Former aides reveal how she became the first South African to be honoured on a postage stamp while still alive, and how the 2017 tribute reached her in hospital before her death
Fort Hare must be to the African what Stellenbosch University is to the Afrikaner
Let the legacy of Nelson Mandela strengthen our national goal of good for all as the Global South finds its rightful place
The party aims to put all its members through a foundation course by the end of 2025
The big takeaway from this election is less about the weaknesses of the ruling party and more about its enduring strength
Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a formidable opponent who gave as good as he got
Chris Hani’s daughter Lindiwe Hani has learnt to not be buried by his assassination 30 years ago but to draw strength from the way he lived his life
Ginwala served the ANC and the anti-apartheid struggle in exile for three decades
It’s not what Oliver Tambo meant but, for the ANC, the lines have been clearly drawn since the party’s elections in 2017
The justice minister has used current deputy president David Mabuza’s backyard in Ehlanzeni as a venue to launch his campaign to realise his top six ambitions
The past year exposed the ruling party’s weaknesses, but 2022 is an opportunity for it to make substantive, meaningful changes if it is to remain in power
The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them
What was behind the assassinations in the 1980s of two key anti-apartheid figures: Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, and senior ANC official, Dulcie September?
A new book draws on the secret archive of NP justice minister Kobie Coetsee to paint a detailed picture of the lead-up to Nelson Mandela’s release. Shaun de Waal spoke to co-author Riaan de Villiers
‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’
No one knows how many Ethiopians are in South Africa — but Abiy knows he needs their support
This year the ANC Youth League is to elect its new leadership
Mosiuoa Lekota says he will stand firmly by his view that there is no need to amend the Constitution or to expropriate land without compensation
Unity cannot and should not be equated to the absence of differences within the structures of the organisation
‘She was the mouthpiece unofficially for whatever was happening inside [Robben Island]’
Daddy did too, finding time to visit her family while his own reckoning looms
‘Hamba kahle, Mam’ Winnie’
Pushing past fears of creating a critical dialogue of the ANC’s revered leader, a new conversation opens
"Over a period of 106 years and 12 leaders, it is obviously impossible for the ANC not to have one or two duds"
Last week’s articles should have highlighted women’s role in freeing men from patriarchy
SA Titanic needs to do a 180˚ turn in record time if the country is to be rescued from the quagmire
The ANC secretary general is all for following tradition and putting the party’s interests first
I always thought Nxamalala got captured in Saxonwold. And Dubai. One lives and learns, writes Paddy Harper
Dali Tambo popped into the ANC’s national policy conference to discuss what the ANC can glean from its leaders past and what it needs to do today.
Preaching consensus, even if not practising it, is working for Zuma now — as it did then.
Mlangeni warned that if nothing drastic was done to change the current state of affairs within the ANC, it would lose its relevance in society.
The rally is expected to give the party an opportunity to set the tone and direction for the year ahead.