Cosatu has forwarded the name of its Western Cape provincial secretary, Tony Ehrenreich, to the ANC as a candidate for mayor of Cape Town.
The controversial Employment Equity Amendment Bill is meant to fight white male domination in management positions, the ANC said on Tuesday.
The African National Congress (ANC) plans to tackle the sticky issue of the influence that businesspeople have on the party.
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/ 28 February 2011
A 38-year-old former ANC MP, advocate Mamaroba Johannes Malahlela, died in a car accident over the weekend.
The DA will appeal a high court decision against its bid to compel the NPA to release documents on why it halted the prosecution of Jacob Zuma.
President Jacob Zuma vowed that the ANC would fix local government as he launched the ANC’s 2011 election manifesto on Sunday.
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/ 26 February 2011
There is a need to build "strong" branches of the ANC in Gauteng that are capable of leading communities, Paul Mashatile said on Saturday.
The ANC has distanced itself from remarks made by government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi that there are too many coloured people in the Western Cape.
The ANC is allowed to intervene in the hate speech case against its youth league president, Julius Malema, Judge Colin Lamont ruled on Friday.
Nationalisation is not government policy, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.
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/ 24 February 2011
The South African Chamber of Mines on Thursday welcomed the appointment of independent researchers to investigate the nationalisation of SA’s mines.
Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday he was speaking on behalf of the BMF when he said there were too many coloured people in the Western Cape.
A ruling on whether the ANC would be allowed to intervene in the hate speech case against Julius Malema will be handed down on Friday.
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/ 24 February 2011
The ANC owns the song containing the words "shoot the boer" and therefore should be allowed to intervene in a case which may see it outlawed.
The "shoot the boer" song has a direct bearing on farm violence, the Transvaal Agricultural Union said on Wednesday.
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/ 22 February 2011
Government aims to pass the Bill implementing South Africa’s proposed national health insurance system during 2012, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said.
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/ 21 February 2011
The ANC in Gauteng will establish a task team to study the impact of the new tolling system on the province, it said on Monday.
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/ 21 February 2011
Economic analyst Moeletsi Mbeki on Sunday rejected President Jacob Zuma’s portrayal of him as an armchair critic.
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/ 20 February 2011
The ANC is a "complete mess" and its cadres have no interest in history, but simply want access to jobs and enrichment, according to a US cable.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s state of the province address on Friday lacked vision and the ability to inspire people "to a new deal".
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/ 19 February 2011
Cadres have been deployed to the North West to begin the build-up to the election campaign launch on February 27 in Rustenberg, the ANC said.
Affidavits filed with the police allege bribery and threats of violence to compel voting for certain candidates.
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/ 18 February 2011
Three days after election to the top job in the Western Cape ANC, Marius Fransman’s face shows the effects of the battle for leadership.
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/ 17 February 2011
The protest in the Mpumalanga township of Wesselton, near Ermelo, was suspended on Thursday, said a community leader.
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/ 16 February 2011
A voice saying "Madame Deputy Speaker, on a point of order," changed the tone of what was due to be a dry, predictable Tuesday afternoon in Parliament
There is evidence that ANC leaders are providing help to a campaign aimed at destroying the IFP, IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi says.
The African National Congress has condemned the violent protest in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, on Tuesday.
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/ 13 February 2011
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel on Sunday again criticised "slates", or separate lists of candidates, for election to positions in the ANC.
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/ 13 February 2011
Marius Fransman was elected as the chairperson of the Western Cape ANC on Saturday night after his rival claimed the proceedings were "fraudulent".
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/ 12 February 2011
Deputy international relations minister Marius Fransman was elected chairperson of the African National Congress in the Western Cape on Saturday.
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/ 12 February 2011
Voting is under way at the ANC’s North West conference, where more than 700 delegates are due to elect the province’s new leadership.
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/ 12 February 2011
Jacob Zuma berated delegates at an ANC conference in Cape Town on Saturday for failing to regain the region from the Democratic Alliance.