Those who make a private donation to the ANC should not expect anything in return, newly-elected treasurer general Zweli Mkhize has said.
Delegates at the ANC’s conference finished voting for the party’s top six officials and results are expected to be announced later in the day.
ANC delegates and business people will have to pay at least R500 000 to be seated at the presidential table at the party’s Business Forum gala dinner.
The ANC’s nomination conferences have been plagued by factional discord, with three provinces failing to nominate their preferred candidates.
The ANC in Limpopo had to abandon its nomination conference after a group stormed the venue and intimidated delegates.
It is not clear whether the Limpopo ANC will meet the party’s nomination conference deadline, after it postponed its provincial conference.
The Farlam commission has heard that six people arrested in connection with murders around Marikana claim to have been tortured.
Lawyers for miners arrested and injured in the Marikana shooting have told the commission inquiry they are considering pulling out of the proceedings.
Cosatu will back President Jacob Zuma and the "core of the Polokwane collective" for a second term as ANC leader, the union federation says.
Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has decried news reports about his purported allegiance to certain factions within the ANC.