ANC top six: Zuma slate holds firm

Video | ANC top six: Zuma slate holds firm

18 Dec 2012 18:31
With President Zuma and his allies taking the top spots, to much jubilation, the political futures of the other contenders are uncertain.
Mangaung: Unity calls and purge fears after Zuma landslide

Mangaung: Unity calls and purge fears after Zuma landslide

18 Dec 2012 16:28 - Nic Dawes
Calls for ANC unity and fears of lingering animosity were heard following the election of Jacob Zuma and the party's senior leadership at Mangaung.
The media and the ANC's paranoid gaze

The media and the ANC's paranoid gaze

07 Sep 2012 00:00 - Glenda Daniels
In her book Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa, Glenda Daniels explores the ruling party's relationship with the media.
ANC targets minority vote

ANC targets minority vote

27 May 2011 00:00 - Mandy Rossouw
The ANC's priority prior to the national elections in three years' time will be to claw back the minority vote.

'No crisis' as Presidency officials resign

06 Jul 2010 08:19 - Staff Reporter
The Presidency has announced three more departures by senior officials in its office but denied that there was a "crisis".

Voters 'guided more by ethos than policy'

22 Apr 2009 18:37 - Ilham Rawoot
While political parties insist that manifestos play a major part in their campaigns, it appears that many voters don't consider them at all.

President slams Gaza strikes as 'sheer savagery'

09 Jan 2009 11:07 - Staff Reporter
Kgalema Motlanthe this week slammed the attacks in Gaza, dubbing the offensive "sheer savagery and brutality" that caused a "deep sense of revulsion".

Don't disrupt our meetings, Lekota tells ANC

29 Oct 2008 16:24 - Jenni O'Grady
Suspended former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota will not resign from the party because that will look like he is running away, he said on Wednesday.
Where are our Palins?

Where are our Palins?

18 Sep 2008 00:00 - Ferial Haffajee
Our interesting female politicians are almost all in the opposition. Why is that?

ANC: Zimbabwe is in a state of crisis

15 Apr 2008 07:17 - Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe is in a state of crisis, the African National Congress (ANC) national working committee said on Monday. "The ANC regards [the ruling] Zanu-PF as an ally. However, it is concerned with the state of crisis that Zimbabwe is in and perceives this as negative for the entire Southern African Development Community region," said spokesperson Jesse Duarte.

ANC to discuss youth league issues next week

09 Apr 2008 18:16 - Staff Reporter
The African National Congress's (ANC) national working committee (NWC) will discuss its youth league's recent national congress in Bloemfontein next week, spokesperson Jesse Duarte said on Wednesday. "We will speak at the NWC meeting on Monday," Duarte said.

No ANC decision on Motlanthe

20 Jan 2008 18:21 - Staff Reporter
It has not been decided whether African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe will become South Africa's deputy president, the party's secretary general, Gwede Mantashe, said on Sunday at the close of the ANC national executive committee's meeting in Midrand.

SA moves to quell xenophobic attacks

20 May 2008 10:43 - Staff Reporter
South Africa's police and the African National Congress (ANC) intensified efforts on Tuesday to quell anti-foreigner violence that has killed at least 24 people and sent thousands of African immigrants into refugee shelters. Police have struggled for over a week to end the violent attacks on foreigners.