatfield Pretoria earlier today to demand the removal of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as SANAC chairperson. CR fund […]
Sello Theletsane On Sunday 29 October the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) Western Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) convened a special meeting to formally nominate leaders to be elected onto the ANC NEC at the 2017 National Conference. The process was conducted by a deployee of the ANCYL NEC. “As a critical body of opinion […]
JOHANNESBURG, October 23 – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) on Monday urged matriculants to put in “extra commitment” when writing their National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. “The ANCYL knows that grade 12 has become more than necessary for the job market in South Africa,” spokesperson Mlondi Mkhize said in a statement in which […]
JOHANNESBURG, October 19 – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) came out in support of President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday, welcoming the latest Cabinet reshuffle and the axing of South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary, Blade Nzimande, as Higher Education and Training Minister. “The ANCYL welcomes these effected changes with high hope that the […]
DURBAN, October 12 – Thabiso Zulu, close friend of slain former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa, on Wednesday, testified about assassination attempts and rape allegations before the Moerane Commission. Often looking tired and angry, Zulu outlined for commissioners — tasked with investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal — allegations of corruption in […]
EAST LONDON, October 1 – Outgoing African National Congress Eastern Cape secretary Oscar Mabuyane has been elected provincial chairman at the ANC’s strife torn conference in East London this weekend. Following the voting at the conference held at the East London International Convention Centre, Mabuyane swept in with 931 votes against outgoing chairman Phumulo Masualle’s […]