Mandy Rossouw

Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a successful medical examination, the presidency said on Sunday.

Cosatu’s membership has grown 3.8%, but its secretariat report shows this is due to an increase in the membership of its public-service unions.

Corruption Watch, the Cosatu-backed anticorruption initiative, will focus on both the private and public sectors, says its executive David Lewis.

The relationship between Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the ANC Youth League may play a crucial role in Vavi’s political career.

Report says the South African Communist Party is in disarray and its leaders are after government positions.

The battle for Cosatu is on a knife edge. This week its central committee postponed debates as lobby groups pulled it in different directions.

Northern Cape provincial leaders are wooing the former secretary general of the ANCYL, Vuyiswa Tulelo, to return to her home province.

Sicelo Shiceka has been told that he will be removed from Cabinet, senior ANC sources told the <i>M&G</i>.

Nationalisation is a fait accompli and the ANC is merely looking for the best way to implement it, claims Julius Malema.

Cosatu says it is going to "name and shame" corrupt politicians and government officials in Limpopo next week.

Missing funds for non-existent T-shirts and shaky coalition deals have left Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota with fewer friends after the local elections.

A probe has been launched into contracts worth R60-million awarded by Limpopo to Tshepo Malema, cousin of Julius Malema.

The ANC’s Western Cape secretary, Songezo Mjongile, has become the first high-profile casualty of the national treasury’s crackdown on tenderpreneurs.

President Jacob Zuma’s report to the AU about his visit to Libya will highlight the arrest warrant issued by the ICC.

Lebogang Maile has had limited success so far in his campaign to unseat Malema, who has the support of most of the regions.