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The ANC's election analysis has identified organisational degeneration, factionalism and ethical erosion within its ranks as among the reasons for the party's fall to 40% in the 2024 general elections. However, the party says it's not too late to correct its errors and rebuild momentum.

The ANC has set its sights on reforming local government. The party has acknowledged that its failures at local government level have adversely affected its support.

In the wake of the GNU's meeting with business leaders, analysts highlighted the issues which need to be addressed if the partnership is to bear fruit. First on the list: cutting red tape.

The EFF has been dealt yet another blow with its deputy president and founding member, Floyd Shivambu, resigning from the party. He will be joining former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto Wesizwe party but did not reveal which position he will be occupying.

Former EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu's decision to leave the Red Berets for uMkhonto Wesizwe will leave a leadership vacuum in the EFF when the party has been deemed to be at its weakest since its formation in 2013.

Yet another political leader has decided to join Jacob Zuma's MK party. He made the announcement on Thursday afternoon in Dube, Soweto.

The ANC in Gauteng dropped from 50% to 34% in the recent elections. Its Ekurhuleni region blamed the decline on service delivery issues, the MK party effect and the consequences of working with EFF.

After weeks of controversy, podcaster-cum-Chief of Staff Roman Cabanac has acknowledged that the views he previously expressed on his social media pages and his podcast were harmful — but there is no mention of an apology.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube's decision to boycott the ceremony where the much-contested Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill was officially signed into law is not grounds for dismissal.

The executive director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Neeshan Balton, said the ANC wished to portray itself as championing everything Pravin Gordhan stood for, while it had ‘crooks in Parliament' who represented everything Gordhan stood against.