Watch the highlights package of our chat with the M&G’s Mmanaledi Mataboge and deputy editor Rapule Tabane about the ANC elective conference.
A frosty contest is expected at Mangaung as the "cold war" between Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe escalates.
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has accepted his nomination for ANC president and will square up against incumbent Jacob Zuma in Mangaung.
With Jacob Zuma almost assured of a second term as ANC leader, attention has turned to arguably a more important battle for the deputy presidency.
With just one week to go until ANC delegates descend upon Mangaung, we chat to our politics team about their predictions for the all-important conference.
Zuma can save the ANC by not accepting nomination for the presidency at Mangaung, says Paul Khitsane.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged men not turn a blind eye to violence against women and children.
Despite Jacob Zuma’s overwhelming support to lead the ANC again, Kgalema Motlanthe will still challenge him as a form of protest at Mangaung.
Branch paradox is central to the ANC — and its 53rd national conference in Mangaung in less than 10 days’ time.
On speculation that he would be nominated as president or deputy, Motlanthe has said such talk was ‘coffee-house bubbles not worthy of response’.
Supporters of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe have vowed to fight for him to take over as ANC president at the party’s elective conference.
ANC supporters of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe believe Zuma’s supporters are planning a purge during the ANC’s national conference next week.
Despite allegations of fraud from Western Cape Kgalema Motlanthe supporters, the province has nominated him to be party president come Mangaung.
Despite claims of being sidelined by pro-Motlanthe supporters, ANC Western Cape branches are yet to announce who they want as party president.
It’s all pointing to a Jacob Zuma victory come December, and those outside the president’s camp are mulling over their futures.
The ANC’s nomination conferences have been plagued by factional discord, with three provinces failing to nominate their preferred candidates.
Jacob Zuma is almost certain to be re-elected to the ANC’s most powerful position after receiving overwhelming support from the party’s branches.
Kgalema Motlanthe has lauded antiretroviral programmes and HIV counselling and testing campaigns, saying the country is "on the right path".
The ANC in the Western Cape missed the November 30 deadline for nominating its preferred candidate for the party’s Mangaung elective conference.
Late branch meetings has seen severe delays at the Northern Cape and Limpopo ANC’s nomination conferences.
The Eastern Cape ANC has rejected the outcome of a unanimous vote by the OR Tambo region for Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to lead the party.
Kgalema Motlanthe will have himself to blame if he is not elected ANC leader in Mangaung next month, Zuma’s supporters have told the M&G.
After months of campaigning the ANCYL has officially come out in support of Kgalema Motlanthe as its preferred candidate to lead the ANC.
A new report from financial services group Nomura says Jacob Zuma is in no danger of being unseated by the ANC, despite his growing unpopularity.
Kgalema Motlanthe offers support for the motion of no confidence against Jacob Zuma, and the battle over the spy tapes rages on.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s inability to break the party line and openly campaign against Jacob Zuma for the presidency is damaging his chances at Mangaung.
Zuma plans his reign after Mangaung, while opposition parties table a motion of no confidence in the president in Parliament.
Indications are that Jacob Zuma will secure another five-year term as ANC president – but what will this mean for our politics, asks Nickolaus Bauer.
The ANC Women’s League in KZN has nominated President Jacob Zuma for re-election, while Gauteng’s Liliesleaf Farm branch favours Kgalema Motlanthe.
The branches of senior ANC leaders close to President Jacob Zuma have nominated Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe as ANC leader.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s campaign to become ANC president has begun in earnest, while Jacob Zuma tries to put a lid on the controversial spy tapes.
Kgalema Motlanthe believes the ANC’s Mangaung conference could help restore the public’s confidence in the party by formulating clear policies.