ANC elective conference 2022

Everything you need to know about the ruling party's national elective conference

18 December 2022 - 02:55

Difficult five years ahead for ANC rogue elements ...

The ANC’s 55th national conference has resolved to keep the controversial step-aside rule that has caused severe ...

By Kgothatso Madisa and Mawande AmaShabalala

LISTEN | Cyril Ramaphosa officially closes the ANC’s national conference

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party needs to focus on ensuring resolutions taken at its 55th national ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

ANC to hold special NEC meeting

The newly elected ANC national executive committee led by president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet for the first ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

Has ‘The Cat’ run out of his many lives?

The ANC is discussing David Mabuza's future as the country's deputy president after he was not elected as the party's ...

State must sharpen its instruments to confront racism, says David Makhura

The ANC has resolved it may need to have a look at its policies that deal with racism because white supremacy will not ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

LATEST NEWS

Ramaphosa calls for discipline as part 2 of ANC ...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has cracked the whip, calling on party members to exercise discipline as the second part ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

WATCH | 'There is no betrayal in the ANC,' says Ramaphosa after being ...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says he does not feel betrayed by some branches who dumped him at the party’s 55th ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

Time over for 'sleeping, old people': Mbalula demands youthful cabinet

Newly elected ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula believes a cabinet reshuffle is imminent after the party's national ...

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

Ramaphosa slams Magashule for ‘capturing’ ANC branches in Free State

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a swipe at the former Free State strongman Ace Magashule for allegedly having ...

By MAWANDE AMASHABALALA and KGOTHATSO MADISA

LISTEN | 'Anarchists will be dealt with – the holiday is over': Mbalula

'Discipline is going to reign supreme,' says ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.

Bulelani Nonyukela
Audio producer

Cabinet reshuffle imminent after more than a dozen ministers, deputies ...

A cabinet reshuffle by president Cyril Ramaphosa is imminent after well more than a dozen ministers and deputy ...

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

‘This is my last term’: Re-elected ANC chairperson Mantashe plans to ...

"In my mind, this will be my last term but I have energy to take this last term and retire gracefully," said Gwede ...

JONATHAN JANSEN | Oh how the mighty ANC has fallen

The national conference showed the party’s true face: power struggles are more important than service delivery

Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha commits to stay put until end of term

Limpopo ANC chair Stan Mathabatha has vowed to stay put in his job as premier amid rumours of his imminent departure.

ANC national conference adjourns to next year

The meeting will reconvene to adopt policies in the first week of January.

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

RECORDED | New ANC leadership addresses elective conference before ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa and other senior ANC officials are addressing delegates and the media on Tuesday, day 5 of ...

By TimesLIVE

PODCAST | ANC’s top 7 is neither a win for the party nor SA

Eusebius McKaiser talks to Sam Mkokeli and Sabelo Skiti about the new leadership

Eusebius McKaiser
Contributor and analyst

'The only change at the top will be the names' — Mzansi reacts to ANC top 7

Many people, including politicians, have reacted on social media to the new ly elected ANC top 7, with some expressing ...

WATCH | The winner is Cyril Ramaphosa

The new ANC deputy president is Paul Mashatile, Gwede Mantashe retains the party chairmanship, Fikile Mbalula is ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

WATCH | Cyril Ramaphosa reacts to winning ANC presidency for 2nd time

It was a tense few minutes for ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa as he left the stage to hear whether he'd retain his seat ...

By TIMESLIVE VIDEO

LISTEN | Ramaphosa has already proved he cannot save the ANC from itself

Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as ANC president is a neutral indicator, according to political analyst and commentator ...

Eusebius McKaiser
Contributor and analyst

WATCH | Ramaphosa back for second term, Mkhize loses

The ANC's top 7 voting results will be announced on Monday at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.

By TimesLIVE

IN PICS | Delegates react to announcement of new ANC leaders

Many delegates celebrated the announcement of the new ANC top seven, while others' disappointment was obvious.

By TIMESLIVE

Electoral committee ‘used to purge people’: ...

Former women's league president and outgoing NEC member Bathabile Dlamini has accused the ANC electoral committee of ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

Mkhize gains ground with supporters claiming a dramatic upset will land ...

Lobbyists for Zweli Mkhize and Cyril Ramaphosa at the ongoing ANC Nasrec conference are each claiming victory as ...

