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Zimbabwe ANC calls for July 1 to be declared Joshua Nkomo Day
The opposition Zimbabwe African National Congress (ZANC) has urged the government to declare July 1 a public holiday in honour of the late national hero and former Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongo...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 17:43hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki was misled on Zuma claims
Former President Thabo Mbeki's widely reported gratuitous claim that former President Jacob Zuma - who was jailed for 10 years on Robben Island Prison - was an apartheid spy is outrageous and un...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 15:03hrs | 2270 | by Jonathan Moyo
zANC backs election delay to 2030
The Zimbabwe African National Congress (ZANC) has added its voice to calls for postponing the 2028 harmonised elections, suggesting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term be extended to 2030 to allow for...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:08hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Andile Lungisa accuses NPA of 'weaponizing' SA legal system
Former ANC leader Andile Lungisa has voiced strong criticism of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), alleging it has been "weaponized" to criminalize prominent figures within the Afric...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 13:26hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
ANC introduces its version of Chitepo School of Ideology
As the African National Congress (ANC) works to rebuild its relationship with the electorate following significant electoral setbacks, the party has declared political education a top priority. All AN...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
ZANC praises Govt for Introducing air ambulances
The Zimbabwe African National Congress (ZANC) has lauded the Government's recent introduction of air ambulances, which are set to revolutionise emergency medical care across the country, particularly ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zille warns ANC of Ramaphosa
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid down the gauntlet and demanded the reinstatement of Cilliers Brink as Tshwane mayor.After holding the mayoral office in the City of Tshwane since March 20...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 20:18hrs | 2315 | by Staff reporter
Mbalula vows to suppress those behind talks of removing Ramaphosa
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says he is not afraid of the party's leader but warns that he will suppress those behind talks of removing President Cyril Ramaphosa at the December 2027 election ...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 18:03hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition parties must unite against Zanu-PF
Leader of the United African National Council (UANC), Reverend Dr. Gwinyai Muzorewa, has called on opposition parties to unite and confront the Zanu-PF-led government over the country's socio-economic...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hamba Kahle ANC, we won't miss you!
IF you are not following the unfolding electoral drama south of the Limpopo River, you can't be real.When South Africa votes, Zimbabwe catches a proverbial cold. And for good reason.Of...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 30 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Ramaphosa refuses to go, seeks coalition with DA
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not intend to resign as ANC leader despite leading the party to the historic loss of an electoral majority it has held for 30 years, the Mail & Guardian has learned....Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 11:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's bootlicker hits back at Mogoeng
A bootlicker has hit back at retired Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for his view on President Cyril Ramaphosa.During the SAFM inaugural lecture on Wednesday, Mogoeng said Ramaphosa had a duty t...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC leader
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) for a second term.President Ramaphosa, who had been widely tipped to secure a...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 21:30hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
2021 marks four wasted years under Cyril Ramaphosa
Concluding his tour of four African countries in Dakar, President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters that challenges faced by his administration in 2021 "combined to create just a catastrophic year"....Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:16hrs | 15 | by Professor Sipho Seepe
Zanu PF's costly and desperate power preservation
Absolute political power and a persistent quest to preserve it at all cost can result in absolute political absurdity. Men and women who might have spent some time being intellectually trained in inst...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu - Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Ramaphosa's ANC admits abuse of govt resources in jet trip to Zimbabwe
The ANC has undertaken to reimburse the government for the costs incurred during its controversial use of an air force jet on a party-political mission to Zimbabwe last week after a public backlash....Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him'
A political analyst has said the leaked emails and financial statements from the CR17 campaign have shown how President Cyril Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him."These guys ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA sets tough terms on US$1.2bn Zimbabwe loan request
Zimbabwe's debt-ridden government is in a dilemma after South Africa asked her northern neighbour to securitise mineral proceeds in exchange for a US$1,2 billion (R17billion) bailout package, it...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African election results brings painful memories to MDC
General elections were held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These were the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid ...Published: 11 May 2019 at 19:11hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa using ANC integrity commission to purge Zuma loyalists
The ANC is at odds about the status of its integrity commission rulings, with some members arguing that the structure is used to settle factional scores.The matter was among the dominant subje...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by City Press
Fresh bid to nullify Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC election
A fresh bid to nullify the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC leader is under way, with unhappy party members claiming that Ramaphosa was elected by bogus Mpumalanga branches at the party's ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:35hrs | | by City Press
'Mnangagwa has a highly technical rigging plan'
OPPOSITION reaction to Wednesday's announcement of the election date was mixed with some parties saying they were ready to send President Emmerson Mnangagwa packing while others demanded progress on e...Published: 31 May 2018 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zuma is still more popular than Ramaphosa'
While the EFF leader appeared respectful towards the ANC leader at Mama Winnie's funeral this weekend, his true views appear to be different.A clip of EFF leader Julius Malema comparing former...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by TheCitizen
Zuma 'rejects ANC request' to stand down
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has defied his party and refused to step down, according to media reports.He and senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) held talks on Sunday ...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:37hrs | | by BBC
