MONDAY, 01 SEPTEMBER 2025, 12:43
The ANC is not confining itself to a 0.5 percentage-point VAT increase, and the door to engagement on the matter remains wide open, says the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.
While the ANC will not prescribe what other parties can sing or chant, the party does not believe the Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer song is relevant in the current political space, said ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.
As you walk into the ANC Gauteng headquarters in Jan Smuts Avenue, a collection of portraits of past presidents hangs on the wall. Interestingly, it does not include President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is serving his second term as party president.
Nthikeng Mohlele is a unique voice in South African literature. Revolutionaries’ House is his most political work so far, but far from his best.
The ANC leads the unity government. If it leads South Africa back to happier times, that is most likely to benefit the ANC, rather than the DA.
Following Jacob Zuma’s tenure, during which corruption became endemic, tarnishing the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa was touted as the party’s saviour. But he failed to impress.
Having dominated South Africa’s political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.
The growing loss of support for the governing ANC raises the possibility of South Africa having its first national coalition government since 1994.
Opinion polls show that the uMkhonto weSizwe party enjoys significant support in KwaZulu-Natal, Jacob Zuma’s home province.
Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe is now the largest party in KwaZulu-Natal and the fourth biggest nationally.
The ANC tied itself in knots defending Zuma’s destructive bad behaviour in the past. Acting against him now would require it to own up to its sins.
Dissatisfied ANC voters were much more likely to switch their votes if they held positive views of an opposition party. However, the problem for the opposition is that few people held these views.
How Swapo and the ANC respond to any further decline in electoral support will define the future of democracy in both countries.
A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
The veteran liberation struggle activist brings gravitas to every position he occupies.
The veteran liberation struggle activist brings gravitas to every position he occupies.
Mzala’s distinctive intellectual contribution combined a sophisticated grasp of revolutionary theory with the reality of ethnic nationalism.
The country’s long-dominant party has been losing support in elections.
The impeachment process could derail Ramaphosa’s political career and seriously hurt the governing ANC’s electoral prospects in 2024.