By Mawande AmaShabalala and Kgothatso Madisa

WATCH | Mzwandile Masina drops out of race for ANC treasurer-general ...

Gauteng has thrown its weight behind former ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe for the position of treasurer general.

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

'The enemy of women is women': Sizophila Mkhize blames ANCWL for ...

ANC youth leader and PEC member Sizophila Mkhize has laid the blame for the slow progression of women in securing ...

Delegates cast their votes for ANC top seven leaders at Nasrec

Voting for the ANC top seven officials is under way at the party's 55th national conference taking place at Nasrec in ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

WATCH | 'Who said Ramaphosa can't be contested?': ...

Gauteng PEC member Lebogang Maile has defended a decision by a section of his province to rally behind Zweli Mkhize in ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

WATCH LIVE | Delegates cast their votes for new ANC top 7

ANC delegates are set to cast their votes for a new-look top seven, replacing the party's old top six, as the national ...

By TIMESLIVE

LISTEN | ANC will deal with party leaders if cash was dished out for votes ...

Outgoing ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe says anyone found to have tried to bribe delegates attending the 55th national ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

LISTEN | ANC didn’t ask to be exempt from load-shedding, says Mabe

A special load-shedding exemption “due to the presence of high security risk persons” at the ANC national conference ...

By Paige Muller

LISTEN | Load-shedding eases on Monday but exemption keeps lights on for ...

Eskom plans to reduce crippling countrywide load-shedding to stage 5 early on Monday, while a special exemption “due to ...

RECORDED | ANC national elective conference day 3 ...

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe is briefing the media on Sunday at the start of the third day of the party's national ...

By TIMESLIVE

LISTEN | It's voting day for the ANC — here is what you need to know

Sam Mkokeli, Business Day columnist and Arena Holdings contributor, outlines the outcomes of day 2 of the ANC elective ...

By TIMESLIVE

'We didn't decide to dump Ramaphosa for Mkhize': Limpopo ANC secretary

Limpopo ANC secretary Reuben Madadzhe says there was never a decision by the provincial leadership to dump Cyril ...

LISTEN | ANC top 7 nominees finalised as NDZ declines nomination

The ANC will by Monday announce its new "top seven" leadership which will run the governing party.

Bulelani Nonyukela
Audio producer

RECORDED | Nominations finalised at ANC elective conference

Voting for ANC leadership positions is expected to get under way on Sunday morning following a chaotic evening of ...

By TImesLIVE

'An abuse of process': Cyril Ramaphosa bares legal teeth in battle against ...

High drama as some reject instructions to dump Ramaphosa for Mkhize

By Kgothatso Madisa, Zimasa Matiwane and MAWANDE AMASHABALALA

WILLIAM GUMEDE | The ANC is in for a hard landing for which it and nothing ...

Supporters, members and leaders of the ANC behave as if the governing party and those at its helm, in power since 1994, ...

'We have to change course urgently': ANC fears becoming a rural party

The ANC is worried it will be reduced to a “peri-urban and rural party” ahead of the 2024 national elections if it ...

MIKE SILUMA | A new dawn is upon us, and not the one Ramaphosa had in mind

SA is moving from the post-apartheid era to the post-ANC one, and we need a national dialogue on how to navigate it, ...

Mike Siluma
Sunday Times deputy editor

Guard your tags, delegates warned amid fears of voting shenanigans

Reports of a tag-snatching conspiracy swirl at the ANC elective conference.

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Living in the now will be the ANC’s greatest undoing

We now have a real opportunity to restart It shouldn’t matter whether the person is Mathabatha, Ndlovu or Venter. As ...

Makhudu Sefara
Editor: TimesLIVE

‘Every delegate was offered money’: ANC member lays bare what happened at ...

Despite attempts by the ANC’s electoral committee to curb the practice, party leaders appear to have dished out cash to ...

By Sisanda Mbolekwa and Amanda Khoza

Tricky policy problems loom for ANC after leadership elections

Nationalisation of the Reserve Bank, the energy crisis, a basic income grant and the step aside rule are among issues ...

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

PATRICK BULGER | Mandela had a vision of what the NEC should look like — ...

Back in 1994, Madiba wanted an ANC NEC that comprised representatives of youth, labour, civic, women’s and other ...

