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1 month ago | 
sundayworld.co.za | Mawande AmaShabalala |Queenin Masuabi
ANC NEC communications subcommittee chairperson Nkenke Kekana says there must be a holistic change of the law if what was proposed by Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi over the directive on satellite communication services is to see the light of day. This comes as parliament prepares to grill Malatsi on Tuesday over the directive on satellite communication services he gazetted this week.
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1 month ago | 
sundayworld.co.za | Setumo Stone |Queenin Masuabi |Mawande AmaShabalala
ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli is being blamed for the chaotic meeting at Luthuli House, which allegedly saw ANC MPs revolting against party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, and chairperson Gwede Mantashe walking out of the powwow in a huff. Two senior ANC members alleged that Ntuli “dropped the ball” and allowed himself to be pawned by Luthuli House, saying he should not have taken charge of the meeting.
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2 months ago | 
sundayworld.co.za | Queenin Masuabi |Setumo Stone |Mawande AmaShabalala
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2 months ago | 
sundayworld.co.za | Setumo Stone |Queenin Masuabi |Mawande AmaShabalala
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2 months ago | 
sundayworld.co.za | Setumo Stone |Queenin Masuabi |Mawande AmaShabalala
Tensions within President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government of national unity (GNU) have escalated sharply, with partners voicing mounting frustrations over the DA’s governance approach, leading to calls for structural reforms and potential reconfigurations of the multiparty coalition government.
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Mar 30, 2025 | 
sundayworld.co.za | Queenin Masuabi |Mawande AmaShabalala
The ANC’s highest decision-making body, the NEC, has resolved to employ quiet diplomacy in the ongoing tensions with the United States. This is according to NEC leaders who told Sunday World about the discussions in their meeting at the Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, this weekend. Diplomatic ties between the two nations have been rocked by ructions following US President Donald Trump opposition to the Expropriation Act.
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Mar 30, 2025 | 
sundayworld.co.za | Queenin Masuabi |Mawande AmaShabalala
The ANC and DA have had a series of discussions regarding the much-talked-about national budget. However these talks collapsed on Friday afternoon when the two parties could not reach a compromise. The failed talks do not appear to be the only strategy for the ANC though. The founding member of the government of national unity (GNU) is also courting the EFF and MK Party. All of this work is behind the scenes to ensure that the budget gets the necessary votes in the National Assembly.
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Feb 16, 2025 | 
sundayworld.co.za | Queenin Masuabi |Mawande AmaShabalala
Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki stunned the party’s national executive committee (NEC) members when he questioned the existence of the trial that resulted in his successor Jacob Zuma being convicted and tossed into Robben Island as a political prisoner. Mbeki, who stopped short of calling Zuma a spy, dropped the bombshell in the NEC meeting held at Birchwood Hotel in Gauteng a few weeks ago to discuss the poor electoral showing of the ANC in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sundayworld.co.za | Mawande AmaShabalala
The justice system in South Africa has eyes, and this is something seasoned Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane SC learnt the hard way. Sikhakhane, in his memoir titled Odyssey of Liberation, details how taking a brief to represent former head of state Jacob Zuma became his worst nightmare. According to him, the courts in this country dislike Zuma and everyone who represents him in his many cases. Suffered because he dared to represent ZumaAnd Sikhakhane was not spared when he also represented Zuma.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
sundayworld.co.za | Mawande AmaShabalala
Jacob Zuma, the president of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), has threatened to take legal action against Fikile Mbalula, the head of the ANC administration, unless he reinstates his ANC membership. This comes after Zuma’s membership was revoked last year after he founded the MKP in December 2023 and removed 15% of the ANC’s support in the national and provincial elections held on May 29, 2024.
