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Delegates share their views on day two of ANC's 55th national conference  

TimesLIVE caught up with several delegate on day 2 of the ANC’s 55th national conference in Nasrec in the south of Johannesburg.  Delegates shared their views on nominations and party leadership structures.    

17 Dec 2022 3PM 3 min

ANC members urged to be more disciplined amid heckling of the president

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe has urged party delegates attending the conference where leaders will be elected to be disciplined. The conference had a rocky start as President Cyril Ramaphosa was disrupted while delivering the political report on Friday. Delegates mainly from KwaZulu-Natal sang ‘Phala Phala, wenzeni uZuma?’, meaning ‘Phala Phala,…

17 Dec 2022 3PM 2 min

ANC conference: Understanding the election process & what to expect on day 2

The ANC is limping into day two of its 55th national elective conference, having postponed the bulk of day one's activities. On day 2 delegates will be engaged in a plethora of closed-room sessions, debates and voting processes.  Sunday Times political reporter stationed at Nasrec Zimasa Matiwane outlines what we…

17 Dec 2022 6AM 11 min

'We are not as united, cohesive or effective as we should be': Ramaphosa

Speaking at the ANC's 55th national conference, party president Cyril Ramaphosa divisions existed within the party. He called for the renewal of the movement. 

16 Dec 2022 1PM 6 min

Ramaphosa heckled as ANC conference gets underway

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa found himself struggling to speak above supporters of former president Jacob Zuma as the party's elective conference finally got underway. The start of the conference was delayed by several hours as delegates tried to register. Many groups from out of town only arrived in Johannesburg on…

16 Dec 2022 10AM 3 min

I wouldn't say its chaotic: Mabe on delayed ANC conference

Despite the ANC's 55th elective conference running seven hours behind schedule, party spokesperson Pule Mabe says the delay is due only to administrative issues in registering delegates. 

16 Dec 2022 7AM 4 min

Ace Magashule puts his disqualification in delegates' hands

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has put his hopes in delegates at the party's national conference to reverse a decision that bars him from standing for any position this weekend. According to the ANC election committee rules, Magashule is disqualied from standing because he is suspended and has been charged…

16 Dec 2022 6AM 5 min

Concerns over defiant ANC MPs to be resolved by incoming NEC

One of the first tasks that the incoming leadership that will be elected at the 55th ANC national conference at the weekend will be to decide whether to discipline the defiant MP’s who voted in favour of the section 89 panel report on Tuesday. “Our cadres who did not follow…

16 Dec 2022 4AM 3 min

Ramaphosa rejects Zuma’s bid to add him to the list of accused

On the eve of the ANC’s elective conference, former president Jacob Zuma initiated a private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa. He has been summoned to appear in court on January 19 to face a charge of being an “accessory after the fact” in the same private prosecution Zuma is pursuing…

16 Dec 2022 2AM 2 min

LEAKED | Sisulu 'shared notes' with EFF before Phala Phala vote

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu and the EFF's Godrich Gardee purportedly shared notes regarding the ANC's plans ahead of parliament's debate on the section 89 vote on Phala Phala. In a leaked audio, a man, supposedly Gardee, can be heard asking a woman, seemingly Sisulu, about her whereabouts and whether she…

15 Dec 2022 6AM 6 min

Ramaphosa wins second term but limps in 2023, astrologer and sangoma predicts

An astrologer and sangoma says Cyril Ramaphosa will return as president after this weekend’s ANC elective conference. However, Rod Suskin foresees Ramaphosa struggling next year as political battles rage against him.

14 Dec 2022 11AM 2 min

Ramaphosa wins vote, but parties accuse ANC of betraying accountability

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in the hot seat on Tuesday when MPs vote in parliament on whether to adopt the section 89 independent panel’s Phala Phala report, a process that will decide whether he will face impeachment proceedings. National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula declined requests to reconsider her decision to…

13 Dec 2022 11AM 10 min

‘You’ll never see her again. We’re finished with her’: missing mom's kids told

Nontuthuzelo Fose went missing on December 7. The next day her daughter Millicent received a worrying message. She spoke to TimesLIVE. “Sesigqibile ngaye, mlibaleni umama wenu, asoze nimbone kwakhona” the message written in isiXhosa read. It is translated as: “We are finished with her, forget about your mother. You will…

13 Dec 2022 4AM 3 min

Exclusive | Hitman calls couple in whistleblower assassination case

An IT businesswoman’s whistleblowing on alleged irregularities in a R119m Home Affairs department security systems contract and her testimony before an internal disciplinary hearing of a senior official led to the murder of her husband. TimsLIVE Investigations can reveal that two months before Marumo Phenya was gunned down in Roodepoort…

9 Dec 2022 6AM 10 min

More than half a million apply for 10,000 police posts

Recently recruited police officials will start combating crime over the festival season, says Gen Fannie Masemola. The police commissioner said his department received 523,666 applications for 10,000 posts. He outlined his department's focus areas for the festive season. They include gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide, intensifying efforts to combat aggravated…

9 Dec 2022 5AM 3 min

Ramaphosa declares December 27 a public holiday

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Tuesday December 27 a public holiday in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.

8 Dec 2022 4AM 1 min

If Ramaphosa is re-elected, SA may have foot the Phala phala legal bills

Parliament was due to debate the the section 89 Phala Phala panel's report, but instead the discussion has been postponed to December 13. The delay will ensure that the debate happens just 4 days before the ANC's elective conference, in which the party hopes to elect its leaders.  Political analyst…

6 Dec 2022 7AM 7 min

"The reality is that DD is not captured", says Malema

The EFF held a press conference on Monday to state its position on developments in the country. As expected, Malema shared the party's views on the recently released section 89 independent panel report findings on the 2020 burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm. Malema said the party welcomed…

5 Dec 2022 8AM 5 min

Phala phala report and its significance

If you have heard words such as “damning”, “crisis”, “upheaval” or “uncertainty” in relation to the Phala Phala report and the fate of President Cyril Ramaphosa you are not alone. Sunday Times presidential correspondent Amanda Khoza provides clarity on the saga. She explains how we got here, the crux of…

2 Dec 2022 9AM 11 min

We struggle in the festive season — SANBS

The South African Blood Service (SANBS) is calling for blood donations ahead of the festive season. Its communications officer, Khensani Mahlangu, says the holiday period is a difficult time for the service as major blood drives do not take place.

2 Dec 2022 6AM 5 min