Overview
- After delivering the Oliver Tambo Memorial Lecture in Wattville, Deputy President Paul Mashatile acknowledged the party has not done enough for citizens and pressed for unity and service as part of renewal.
- ANC NEC member Mondli Gungubele urged members to accept the Madlanga Commission’s work and learn from its findings, noting the party supported its establishment.
- The Madlanga Commission is examining allegations by KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanzi that implicate politicians, members of the judiciary and criminal networks.
- Regional leaders Jongizizwe Dlabathi and Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza called for recommitment to party values during wreath‑laying and memorial events in Tamboville and at the Tambo Memorial Site.
- Coverage underscored the ANC’s electoral decline and participation in collaborative government, with a parliamentary ad hoc committee continuing to probe alleged collusion by politicians with criminal elements.