by SABC NEWS | Aug 13, 2024 | News
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it expects the new Gauteng Cabinet to work with full commitment to support and bring change to workers’ rights.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced his 10-member Cabinet on Wednesday.
Lesufi allocated seven MEC positions to members of his party, the African National Congress (ANC) and one each to the Patriotic Alliance, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and RISE Mzansi.
Cosatu Gauteng provincial chairperson Amos Monyela says, “We expect the ANC to engage the federation on the program of action, so we expect to engage with all the MECs – the PA MEC and RISE Mzansi – we will be able to engage them without favour.”
“We will call them to Cosatu House to come and address us and tell us what is it that they are going to do for people of Gauteng or workers so that we are ready for anything that comes. And any MEC that does not want to engage with Cosatu rest assured we will make sure they account to Cosatu,” adds Monyela.
DA won’t be part of Gauteng Executive: Hellen Zille
Meanwhile, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi on Thursday rejected claims by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that the ANC blatantly refused to consider giving them more Cabinet seats.
Lesufi says the DA initially accepted a maximum of three out of 10 Cabinet seats but later turned around to say they wanted five.
However, talks between the two parties on forming a Cabinet deadlocked and the DA did not form part of the Executive of the Gauteng Government of Provincial Unity (GPU) and withdrew from the coalition.
Lesufi says it is unfortunate that they could not reach an agreement in the end.
by SABC NEWS | Aug 13, 2024 | News
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Parliament says it’s opposed to the election of the leader of Rise Mzansi, Songezo Zibi as the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA).
The African National Congress (ANC) nominated Zibi for the position which was generally reserved for opposition parties.
EFF MP Ntombovuyo Mente says they are not opposed to Zibi as an individual.
But she insists that Rise Mzansi is not an opposition party because it is part of the Government of National Unity (GNU).
“We are also rejecting this not because we are rejecting you as a person, but we reject the principle. The convention of this Parliament has been that opposition must chair SCOPA. And as things stand, given the 29th May outcomes and the decisions afterwards, this country will be governed with the government of national unit which your party is part of.”
“We do not consider your party as an opposition. We consider it as government. And therefore, on those bases we do not agree that you should be the one that is chairing,” adds Mente.
Below is the full interview with Songezo Zibi
by SABC NEWS | Aug 8, 2024 | News
ANC First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane has vowed that the 112-year-old liberation movement will not die in their hands.
After enjoying impressive electoral support since 1994, the ANC has for the first time lost its majority and is now forced into a Government of National Unity with nine parties.
The party’s top brass is now locked in a three-day NEC meeting which will be followed by the NEC Lekgotla, to reflect on the outcomes of the elections and re-assert the party as the leader of society.
With fears that its future generations will inherit a dying organisation, Mokonyane said the ANC will not die in their lifetime.
“I take a full exception to say we are presiding over a carcass, a party that receives 40 percent and what we are sitting and deliberating on is that it will not become a carcass in our lifetime. And what we are going to do, renewal must not be subjective, recruitment of members must go with political education. The ANC that gets preoccupied with the elections of internal structures must be something of the past and a branch of the ANC that is functional must be measured not on the basis of 100 members but must be on the basis of its programs in the community. So, that it’s not a door-to-door for the first time in five years.”
ANC NEC Meeting outcomes:
by SABC NEWS | Aug 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
ANC First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane has vowed that the 112-year-old liberation movement will not die in their hands.
After enjoying impressive electoral support since 1994, the ANC has for the first time lost its majority and is now forced into a Government of National Unity with nine parties.
The party’s top brass is now locked in a three-day NEC meeting which will be followed by the NEC Lekgotla, to reflect on the outcomes of the elections and re-assert the party as the leader of society.
With fears that its future generations will inherit a dying organisation, Mokonyane said the ANC will not die in their lifetime.
“I take a full exception to say we are presiding over a carcass, a party that receives 40 percent and what we are sitting and deliberating on is that it will not become a carcass in our lifetime. And what we are going to do, renewal must not be subjective, recruitment of members must go with political education. The ANC that gets preoccupied with the elections of internal structures must be something of the past and a branch of the ANC that is functional must be measured not on the basis of 100 members but must be on the basis of its programs in the community. So, that it’s not a door-to-door for the first time in five years.”
ANC NEC Meeting outcomes:
by SABC NEWS | Jul 28, 2024 | News
The Electoral Court’s virtual hearing of the MK Party’s bid to nullify the 2024 national and provincial elections will not proceed tomorrow.
The matter has since been removed from the court roll and referred for case management.
This comes amid a recent withdrawal filed by the MK Party.
It was followed by the Electoral Commission (IEC) requesting the specialist court to proceed with the matter that made “serious allegations” about the credibility of the elections.
Before the withdrawal, the MK Party turned to the Electoral Court and alleged “serious voting irregularities” in the May polls.
To support its claim, the party attached an analysis in its papers alleging voter discrepancy of just over nine million votes.
The IEC, in response, filed an opposing affidavit submitting that MK’s application is founded on what it terms as a “litany of wholly unsupported assertions”.
The IEC is yet to respond to the latest decision by the court to refer the matter for case management.