ANC elective conference: Chronicles of a conference contested

The goings-on at the ANC elective conference in just one day underline that the party is almost over.

Caiphus Kgosana
Editor: Business Times

DD Mabuza officially out of ANC leadership

In a night of high drama and chaotic scenes, Deputy President David Mabuza is officially out of the top echelons of the ...

Moment of truth for Ramaphosa & Mkhize in battle for ANC presidency

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa finally locked horns with former health minister Zweli Mkhize during the ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

WATCH | Nominations and voting for top seven get under way at ANC elective ...

Delegates attending the ANC's 55th elective conference nominate and vote for the party's top seven office bearers at ...

By TimesLIVE

ANC conference credentials adopted, nominations ...

The ANC national conference has adopted the credentials report, paving the way for nominations of the top seven ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

LISTEN | Delegates share their views on day 2 of ANC national conference

Delegates shared their views on nominations and party leadership structures on day 2 of the ANC’s 55th national ...

By TIMESLIVE

LISTEN | ANC members urged to be more disciplined amid heckling of the ...

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe has urged party delegates attending the conference where leaders will be elected to be "more ...

By Bulelani Nonyukela

IN PICTURES | 'Change! Change! Change!'- Inside day 2 of the ANC elective ...

A group of delegates sang slogans opposing President Cyril Ramaphosa serving a second term as the leader of the ANC at ...

By TImesLIVE

Zuma’s private prosecution of Ramaphosa irrelevant: ANC electoral committee

The ANC’s electoral committee says former president Jacob Zuma’s attempt to privately prosecute President Cyril ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

LISTEN | ANC conference: Understanding the ...

The ANC is limping into day 2 of its 55th national elective conference, having postponed the bulk of day 1's activities.

By Paige Muller

ANC CONFERENCE DAYS 2 & 3 WRAP | Mkhize and Ramaphosa backers both ...

Keeping you up to date with all the latest developments on day 2 of the ANC's 55th elective conference in Nasrec, south ...

By TimesLIVE

PODCAST | Ramaphosa's political report embellishes reality

In this short audio analysis, TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser summarises what President Cyril ...

Eusebius McKaiser
Contributor and analyst

ANC KZN chair reads the riot act to disruptive delegates from his province

ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson Sboniso Duma laid down the law to delegates from the province attending the ...

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

Will ANC delegates buy Cyril Ramaphosa's story or reject him?

President Cyril Ramaphosa had the last laugh, stamping his authority after a group of KwaZulu-Natal delegates attempted ...

By ZIMASA MATIWANE and SISANDA MBOLEKWA

LISTEN | Ramaphosa heckled as ANC conference gets ...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa struggled to make himself heard above former president Jacob Zuma's supporters on Friday ...

By Paige Muller

WATCH | Rocky start for ANC conference as group tries to disrupt ...

A handful of ANC delegates, mostly from KwaZulu-Natal, disrupted President Cyril Ramaphosa's political report at the ...

By ZIMASA MATIWANE and SISANDA MBOLEKWA

WATCH | ANC elective conference delayed by late arrivals, registration ...

ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the conference will start when delegates are in the plenary hall.

By TIMESLIVE VIDEO

LISTEN | 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 ...

WATCH | Opening address at ANC's 55th national conference

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is tabling the party's political report as its 55th national elective conference finally ...

By TimesLIVE

LISTEN | Defiant ANC MPs matter will be resolved ...

One of the incoming ANC leadership's first tasks will be to decide whether to discipline MPs who on Tuesday voted in ...

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter

Keeping the ANC and SA on the correct path is my goal: Cyril Ramaphosa

The ANC conference starts on Friday to elect new leadership with President Cyril Ramaphosa contesting against former ...

By Kgothatso Madisa and Mawande AmaShabalala

Andile Lungisa appeals to ANC conference to review suspension

The ANC's Andile Lungisa has lodged an appeal regarding his September 7 suspension by its national disciplinary ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

ANC conference hit by three-hour delay

The start of the ANC’s national elective conference has been delayed due to technical glitches in registering delegates.

By Zimasa Matiwane

LISTEN | Ramaphosa rejects Zuma’s bid to add him to the list of accused in ...

Former president Jacob Zuma initiated a private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday.

