The rand gained and bond yields fell to the lowest in two weeks on optimism as a pact between labour unions and mining companies will boost growth.
"Violence, intimidation and lawlessness" need to be expunged from the troubled mining sector, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
A meeting between government, mining houses and trade unions aims to resolve issues facing the mining sector, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Critics might argue that the deputy president is one of the walking dead after last year’s Mangaung conference.
Government has sought to clarify the apparent contradiction on whether it’s ready to send troops to the Central African Republic or not.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has assured Parliament that South Africa will not be sending its troops back to the Central African Republic.
Zuma vs Manuel on apartheid, the ANC Youth League’s new task team, and the authenticity of the presidential handbook is the politics you need to know.
As arguments rage over the existence of a presidential handbook, experts contend that any such document may be unconstitutional if kept secret.
The sophisticated musical tastes of the deputy president were on show at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
Mangaung is a distant memory and the heyday of being Zuma’s play thing are gone forever. Enjoy your holiday but don’t forget to write. Life’s a beach, hey KG?
The government has an interest in ensuring the agricultural sector is profitable, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Thabo Masebe has said he doesn’t know "why there should be any controversy" around Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s holiday to the Seychelles.
Thabo Masebe on Sunday said he did not know "why there should be any controversy" surrounding Kgalema Motlanthe’s holiday to the Seychelles.
The first day of the Cabinet lekgotla has started in Pretoria, where ministers will discuss the upcoming year’s priorities.
Kgalema Motlanthe has revealed that he has been appointed as headmaster of the new Hogwash School for Political Wizard-Cadres.
VIDEO M&G’s Rapule Tabane analyses President Zuma’s victory at Mangaung, whether Malema’s political career is over and what it all means for SA going forward.
By going for broke, Kgalema Motlanthe ensured the ANC had to face the scale of its Jacob Zuma problem, writes Nic Dawes.
The sudden winding up of the ANC’s newly elected deputy president’s businesses to allow him to enter government carries financial risk.
The ANC in the North West has nominated President Jacob Zuma for a second term as party leader.
Jacob Zuma has announced that the ANC’s former deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe will lead the party’s new political school.
The ANC is attempting to quash rumours that Kgalema Motlanthe will resign as South Africa’s deputy president, saying that nothing has been discussed.
The ANC has downplayed Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision not to run for a position on the ruling party’s national executive committee.
Kgalema Motlanthe is out of top level ANC politics entirely after his decisive defeat by Jacob Zuma in the race for the party presidency.
With President Zuma and his allies taking the top spots, to much jubilation, the political futures of the other contenders are uncertain.
Calls for ANC unity and fears of lingering animosity were heard following the election of Jacob Zuma and the party’s senior leadership at Mangaung.
Now that Kgalema Motlanthe is out of the ANC top six, speculation is rife about what the future holds for the country’s deputy president.
With Jacob Zuma re-elected to lead the ANC, the party needs to now deal with the high possibility of losing votes come the 2014 national election.
President Jacob Zuma swept to victory in a battle for the ANC leadership, while Kgalema Motlanthe is heading for the political wilderness.
Zuma’s victory is not just about what he did. It is also about what Motlanthe and his ineffectual band of supporters did not do, says Justice Malala.
The M&G’s Nic Dawes analyses events at the conference so far – political and organisational reports, the pro-Zuma atmosphere and the alleged bomb threat.
ANC delegates and business people will have to pay at least R500 000 to be seated at the presidential table at the party’s Business Forum gala dinner.
Motlanthe accepts nomination for ANC presidency, Mandela remains in hospital, and Nirvana performs for Hurricane Sandy survivors.