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/ 10 October 2011
Gwede Mantashe is to lead a high-level delegation to China in a visit the ANC insists has nothing to do with the Dalai Lama visa debacle.
High-ranking ANC officials visited China this week in what could be seen as the party’s unreserved support for Beijing.
President Zuma’s supporters are moving to consolidate his power in Luthuli House and in strategic provinces ahead of the party’s elective conference.
The ANC provincial conference in Limpopo will go ahead despite attempts by Gwede Mantashe to delay it until next year.
Some comrades appear determined to sow divisions in the African National Congress, said secretary-general Gwede Mantashe in a media report.
A day before Parliament is due to debate the controversial secrecy Bill, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has signalled it may be shelved.
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/ 16 September 2011
Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing is revealing the broad fault lines in the ANC’s leadership.
There is nothing wrong with cadre deployment, as it gives black people operational exposure, says ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
Provincial leaders say they warned Luthuli House against pursuing disciplinary processes against Malema, and will not discipline their members.
And start singing of counter-revolutionary judges.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing has been moved to an undisclosed location due to pending legal action against the ANC.
Charges against Julius Malema that could see him removed as youth league president have set off an intense battle for control of the ANC.
After violent protests by Julius Malema’s supporters outside Luthuli House, the ANC says it is moving his disciplinary hearing out of Jo’burg’s CBD.
The fallout between the ANC and the ANC Youth League has raised fears in the league that there are plans to dissolve it.
With Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing a day away, Gwede Mantashe has hinted the youth league leader might be headed into hostile territory.
The Freedom Front Plus has called on President Jacob Zuma to submit more nominations for the appointment of a new chief justice.
The ANC Youth League was not up for discussion at a special national executive committee meeting in Pretoria, spokesperson Jackson Mthembu says.
The ANC has confirmed it has charged ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema with misconduct for "sowing divisions within the ranks" of the party.
The NUM has blamed a lack of leadership by Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi for its row with Numsa.
The ANCYL has withdrawn its commitment to the establishment of a "Botswana Command Team" after comments last month.
The ANC says it postponed a meeting with the ANC Youth League’s new leaders as some issues that needed addressing could lead to disciplinary action.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said he agreed with Swazi activists that their state should unban political parties, media reports have said.
Calls to nationalise mines face new challenges from ministers who warn the scheme won’t fight poverty and fear the debate is scaring investors.
The ANC is not deciding whether to implement nationalisation, but rather how to do so, Cosatu has told business leaders at a debate on the topic.
Gwede Mantashe has slammed the ANCYL for supporting regime change in Botswana, but opposition groups there have praised the league for its comments.
A group of people have disrupted the SACP’s 90th anniversary celebration after suspected sound problems.
The SA government was mulling the formation of a state-owned pharmaceutical company, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe has written a document warning that the ruling party is too soft on corruption.
Exiting ANCYL secretary general Vuyiswa Tulelo speaks to the <i>M&G</i> about the league’s congress, nationalisation and issues with some ANC leaders.
Albertina Sisulu was a leader in her own right and was not just the wife of Walter Sisulu, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
Gwede Mantashe says the ANCYL is shirking its responsibilities, pre-emptively portraying party elders as disruptive influences before its conference.
President Jacob Zuma made light of the alleged internal plot to unseat him at the ANC’s weekend national executive committee meeting.