By Franny Rabkin

Gauteng ANC 'firmly' behind Paul Mashatile

The ANC in Gauteng has expressed overwhelming support for deputy presidential hopeful Paul Mashatile.

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

PODCAST | Zweli Mkhize on ANC presidency, Digital Vibes and Cyril Ramaphosa

Mkhize says after engagements with ANC branches, all indications are that he has “huge support”.

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

WATCH | Pule Mabe on communication and ambition in quest for new role

The ANC spokesperson will vacate his position at the end of the year when the party elects its new top six

By TimesLIVE Video

Bathabile Dlamini’s ANC NEC disqualification appeal denied

Former ANC Women's League president Bathabile Dlamini's appeal against her disqualification from running for the ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

WATCH | 'It's a difficult job': outgoing ANC treasurer-general Paul ...

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile, who is vying for the position of ANC deputy president, has warned the incoming ...

By TIMESLIVE VIDEO

WATCH | Mdumiseni Ntuli certain he’s incoming ...

ANC secretary-general hopeful Mdumiseni Ntuli is confident he’ll bag the position over candidates Fikile Mbalula and ...

Kayleen Morgan
Multimedia Journalist

ANC elective conference set to inject more than R257m into Gauteng

The Gauteng Tourism Authority estimates the ANC elective conference will inject more than R257m into the visitor ...

‘My criminal record was expunged’ — Tony Yengeni appeals to Motlanthe

Although Tony Yengeni is appealing his disqualification, he does not feature on the list of 200 nominated by ANC ...

Black Business Council urges ANC conference to tackle Eskom blackouts

The Black Business Council has asked the 55th national conference of the ANC, starting on Friday, to deal with ...

Ernest Mabuza
Journalist

Zweli Mkhize says ANC's step-aside rule 'undermines authority of branches'

ANC presidential candidate Zweli Mkhize on Monday launched a scathing attack on the party's step-aside rule as well as ...

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

ANC elective conference set to inject more than ...

The Gauteng Tourism Authority estimates the ANC elective conference will inject more than R257m into the visitor ...

Zweli Mkhize upbeat ahead of crucial conference

ANC presidential hopeful Dr Zweli Mkhize has expressed optimism ahead of the ANC national conference this week.

By Nqubeko Mbhele

Black Business Council urges ANC conference to tackle Eskom blackouts

The Black Business Council has asked the 55th national conference of the ANC, starting on Friday, to deal with ...

Ernest Mabuza
Journalist

WATCH | I'll bring the ANC back to people, says Nomvula Mokonyane as she ...

ANC deputy secretary-general hopeful Nomvula Mokonyane says the party needs someone who can help reconnect it with the ...

By Ihsaan Haffejee and THABO TSHABALALA

Carl Niehaus expelled from ANC for Zuma arrest antics

The ANC national disciplinary committee has expelled former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus after a disciplinary hearing ...

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

OPINION & ANALYSIS

EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Let’s talk about the morning after the re-election of ...

Let's keep this simple and blunt. What will the ANC and our country look like the morning after President Cyril ...

Eusebius McKaiser
Contributor and analyst
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

MAKHUDU SEFARA | It's time to do the right thing, Mr President. Step down

While the expert report was commissioned by parliament, the terrain of this battle is the NEC meeting taking place on ...

Makhudu Sefara
Editor: TimesLIVE

JUSTICE MALALA | Don’t wait with bated breath for anything new from the ANC

Forget about the hot air coming out of the party’s elective conferences

PATRICK BULGER | State of Capture: Cyril Ramaphosa is a prisoner of the ANC

Like the hapless Pik Botha many years ago, the president is presented as the acceptable face of a notorious party that ...

LISTEN ARTICLES

PODCAST | A fish rots from the head and the ANC's NEC nominees are giving ...

The much-anticipated ANC national elective conference takes place next week at Nasrec in Johannesburg.

Mike Siluma
Sunday Times deputy editor

PODCAST | Phumulo Masualle on why Ramaphosa must go, ANC factions, NEC, ...

Remove the dark cloud over Mkhize so that we deal with facts, he says

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist

PODCAST | Mashatile talks positions, SOEs, Phala Phala, former presidents

Paul Mashatile hosted the Sunday Times Politics Weekly team at his home to chat, rolling up his sleeves to be “hands on ...