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IOL News
27-07-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Mokonyane slams West for ‘terrorist' labels on African Liberation Movements
Nomvula Mokonyane condemns Western efforts to brand African liberation movements as terrorists, urging unity among former liberation parties to fight neo-colonialism and deepen socio-economic transformation across the continent. ANC first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane delivered a blistering political broadside against Western powers, accusing them of a longstanding agenda to brand African liberation movements as terrorist organisations — an effort she said has failed dismally. Speaking on day three of the Liberation Movement Summit in Ekurhuleni, attended by legacy liberation parties including South Africa's ANC, Mozambique's FRELIMO, Namibia's SWAPO, Angola's MPLA, Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF, and Tanzania's CCM, Mokonyane praised the enduring solidarity among African liberation parties and condemned the West's efforts to delegitimise their struggles. 'They tried to brand us as terrorists, but failed,' Mokonyane declared. We were not terrorists — we were the vanguard of justice, fighting to dismantle the last bastions of colonialism on this planet, said Mokonyane. The Summit, hosted under the banner of deepening cooperation between former liberation movements, aims to adopt a joint declaration reaffirming their ideological unity and commitment to eradicating the socio-economic residue of colonialism and apartheid.
The Herald
05-07-2025
- Politics
- The Herald
Nomvula Mokonyane to visit the home of former deputy president David Mabuza
ANC first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane will on Saturday visit the home of the late former deputy president David Mabuza in Barberton, Mpumalanga. In a statement on Saturday, the ANC said the visit was part of the organisation's 'continued expression of condolences, solidarity and support to the Mabuza family and the broader community of Mpumalanga as the nation mourns the passing of a committed leader and servant of the people'. Mabuza died on Thursday, aged 64, at a hospital in Mpumalanga after a short illness. Mabuza was born at Phola Trust in Mpumalanga on August 25 1960. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of South Africa in 1989, after achieving a National Teacher's Certificate from Mgwenya College of Education in 1985, according to the presidency. Mabuza was a trained mathematics teacher and became a school principal before going into politics. Mabuza held a number of positions in government including Mpumalanga MEC for education between 1994 and 1998 and housing MEC between 1999 and 2001, He was an MP between 2001 and 2004, Mpumalanga MPL from 2004 to 2007, MEC for roads and transport between 2007 and 2008 and Mpumalanga premier from 2009 to 2018. The presidency said Mabuza rose through the ranks of the ANC, having been elected as: the chairperson of the ANC in Mpumalanga from 2008 to 2017; ex officio member of the national executive committee (NEC) of the ANC since 2007; deputy chairperson of the ANC Mpumalanga in 2005; chairperson of the South African Democratic Teachers Union from 1988 to 1991; co-ordinator of the National Education Crisis Committee from 1987 to 1989; chairperson of National Education Union of South Africa from 1986 to 1988; treasurer of Foundation for Education with Production from 1986 to 1990; and secretary of the Azanian Student Organisation from 1984 to 1985. President Cyril Ramaphosa had tasked Mabuza, during the 2019 to 2024 term of government, with a number of responsibilities. TimesLIVE
Eyewitness News
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
ANC says it can't allow SACP members to sit in on election meetings as both parties to contest 2026 polls
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) said it cannot allow members from the South African Communist Party (SACP) to sit in on its election meetings, as both organisations will be competing against each other. In 2024, the SACP resolved to contest the upcoming local government elections alone and no longer under the ANC banner. ALSO READ: SACP believes running for upcoming Limpopo by-election will be litmus test for 2026 polls Following that decision, the ANC and SACP announced that they would not be asking their members to give up their dual memberships as the alliance was still intact. However, at a recent election strategy session in Mpumalanga, ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane allegedly kicked out SACP members. Speaking at an ANC event in Kliptown, Soweto on Thursday, Mokonyane said the party respected the decision of the SACP to contest alone. "We can't allow ourselves to be Zuma-fied, where you sit with people who are going to contest and target the same constituency as you, planning with you on how to make sure there is higher voter turnout, your candidate is the best candidate and most importantly, we win the coming elections. There is nothing untoward and we will continue doing it."
Eyewitness News
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Freedom Charter 70 years on: Land reform, wealth distribution still lagging, says ANC
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) believes the democratic government has achieved the majority of ideals in the Freedom Charter, except for land reform and economic transformation. The African National Congress (ANC) has governed the country since the turn of democracy in 1994. On Thursday, the party is holding a commemorative event at the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto, where the Freedom Charter was adopted during the Congress of the People 70 years ago. ALSO READ: * Some Kliptown residents say govt has fallen short of Freedom Charter ideals * Heritage sites associated with Freedom Charter neglected The Freedom Charter was drawn up as a blueprint for what a democratic South Africa should look like. A non-racial state, where everyone's vote counts and citizens share in the country's wealth. The ANC's deputy secretary general, Nomvula Mokonyane, says it has been partly achieved. 'We have touched every clause of the Freedom Charter, boldly we can say South Africans are the beneficiaries of all the clauses, albeit not everything has been touched. The most stubborn is the clause that talks about the economy and the sharing of the wealth.' Mokonyane says the country's land restitution programme has not been successful, which is why the Expropriation Act was recently signed into law.
eNCA
26-06-2025
- Politics
- eNCA
ANC celebrates 70 years of the Freedom Charter
JOHANNESBURG - Seventy years on, and the Freedom Charter's toughest battles are still being fought. READ: 70 years of the Freedom Charter The ANC's First Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane, says the most stubborn clauses are those concerning wealth sharing and the contentious land issue. She made the comments during the 70th-anniversary event of the Freedom Charter. On that historic day in Kliptown, some 3,000 delegates from all political formations united to forge the Charter's powerful core principle: "South Africa belongs to all who live in it."
