There are two candidates who would bring different skills to top government communication post. Mmanaledi Mataboge and Charles Molele report.
Cosatu leaders have differed on whether their elevation to the ANC NEC represents a victory, or is fraught with more dangers than benefits.
By bowing to pressure to toe the line and fill vacant positions the youth league hopes to stay relevant.
The party is set to beef up its strategies to counter negative perceptions about President Jacob Zuma.
Provincial support has been garnered as part of a key strategy to win votes at the crucial conference.
The post-Mangaung era could see the government lose two key leaders: Kgalema Motlanthe and Trevor Manuel.
Jacob Zuma’s new ANC leadership has taken its most decisive move to end uncertainty about economic policy by flatly rejecting nationalisation.
Those who have supported the call for change in the leadership of the ANC have been left out of the ruling party’s new national executive council.
Amused journalists raised the ANC’s ire during an announcement that its national conference in Mangaung was suspended due to a storm warning.
Gauteng chairperson Paul Mashatile says deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe still has a chance to emerge victorious at the ANC’s electoral conference.