A proposal to move some of energy minister Gwede Mantashe’s powers to the electricity ministry could result in a battle between him and the president
The ANC’s top seven officials are expected to meet former president Thabo Mbeki after he wrote a scathing letter to deputy president Paul Mashatile
Former president says closing ranks around Ramaphosa alienates the masses
The government is in talks with Eskom to keep water pumps going during blackouts, the president told MPs
The majority had made a decision and that was how democracy worked, the deputy president told the National Assembly
The president tells conference problems such as land reform, crime, corruption, poor governance and the weak economy are undermining people’s rights
The president conceded the country could not claim to respect human rights if it did not ensure equal access to land, housing, food, water, healthcare and education
The president said the ANC was looking forward to deepening the relationship between itself and the Chinese Communist Party
Kicking off the party’s election campaign in KwaZulu-Natal, the president said that divisions were now a thing of the past
But Kholeka Gcaleka has recommended that action be taken against former presidential protection service head Wally Rhoode