
ANC Eastern Cape awaits court guidance on conference date
Three members of the ANC in the EC approached the courts to have the conference interdicted.
MONDAY, 13 APRIL 2026, 16:05

Three members of the ANC in the EC approached the courts to have the conference interdicted.
The ANC Eastern Cape leadership has confirmed that it will take its impasse over the conference to the party’s national leadership no later than Monday.

The ANC-SACP alliance has been strained since the SACP announced that it will contest elections.
ActionSA announced that former MK Party head in Mpumalanga, Mary Phadi, had joined the party as its provincial campaign manager.
ANC Eastern Cape secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi has resigned.

Cyril Ramaphosa urged all the members to work hard to build a strong ANC party in the province.

Brink was speaking to the SABC at the DA’s Johannesburg Regional Elective Congress.
Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba has become the ANC’s second-ever woman provincial chairperson in the history of the party, following in the footsteps of the late Edna Molewa, who was elected chairperson in the North West in 2004.

The provincial secretary has also released a letter informing delegates to leave for home

The conference started on Thursday without any reported hindrances

Ramaphosa attended a cabinet’s stakeholder engagement with the provincial government in Free State

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that councillors must come to council even if they were sick

A source said the ministers viewed deployment in government as their new life and they are too comfortable with the benefits

Gauteng chair Bonginkosi Dhlamini says that challenging the founder’s choice for president would erode his legacy, sparking debate in the IFP

If his camp put a serious campaign behind the numbers, no other ANC candidate would stand a chance, says the Social Research Foundation

A councillor said police had to be brought in to stop the disruptions

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal, while the EFF also withholds support over the insourcing of security staff

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s urgent application to block Shamila Batohi’s pension, after hearing arguments on urgency and the legality of withholding state-funded benefits
Former Western Cape High Court Judge John Hlophe has made a sensational return to the MK Party’s leadership fold.

The ANC recently appointed Nkabane as its deputy chief whip in the National Assembly
ActionSA MP Dereleen James opened an intimidation case against Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader and sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie at the Central Police Station in Cape Town on Tuesday.