The hatchets have been buried for now and the ANC is going all out to secure victory.
Tripartite alliance leaders lambasted Numsa during a march to defend the ANC called by the SACP and Cosatu.
Two families recall the harrowing times when peace in KwaZulu-Natal was little more than a pipe dream.
Several measures have been put in place to ease tensions at the violence-plagued KwaMashu hostel in KwaZulu-Natal, but some believe it’s not enough.
The M&G visits a rural family for the third time in a decade, only to find that little has changed.
Marikana has scarred villagers in the Eastern Cape, where the ANC is losing further ground.
Serious doubts have been raised about the legitimacy of the police submission to the Marikana inquiry for the testimony of Mr X to be held in camera.
Amcu says it will continue to strike until it gets a deal that includes a way towards its demand of R12 500, despite mining firms’ losses complaints.
The party is finding that the Eastern Cape does not intend to let bygones be bygones.
Khumalo Street, straddling Thokoza and its hostels, still bears the far-reaching scars of political violence in the 1990s.