The ANC’s secretary general has warned that the ruling party must win back supporters’ confidence before it risks losing them for good.
In a united party, when the leader steps down, the deputy steps up to fill his shoes. In a divided ANC though, things are more likely to fall apart.
"The president humbled himself and apologised to the nation," ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Friday.
‘He told us we should tell him directly if we wanted him to step down, rather than stab him in the back,’ an ANC NEC member told the M&G.
In the aftermath of last week’s allegations that the Gupta family had tried to ‘buy’ various Cabinet positions, the family and ANC agreed to meet.
The ANC national executive committee this weekend lambasted South African media, especially those owned by the Gupta family, for their coverage.
President Jacob Zuma has emerged unscathed from the damaging revelations of the past week, with the ANC affirming its ‘full confidence’ in him.
An ANC renaissance hinges on the power struggle between President Jacob Zuma and the Pravin Gordhan-Gwede Mantashe-led faction of the ANC.
Gwede Mantashe has expressed concern that the Hawks sent questions to Pravin Gordhan just four days before the budget.
SA’s judges have the unenviable job of ensuring that the state complies with the Constitution amid government’s poor decision-making and abuses.
Inordinate delays to urgent litigation that is in the public interest must be reduced, if not eliminated, writes Paul Hoffman.
A Concourt decision to set aside the by-elections results in Tlokwe has left opposition parties questioning the motives of both the ANC and IEC.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe is not happy with former ANC leaders who "lambast the governments and parties they were once proud to serve".
Faced with falling public confidence, the ANC is to deal more harshly with members who cause divisions and drive speculation on the next leadership.
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande says SA is no longer a colony and applauded the government for not arresting Omar al-Bashir.
The tripartite alliance says it wants to address all "irritations" that are causing internal divisions at their five day summit.
Activist lawyer Paul Hoffman has called for the recall of President Jacob Zuma, whom he said was "ever more conflicted and compromised".
Regional leader Mpho Phakedi wants Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe to become the next president and deputy president of the ANC and the country.
The ANC secretary general has launched a personal attack on "ill-disciplined" journalists claiming to be "ANC experts".
Despite claims that the "crime crackdown" discriminates against foreign nationals, Gwede Mantashe says Operation Fiela has the ANC’s full support.
The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has called for aid after a mob "of thousands" overran police on Sunday as xenophobic attacks spread throughout the province.
The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe has canned the results of the party’s eThekwini regional conference over claims of branch manipulation and cash for votes.
The ANC says action should be taken against the EFF, and that President Jacob Zuma did well in applying ANC policy in his Sona speech.
The ANC top brass have proposed limiting the amount of land South Africans can own and the party won’t wait for the law to be tested constitutionally.
La Grange sparked a debate on Twitter on Saturday after saying she felt white people were not welcome in South Africa, a comment that the ANC refutes.
The ANC, which turns 103, will claim custodianship of the Freedom Charter amid celebrations on what is largely "DA turf" in the Western Cape.
Despite strong measures by Cape Town to control the scores of ANC revelers expected, ANC anniversary celebrations will continue says Gwede Mantashe.
The EFF says that Jacob Zuma, Gwede Mantashe and Cyril Ramaphosa all "hide behind black economic empowerment, a posture for capitalism".
The ANC says state-owned enterprises are making negative headlines in the news every day and a new task team will get to the bottom of these problems.
The ruling party denied a report that it faces serious financial problems and said it had not retrenched any employees in the past 10 years.
Having the three secretaries of the tripartite alliance under one roof has been an unfamiliar sight lately – let alone having them share a stage.
The ANC general secretary has dismissed claims that the party is trying to reduce Cosatu to a labour desk, and has called on unions to do their work.