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 […]
DURBAN, September 20 – Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, on Wednesday, dismissed claims made by former premier and KZN ANC leader Senzo Mchunu that he had contributed to violence in the province, calling the former premier “ignorant”. Replying to a media query after Mchunu gave testimony on Wednesday before the Moerane Commission probing political killings in […]
CAPE TOWN, August 12 – The African National Congress Youth League in the Western Cape has called on President Jacob Zuma to immediately fire Deputy Higher Education and Training Minister Mduduzi Manana. “The ANCYL will not support our former ANCYL NEC [national executive committee] member deputy minister Manana after he assaulted a woman. His actions are […]
RUSTENBURG, August 11 – The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in North West has suspended two of its leaders for putting the organisation into disrepute, the league said on Thursday. “The Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) wants to put it on public record that after lengthy disciplinary hearing process, the organisation is hereby officially communicating its decision, […]
By Matome Chiloane In ‘My Country and the World’, the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev opined that: “History teaches us, that when the times are ripe for change and the government refuses or is unable to change, either society starts to decay or a revolution begins”. This seems like the crossroads and, at […]
SOLLY MAKGANOTO The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the Free State Province has welcomed the decision by the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Free State Province to participate in elections as a stand-alone party, ending their 27-years tripartite alliance. “We have long called for the immediate recalling of all the SACP leaders deployed by the […]
DURBAN – The children of parents who fought against apartheid do not care about their parents’ “struggle credentials” – instead, they are interested in opportunities outlined in the Constitution, African National Congress (ANC) MP Makhosi Khoza said at a book launch on Thursday evening. “Young people today don’t care if you once belonged to uMkhonto […]
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) on Monday called for former tourism minister and party senior, Derek Hanekom, to make a public apology or resign over his comment that he was not sure whom he would vote for in the next elections. Hanekom, who was fired at the end of March during […]
December 2017 marks an elective year for the African National Congress. A practice and tradition that occurs every five years to determine its leadership, as elected by its branches and structures. I start today, as in 2012, with a series of opinions on those who are in the race for high office. Whilst the official announcement […]