Government should tax the "super rich" and play a more "aggressive role" in the economy, Cosatu) suggested in its new growth path for South Africa.
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/ 14 September 2010
Cosatu and the ANC want the focus of the ruling party’s forthcoming national general council to be on policy issues, not leadership squabbles.
The African National Congress and Cosatu kept mum following their meeting at the ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Monday.
The ANC and Cosatu will on Monday try to repair their governing alliance, which has been described "dysfunctional".
The ANC Youth League on Sunday said it had not referred to President Jacob Zuma in a televised speech about multiple partners
The debate surrounding nationalisation of mines
should not be based on an ideological or emotional feeling, ANC general secretary Gwede Mantashe said.
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/ 10 September 2010
President Jacob Zuma and the ANC’s national executive committee are not assured of Cosatu’s support at the next elective conference of the ANC.
The ANC Youth League was eyeing changes to the property clause in the Constitution after its ardent push for the nationalisation of mines.
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) held "tense" talks with the ANC in Johannesburg on Thursday about a proposed media appeals tribunal.
Strike action to curb rampant corruption may be on the cards, according to a Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) discussion document.
Most of SA’s 1,3-million striking state workers returned to their posts on Wednesday as union leaders struggled to persuade members to accept a deal.
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/ 7 September 2010
The African National Congress wanted the two-week public service strike to have been "called off" rather than merely "suspended".
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/ 6 September 2010
Salary increases for ministers and top government officials should be frozen in order to reduce the income gap, the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said.
The African National Congress-led tripartite alliance was not collapsing, President Jacob Zuma said in Durban on Friday.
A new "coalition of the wounded" has emerged in the ANC, with many of Jacob Zuma’s once ardent backers now joining forces to stop his second term.
Moeletsi Mbeki has lambasted the ANC as a "party of the black middle class" following the massive public-sector strike.
The SACP will participate in the ANC national general council (NGC) in order to help strengthen the leadership and unity of the ANC and the alliance.
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday accused striking state workers of abandoning the sick at hospitals and said he expected a deal to be reached soon.
African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema on Friday warned ANC leaders they could be removed at any time.
The strike by state employees marks the lowest point in relations between the ANC and Cosatu since President Jacob Zuma took leadership of the party.
The Democratic Alliance has won a long-held ANC ward in Stellenbosch in a by-election, the Independent Electoral Commission confirmed on Thursday.
Cosatu on Thursday warned that its alliance with the ANC is "dysfunctional" because of "confusion" over power.
The dissolution of the ANC regional executive committee in Johannesburg was necessary because it was "descending into total madness", the party said.
South Africa’s week-long public-service strike has strained President Jacob Zuma’s ties with leftist allies who helped propel him to power.
President Jacob Zuma is so alarmed by rumours that some ANC leaders are planning a revolt against him that he has embarked on a tour of the provinces.
Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula admitted on Tuesday that the use of money in elective conferences of the ANC is an increasing trend.
The DA said on Saturday it would merge with the Independent Democrats to better challenge the ruling African National Congress in the 2014 election.
The <i>Wall Street Journal</i> reported earlier this week on the recent increased pressure on local media, including the proposed media tribunal.
A recent count showed theANC had more than 820 000 members — and many of them Afrikaners, officials said on Thursday.
The DA on Wednesday called on ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga to apologise for "false claims" he made about the DA.
The ruling party should regulate all heretical texts and performances across every medium, argues <b>Adam Haupt</b>.
The ANC on Tuesday insisted that it did not want to curtail press freedom with a proposed media appeals tribunal.