Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

Despite delays, the ANC is adamant it will conclude its 55th national conference by Tuesday. By noon on Saturday, the conference had not started with the first day having only been used for accreditation and the delivery of a political report by President Cyril Ramaphosa. “We are confident that this conference will conclude its business by Monday as planned. Efforts are being made to ensure that all outstanding delegates are being attended to”, said national spokesperson Pule Mabe adding that the meeting will only proceed once a credentials report is adopted. The ANC constitution allows for the conference to continue…

A bullish President Cyril Ramaphosa finally got the ANC 55th national conference underway at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg following delays in the registration of delegates and disagreements within the outgoing National Executive Committee on issues such as outstanding disciplinary cases including those flowing from recent attempts to force him out of the top post. Ramaphosa, who is seeking re-election as party leader, warned delegates that failure to successfully implement the party’s so-called renewal project will further alienate voters. Ramaphosa who campaigned on an anti-corruption ticket blamed the so-called state capture for most of what’s not going right in…

There’s been widespread condemnation of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s latest commitment that South Africa will soon start dismantling its coal mining sector as part of the so-called ‘Just Energy Transition’ to renewable energy sources. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the EFF swiftly rejected Ramaphosa’s commitment made at the COP27 conference underway in Egypt all expressing concerns of a possible jobs bloodbath. The two unions, influential at Eskom and in the mining sector, accused the government of failing to consult coal mining communities most likely to be affected by the…