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Tensions escalate: KZN provincial task team spokesperson Fanle Sibisi and coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu. Photo: Sandile Motha

ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition

Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration

ANC Greater Johannesburg regional powerhouse Eunice Mgcina has nominated Dada Morero (above) for the position of regional chairperson ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference set to take place in September.  Photo: X

Johannesburg mayor Morero warns contenders for ANC regional posts not to sabotage his government

Dada Morero has said he will stand for a second term as the Greater Joburg chair

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.

‘Mammoth task’ ahead, says Mbalula of reconfigured ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

Outspoken secretary Bheki Mtolo has been kept on the books as the convenor of policy, planning and monitoring

ANC KZN chairman Siboniso Duma.(Photo by Gerhard Duraan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC intensifies renewal drive as it fights to win back KwaZulu-Natal

The party has vowed to regain the support it lost to former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party in the May election

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)

Mbalula: No decision yet on dissolving ANC KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial executive committees 

The party will take a decision at the end of October, its secretary general said

Charm offensive: President Cyril Ramaphosa not only wooed the
United Nations, he also championed the Gaza cause and found time for
Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right). Photo: Anadolu/Getty Images

So far so good as Ramaphosa’s GNU nears the 100 day mark

Cyril’s away game can’t be faulted, like Mikel Arteta’s 2024 Arsenal, but with no red cards

Former president Jacob Zuma is likely not going to attend the office funeral of Pravin Gordhan. (Photo by Esa Alexander/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Jacob Zuma not set to attend Pravin Gordhan’s funeral

The uMkhonto weSizwe party leadership is ‘not aware’ of any plan for Zuma to say goodbye to his former comrade

Honest day’s work: Pieter Groenewald, the new minister of correctional affairs, wants prisoners to earn their keep. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty

New Ooms sweep clean

Down in the kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is also cleaning house

KZN ANC secretary Bheki Mtolo, with provincial spokesperson, Mafika Mndebele. Photo supplied

KZN electoral carnage a ‘message from our people’, says ANC provincial spokesperson

The party has been decimated in what was once one of its strongest provinces

Olive branch: Paul Mashatile, the deputy president of the ANC, is to consult with the Zulu king in an attempt to reduce tension over a perceived snub. Photo: OJ Koloti/Gallo Images

Damage control: Mashatile to visit Zulu king in wake of Duma’s microphone gaffe

The ANC’s top brass is deploying its deputy president to clean up provincial chair Sboniso Duma’s mess

ANC KZN chair, Siboniso Duma, who is also MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, with Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube at the official opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on February 27, 2024 in Pietermaritzburg. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC backs Duma, blames Buthelezi after royal microphone gaffe

The KwaZulu-Natal government claims the traditional prime minister wanted to ‘collapse’ royal event

The ANC’s provincial chair, Siboniso Duma, has perfected the art of seizing moments. Photo: Darren Stewart/Getty Images

Duma seizes the moment… and the microphone

The new Zulu prime minister has been giving the ANC chest pains since the king appointed him

Florence Radzilan

Limpopo’s Florence Radzilani fails to make it to the top of ANC’s provincial candidates list

ANC bigwigs Zweli Mkhize, Bathabile Dlamini and Zandile Gumede have been left off the national and provincial lists

ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe during a door-to-door campaign in KwaMashu ahead of the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday, 24 February.  Photo: @ANCKZN

Gwede Mantashe defends corruption accused Zandile Gumede’s ANC campaigning

ANC KZN chairperson Siboniso Duma also said the party would support calls for Danny Msiza, who had to step aside over the VBS Mutual Bank heist, to return to the fold

‘Dedicated professional’: Economic development MEC Siboniso Duma (above) has praised the ability of Dube TradePort chief executive Hamish Erskine. Photo (above): Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

‘Hands off’ KwaZulu-Natal economic zone boss, says African Christian Democratic Party

The ANC has rejected the ACDP’s claim that moves are afoot for cadre deployment

Still hanging about: Zandile Gumede with Fikile Mbalula. Photo: X

Corruption accused Zandile Gumede asked to campaign for ANC

Fikile Mbalula denies that bringing the former Durban mayor back into the fold is a way to neutralise the Jacob Zuma-affiliated MK party

No laughing matter: Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi (left) wants his
amaPanyaza not only dressed in green but also to carry weapons and
to be licensed to kill. Photo: Frennie Shivambu/Getty Images

No ceasefire, no vote

Being on the right side of history is as important as fixing the potholes in the street

Shade: KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube and economic
development MEC Siboniso Duma: Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images

A photobomb too far as Duma seizes the moment – and the Rugby World Cup

KwaZulu-Natal’s apprentice premier is accused of overshadowing his principal, instead of shadowing her

Former ANC KZN chairman, Sihle Zikalala, with Siboniso Duma. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal

KZN drops controversial R28m Sama awards plan

MEC Siboniso Duma wanted to move funds from other departments to pay for the glitzy event