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The ANC's step aside-rule has come under scrutiny again this week after the party's provincial leadership suspended a Buffalo City Metro councillor for domestic violence and ordered him to step aside, despite the victim withdrawing her case against him.

Veteran OR Tambo district municipality councillor and ANC provincial executive member William Ngozi has died aged 56.

The Amathole District Municipality has finally approved the appointment of a new municipal manager after almost a year without one. During a closed session of a special council meeting of the municipality, councillors chose Dr Bhekisisa Mthembu, the current municipal manager of the Intsika Yethu Municipality in the Chris Hani District Municipality, to take over as the new boss at ADM.

EFF leader Julius Malema has condemned attacks on ANC Limpopo chairperson and premier Stanley Mathabatha by members of the ruling party.

Some ANC provincial structures were left disappointed after branches voted for candidates the PECs had not endorsed for positions in the top seven.

Limpopo ANC secretary Reuben Madadzhe says there was never a decision by the provincial leadership to dump Cyril Ramaphosa for Zweli Mkhize in the race for party president.

A motion of no confidence in Johannesburg's DA mayor Mpho Phalatse was withdrawn on Thursday afternoon.

Former Ekurhuleni mayor believed to be unhappy with lack of support for his bid to be nominated as treasurer-general

“We don’t freestyle in the ANC," says ANC Gauteng provincial secretary TK Nciza in response to why Ekurhuleni regional chairperson Mzwandile Masina is facing disciplinary action.

Load-shedding is making things difficult for the ANC in the Eastern Cape as the party struggles to convene branch general meetings (BGMs). The party is holding BGMs to nominate leaders in the lead-up to its national elective conference, but its efforts are being hampered by power outages, among other things.