Alliance and union leaders are working to have Zwelinzima Vavi removed as Cosatu’s general secretary, in the first-ever challenge to his leadership.
The agreement between unions and the state on a 7% increase for government workers will spare President Jacob Zuma blushes ahead of Mangaung.
Shortly before he was killed, ANC KwaZulu-Natal municipal chief whip Wandile Mkhize broke ranks with KwaZulu-Natal on policy.
Deputy ANC Youth League leader Ronald Lamola claims the ruling party’s drive for radical economic change vindicates positions adopted by the league.
Delegates at the ANC policy conference have rejected Zuma’s "second transition" but are nevertheless demanding dramatic changes in economic policies.
President Jacob Zuma has launched a veiled attack on Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe for questioning the second transition.
In a speech defying an ANC resolution forbidding leadership campaigning, ANC chairman Ace Magashule has openly endorsed Zuma for re-election.
Kgalema Motlanthe has finally shown his hand, questioning the ANC’s so-called second transition and seemingly headed for a showdown with Jacob Zuma.
Factional fights will no doubt mar next week’s ANC policy conference, but serious issues are on the agenda.
President Jacob Zuma has rejected an invitation to address the main national youth day rally in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.