Mnangagwa on SADC tour, promising free elections - bitten by Mugabe's globe-trotting
It seems globe-trotting is in the blood of Zimbabwean leaders. We all know of Tsvangirai's world tour during his five-year term as Prime Minister. Little wonder the MDC failed to get even one democrat...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Muzorewa throws his hat into presidential ring
GWINYAI Muzorewa, the late Bishop Abel Muzorewa's young brother, is seeking to contest this year's presidential elections under the revived United African National Council (UANC).The older Muz...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Namibia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today visit Namibia on the third leg of his regional tour to brief his counterparts on the political situation in the country and the forthcoming harmonised elections...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's visit to Zimbabwe leaves more questions than answers
Ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki may be a nice person in his personal life, but there is something nasty about his trip to meet his long-time ally, Robert Mugabe, in Harare recently. It is time ...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:57hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zuma under pressure to quit
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's embattled president, faces renewed pressure to step down this weekend after a series of media reports detailed links between elected officials and a family of tycoons accuse...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe gets away with murder
SOUTH African opposition parties yesterday celebrated after Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ruled that Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete could conduct a vote-of-no-confidence motion in President Jacob ...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 12:47hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Cosatu boss deported to Zimbabwe, using fake SA ID
A powerful unionist in the tripartite alliance has been deported to Zimbabwe after the department of home affairs' investigation into his nationality revealed he was living in South Africa without the...Published: 07 May 2017 at 10:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bid to oust Zuma leaves SA opposition in catch 22
Opposition parties trying to get Jacob Zuma to resign are in a conundrum: if they bring down an unpopular president they may lose their best chance to win the next election."I suspect oppositi...Published: 03 May 2017 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Paul Vecchiatto and Mike Cohen, Bloomberg
'Zimbabweans gave Mugabe freedom to destroy'
A LEADING figure in neighbouring South Africa's growing anti-President Jacob Zuma social movement has warned the country's citizens not to allow their nation to be destroyed "Zimbabwean style"...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panicking Zuma takes the Robert Mugabe option
This article first appeared on News24.com titled "Panicking Zuma has thrown caution to the ...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Max du Preez
ANC, Zanu-PF ready for female presidents?
Recent political developments in neighbouring South Africa where president Jacob Zuma has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party is ready for its first female leader, days after ...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
ANC ready for woman president, says Zuma
JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma has said the ANC is ready for its first female leader, days after outgoing African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was named by the ANC Wome...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 05:34hrs | | by AFP
ANC , a compromised brand in need of rebranding
It is indeed an epic moment in the political history of South Africa for the nation has broken the post- colonial narrative. The ruling party ANC suffered a serious setback in the just ended municipal...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 21:17hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Wrongly jailed man wants R28 million!
WHEN Sam Mulaudzi heard of his cousin’s acquittal for murder, he went to the toilets at the Supreme Court of Appeal and wept.This was after his cousin, Marcus Nndateni Mulaudzi, spent 10 yea...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ANC faces the real possibility of losing elections
Veteran ANC leader Reverend Frank Chikane has warned the ANC that it has reached a point of no return, and faces the real possibility of losing elections unless it owns up to its problems. ...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Union threatens 'Zimbabwe-style' farm evictions in SA
Cape Town - Zimbabwe-style farm evictions would become inevitable if government proposals on land reform were not immediately implemented to stop mass farm worker evictions, the Building and Allied Wo...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 19:40hrs | 1 | by Natasha Bezuidenhout I Cape Argus
Tsvangirai writes to Jacob Zuma
South Africa's largely peaceful and credible presidential election was a rare example of a functioning democracy in Africa and should be a model for the continent, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan ...Published: 15 May 2014 at 14:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema carries Mugabe torch
TWENTY years ago, South Africa transitioned to a full, non-racial democracy and elected Nelson Mandela president. This week, its citizens went to the polls for the first vote of the post-Mandela era ...Published: 10 May 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Robert Marquand
Reasons why the West loves Mandela and hates Mugabe
IN the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, hosannas continue to be sung to the former ANC leader and South African president from both the left, for his role in ending the institutional racism of aparth...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Stephen Gowans
Mawere allegedly used an ANC letterhead to defraud SA's national lottery
Johannesburg - Controversial former ANC leader and businessman Mutumwa Mawere allegedly used the ruling party's letterhead and the signature of a colleague to defraud the national lottery of more than...Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 15:33hrs | 2 | by Sunday Independent
Mbeki's mediation prevented possible conflict in Zimbabwe
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki's mediation prevented Zimbabwe from descending into civil war as the Unites States and United Kingdom pressed for tougher EU or UN sanctions against ...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The ANC's neocolonialist rhetoric will not eradicate poverty
Africans are now sick and tired of liberation political parties, who can only boast about the past.I read last week that a prominent female ANC leader in South Africa has accused the DA of be...Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe
'Motlanthe's position in government secure,' says Zuma
PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma has dismissed concerns that his deputy in government, Kgalema Motlanthe, will leave his post following his failed bid for the African National Congress (ANC) presidenc...Published: 15 Jan 2013 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by BDLive
Mandela's favourite dish, samp and tripe on the menu for his 94th birthday
A South African newspaper 'the Sowetan' on Wednesday reported that ...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma told to sit down and listen
SOUTH AFRICAN President Jacob Zuma must sit down and listen to other people and not stand in the way of new ideas.This is the latest message from Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale who ...Published: 18 Jun 2012 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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