African National Congress

“We are not politicians, we are activists,” says founder of the African Democratic Change (ADeC) party Dr Makhosi Khoza. While politicians are motivated by power and self-interest, activists are community-based and accountable to the…

With less than a month before South Africans head out in their thousands to the polls, political parties are pulling out all the stops to get votes. From politicians canvassing every corner of the country to billboards featuring…

“Mashaba we need answers now,” read the makeshift placard held up by an Alexandra township resident. The Marlboro Community Centre was teeming with angry Alexandra township residents on Tuesday evening, awaiting a meeting with Johannesburg…

“I just want to ask Ramaphosa how we must live as Alexandra residents because we are suffering,” Elizabeth Nkwana (61) said. Nkwana, a small business owner and staunch African National Congress (ANC) supporter, has lived in Alexandra…

AS TOLD TO The doors of Jaconia Moloutsi’s (19) school have been shut for the second week now. Alexandra township, where Moloutsi has lived with his father for most of his life, is currently seized by protests. Residents of Alexandra…

Yongama Ludwe - the United Democratic Movement (UDM)’s number 6 on the party’s parliamentary list - is also the Gauteng Provincial Youth Secretary. This is a sign he says that the party is embracing the youth. The Daily Vox team spoke to…

Subscribe to Sipho’s Weekly Political Newsletter. A record number (48) of political parties are expected to contest the 2019 national elections, according to the Independent Electoral Commission. This beats the previous record of 33…

The 2019 National Elections are going to be very interesting. The current political scene in South Africa has given rise to many alternative political voices in the run-up to the elections. One such is the Assembly of Unemployed (AoU)…

Former student leaders of the Fees Must Fall (FMF) movement are well on their way to Parliament. Wits University FMF leaders Nompendulo Mkwatsha and Fasiha Hassan have been named on the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party list.…

Leader of the African Content Movement (ACM) Hlaudi Motsoeneng says his party will bring some much needed “fresh air” onto the political scene. ACM, launched in December 2018, will be contesting all spheres of governance, starting with…

On Saturday, the African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa launched the party’s manifesto for the 2019 elections - promising an inclusive economy, and a hefty, public-sector investment in infrastructure as a way of boosting…

Former Democratic Alliance (DA) member and former mayor of the City of Cape Town Patricia de Lille will serve papers to the party at the Western Cape High Court on Friday to clarify her position as mayor among other things. This comes…

Officials appear to have washed their hands of hijacked buildings in the Joburg CBD, leaving poor and vulnerable residents to live in dire conditions at the mercy of unscrupulous rent collectors. On Wednesday, a fire broke out in the Cape…

Over the last few years, Fees Must Fall and Zuma Must Fall protests have mobilised thousands people around the country. Mehul Sangham argues that, despite their differences, these movements have one thing in common: they both miss the…