President Jacob Zuma has taken advantage of the audience at his keynote address to remind everyone that Nelson Mandela was a member of the ANC.
The party is pulling out all the security stops to ensure discipline at its manifesto launch.
The governing party’s most senior members believe they can limit the Nkandla damage and win votes ahead of the upcoming elections.
Zwelinzima Vavi says he will not become an ANC MP because he does not want to abandon the working class of South Africa.
Cosatu’s largest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa, will not campaign for the ANC next year nor support them financially.
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim has declared war on the National Union of Mineworkers, saying it will recruit openly in the mining industry.
President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that while Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom had come to an end, "our journey continues".
Evaluation Minister Collins Chabane says the government did not issue any invitations for people to attend Madiba’s funeral.
The ANC says it knows who was behind the booing of President Jacob Zuma at the memorial service of Madiba and the Gauteng renegades are in its sights.
Former president Thabo Mbeki is not perturbed by the heckling of Jacob Zuma but has called for leaders to be more selfless.