Author: Silver Sibiya
President Cyril Ramaphosa retained his position, Gwede Mantashe also cemented his place after being re-elected as Chairperson and Fikile Mbalula replaced suspended Ace Magashule as Secretary General. There was an improvement in gender representation for the first in the top positions with three women – Gwen Ramokgopa elected Treasurer-General, and Nomvula Mokonyane and Maropene Ramokgopa as first and second Deputy Secretary-Generals. Former ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile won with a landslide victory and beat Justice and Correctional Service Ronald Lamola for the party’s Deputy President position with 2 178 votes to 315 at the results announced on Monday in Nasrec. Eastern…
With thousands of people including politicians, business leaders, journalists and political analysts descending on Nasrec, for the ANC 55th national conference, informal traders have used this opportunity to cash in by selling their wares. A most curious sight at the media centre is that of two, sometimes three girls in school uniform serving customers at a coffee shop called Huis van Cofifi. One of the two young girls who are pupils at Emshukantambo High School in Pimville Soweto, is 18-year-old Samukeliso Simelane, who says serving coffee is part of a school project where they have partnered with Huis van Cofifi,…
ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson Sboniso Duma says having former President Jacob Zuma as a delegate at the ANC’s Policy and Elective Conference will not interfere with the organisation’s work and programme Duma was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the 55th ANC Elective Conference in Nasrec, Joburg on Saturday. Duma said Zuma will not cause any problems and will be kept inline and added that his presence was critical. “He is (Zuma) the branch delegate, he has been elected by his branch. He qualifies to be here so he is going to follow the line, he is going to…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday reminded party members they need to show that they are worthy to be representatives of ordinary South Africans. Ramaphosa said this while delivering his political report at the 55th ANC Elective Conference in Nasrec on Friday. Ramaphosa said this while responding to unruly delegates who kept hackling and insulting him and party chairperson Gwede Manthashe. The President was interrupted a number of times mostly by some KwaZulu-Natal delegates when addressing members to a point where Manthashe had to step in and call security. The delegates kept singing and chanting “Phala Phala ” and “change”, while…
ANC Gauteng Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi has warned that if load shedding and other socio-economic challenges are not resolved, the party risks losing the 2024 elections. This emerged during the party Provincial General Council, PGC, meeting on Wednesday night in Turfontein, Johannesburg. Lesufi, without mentioning the name of the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, called for the political head of the department that oversees Eskom to resign. “We will mobilize the biggest march ever in this particular province to go to their offices (Eskom) to demand one thing and one thing only, that the political head of that particular Eskom…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has welcomed the decision by the Hawks to raid Tembisa Hospital, Ekurhuleni following allegations of tender irregularities to the value of R850 million involving about 227 service providers which happened during the Covid-19 pandemic. The raid at the hospital comes months after the CEO Ashley Mthunzi was placed on precautionary suspension together with Gauteng Health Chief Financial Officer Lerato Madyo. It is reported that whistleblower Babita Doekaran – who was a senior manager at the Gauteng Health Department was shot and killed near her home in Winchester Hills, Joburg in August 2021, after flagging dubious contracts…
Heavy rains and flooding in Lenasia, South of Joburg has forced residents to use small boats and canoes to rescue community members stuck in their houses following overnight heavy rains that resulted in flooding in many parts of the City including in Soweto Protea Glen. Sadia Mohammed who’s in-laws were trapped in one of the houses in Extension 1 said authorities have been warned about occasional flooding in the area but failed to act. “The residents are saying they have been complaining about floods occurring during rainy season for years but the government didn’t do anything,” she said While Kasifan…
The ANC has raised security concerns regarding international spies that it has alleged are trying to infiltrate its 55th Elective Conference to be held in Nasrec south of Joburg on 16 December, according to party spokesperson Pule Mabe addressing the media during a tour of the venue this week. The ANC conference has attracted local, regional and international media interests. “On Monday we met some media houses for the first time with international press-cards and they didn’t apply to be accredited for the conference. “There have been people who have been found here claiming to be from the media when…
The ANC National Executive Committee special meeting was surprisingly adjourned after it had started to allow the National Working Committee to review the Phala Phala report. The party met on Friday at Nasrec, Johannesburg after the Section 89 panel, chaired by former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo found that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer on impeachable offenses. At the press briefing after the adjournment national treasurer Paul Mashatile said Ramaphosa is still deciding whether to step down or not. “The president is not in the meeting. He’s busy consulting as far as we are concerned. The issue of…
With the ANC facing a leadership crisis following the release of a damning report on the Phala Phala farm scandal, that its President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated the Constitution and anti-corruption laws, the party spokesperson refused to answer questions from the media on the matter. Ramaphosa went under the radar while political parties were baying for his blood after the Section 89 Parliamentary Panel headed by retired Judge Sandile Ngcobo, found that there was a prima facie case against the president. At a press briefing party spokesperson Pule Mabe refused to entertain any questions posed by journalists on the…