In a week in which President Jacob Zuma demonstrated his willingness to act decisively, the ANC Youth League’s standing has taken a knock.
The ANC has said any pronouncements by its youth league about who it is backing in the party’s leadership succession race are "void of impact".
The ANCYL has publicly said it will back Kgalema Motlanthe and Fikile Mbalula to replace Zuma and Mantashe as ANC president and secretary-general.
The release of the Donen report into the Oil for Food scandal may well reopen a Pandora’s box of allegations about kickbacks and diplomatic favours traded for oil from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
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/ 21 October 2011
Is it an ambush by scandal on the road to Mangaung or a wise capitulation in the face of a near-certain court defeat?
Kgalema Motlanthe and Tokyo Sexwale are deeply unhappy about President Jacob Zuma’s decision to release the Donen report into the Oilgate scandal.
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/ 14 October 2011
The visit of deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to China two weeks ago is recognition of China’s growing footprint in Africa.
Five international bidders are sniffing around SA’s biggest ever tender: an estimated R1-trillion contract to build six new nuclear reactors by 2030.
South Africa has handed an offshore petroleum exploration right to a company reportedly tied to the military junta of Burma.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe can’t grant the Dalai Lama a last-minute visa because it’s not in his line of duty, his office said.
The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre has asked the deputy president to organise a visa for the Dalai Lama, but Motlanthe’s office says it’s not up to him.
Desmond Tutu has accused SA of putting trade ties above values, saying the government’s explanations of the Dalai Lama debacle left him more upset.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says South Africa was under no pressure from China, and had planned to grant the Dalai Lama a visa.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s private jet did not have to make an emergency landing in New Zealand, the SA National Defence Force said.
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/ 12 September 2011
The DA said it wanted Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to intervene in what it calls a "Cabinet-level cover-up" of wasteful hotel expenditure.
The South African government’s double standards on human rights issues are not going unmarked, says <b>Greg Mills</b>.
The ANC Youth League plans to discredit President Jacob Zuma by bringing up past controversies surrounding him.
The rate of new HIV infections continues to outpace prevention efforts, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Thursday.
Although difficult to quantify, SA’s contribution to relief efforts in Somalia exceeds R20-million so far, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Intense lobbying is taking place within the ANC, to save ANC Youth League president Julius Malema from undergoing any disciplinary action.
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.
Two new commissions are to be chaired by Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe in an effort to speed up infrastructure development and job creation.
When we call for strong leadership, don’t forget that’s what we had under the former president, says <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
The person regarded as the most credible alternative to replace Jacob Zuma as the head of the ANC has denied claims he will seek the party’s top job.
The ANC Youth League challenged its mother body on Sunday to "lift the lid" on the leadership succession debate.
Cosatu is expected to make a decision at its next central committee meeting on whether to back the re-election of Jacob Zuma as ANC president in 2012.
The planned media appeals tribunal is once again high on the ruling party’s agenda .
About 1.4-million South Africans with HIV/Aids are receiving ARVs — a figure closer to the target set by the present national strategic plan.
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has warned that SA must not fail to harness the economic upswing of the south to grow employment opportunities.
The road to Manguang, where the ANC will choose its next president in 2012, will not be as easy to navigate as the one leading to Polokwane.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said to be in possession of a share certificate intended for MK veterans’ trust.