A frosty contest is expected at Mangaung as the "cold war" between Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe escalates.
Some in the ANC have inflated room prices in the Free State for the Mangaung conference, but the leadership has rented school and university hostels.
Thabo Thwala responds to an article on the Mail & Guardian about South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande.
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
The ANC has declined to comment on the M&G report claiming Jacob Zuma had more benefactors than previously thought to cover his debts and expenses.
ANC supporters of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe believe Zuma’s supporters are planning a purge during the ANC’s national conference next week.
The financing of the Nkandla project makes it clear that Jacob Zuma’s home is built on shaky foundations of friends and would-be favours.
After 1994, South Africa’s biggest banks bent over backwards to accommodate Jacob Zuma, who regularly splurged on credit.
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.
A senior ANC official tells the M&G that low-ranking members are no more than a herd that does as it is told.
Here are the people the auditors’ report identifies as having paid more than R7-million to benefit Jacob Zuma between 1995 and 2006.
The ANC has told Limpopo and the Western Cape to reconvene their provincial nomination conferences by Wednesday.
Despite reports of violence and missed deadlines, the SACP has congratulated the ANC for "commendable work" in the run-up to Mangaung.
The ANC’s nomination conferences have been plagued by factional discord, with three provinces failing to nominate their preferred candidates.
The ANC in Limpopo had to abandon its nomination conference after a group stormed the venue and intimidated delegates.
The ANC in the Western Cape missed the November 30 deadline for nominating its preferred candidate for the party’s Mangaung elective conference.
The Free State ANC’s internal ructions could shift the goalposts in the upcoming leadership battle, writes Niren Tolsi.
Some of the president’s private arrangements demand public scrutiny, because they pose real risks for him and for crucial areas of governance.
Tiisetso Makube takes a ride to find some answers about the succession race but instead finds more questions about the troubled state of the nation.
It is not clear whether the Limpopo ANC will meet the party’s nomination conference deadline, after it postponed its provincial conference.
The ANC has adopted the final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill in the absence of opposition parties, who walked out.
Fikile Mbalula is counting on branch-level support to restore his fortunes among those opposed to the re-election of Jacob Zuma as ANC president.
Thirty allegedly crooked leases are central to the latest fraud, corruption and money-laundering charges brought against ANC politician John Block.
Orderly and ordered – the African National Congress can only wish its elective conference could be like the Chinese version.
Judge has warned of the danger of politicising courts, even though the motion is of national interest, writes Andisiwe Makinana.
A public discussion around Adriaan Basson’s new book has given Chris Roper a sleepless night.
The ANC has called on the media to desist from "peddling malicious statements" on whether Jacob Zuma has a bond on his Nkandla home without proof.
History will judge Jacob Zuma for his accomplishments and failures. But we might already know what it will say about him, says Mpho Moshe Matheolane.
A dismissive tit for tat among intellectuals and the president will not help South Africa’s discourse, writes Rapule Tabane.
Former police commissioner Bheki Cele’s popularity could prove divisive if he carries an anti-Zuma mandate, writes Niren Tolsi.