Paranoia reigned at Mangaung when the police allegedly harassed, assaulted and bound a group of people prevented from attending the ANC’s conference.
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.
ANC provincial chairs have met to ensure their allies would dominate the 80-member national executive committee.
The ANC’s Free State delegates at the party’s national conference in Mangaung should know by midday if their status at the conference has changed.
Jacob Zuma’s detractors have distributed a pamphlet with reasons not to re-elect him to the ANC presidency at the national conference in Mangaung.
The ANC’s national conference in Mangaung has adopted conference credentials, paving the way for the long awaited leadership nominations to begin.
If the ANC adopts a proposed constitutional amendment, members accused of corruption can be suspended from the party immediately.
ANC North West provincial secretary Kabelo Mataboge has been evicted from the venue of the party’s national conference under way in Mangaung.
Senior party members who opposed Julius Malema’s expulsion and criticised the ANC were given short shrift by the president in his political report.
Cyril Ramaphosa is believed to have accepted the nomination to run for ANC deputy president, according to key lobbyists.