According to recommendations from its policy conference, the ANC has rejected "wholesale nationalisation" in favour of "strategic nationalisation".
ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu says it will be a dark day for the country if expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema ever comes to power.
Ekurhuleni emergency services have been placed on high alert after violent protests by striking truck drivers resulted in injuries on Wednesday.
President Jacob Zuma has been appointed to serve in United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon’s Education First initiative.
Julius Malema proclaimed his innocence after being granted bail by the Polokwane Regional Court, where he faced a charged of money-laundering.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union has vowed to intensify its strike in a bid to get the employers to the negotiating table.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says 15 police officers have appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court on a murder charge.
"Some of the comments attributed to Dr Barney Pityana stoop way below dignified public discourse," the presidency said.
Procurement procedures of the National Youth Development Agency are in tatters, a report by auditor general Terence Nombembe has indicated.
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa must develop its manufacturing sector in order to industrialise.