SA President Jacob Zuma has ordered an external audit of state companies, following persistent reports of mismanagement and political meddling.
The ANC and its youth league on Friday demanded a retraction and apology from the <i>Star</i> for its report on league president Julius Malema.
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/ 19 February 2010
Opposition parties heavily criticised the ANC’s economic policies, but offered few constructive alternatives at a Critical Thinking Forum this week.
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/ 17 February 2010
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has suspended MP Dianne Kohler Barnard for five days for swearing in the National Assembly, the party said on Wednesday.
Opposition parties on Monday voiced strong criticism of the ANC and President Jacob Zuma following Zuma’s State of the Nation speech last week.
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference on Friday criticised Jacob Zuma and decried the use of culture to "defend bad moral behaviour".
The ANC has given President Jacob Zuma a last chance to prove he can lead the party without scandal.
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/ 8 February 2010
Bill Clinton faced an excruciating trial for his extramarital affairs. <i>Verashni Pillay</i> wonders whether we will be as exacting with our president?
President Jacob Zuma on Sunday appealed for unity in the African National Congress in the wake of his apology for his sexual indescretions.
President Jacob Zuma must repair the damage he has done to the fight against HIV/Aids, DA leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
South African President Jacob Zuma apologised on Saturday for fathering an illegitimate child, in the face of a national outcry.
The media were making "a mountain out of nothing" over reports about President Jacob Zuma’s love child, the ANC said on Monday.
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/ 1 February 2010
The ANC said it had missed a court date over election campaign debt because senior officials had not seen the summons.
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/ 29 January 2010
President Jacob Zuma and his government face a tough 2010, under pressure to improve the lives of millions of poor South Africans.
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/ 28 January 2010
ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has criticised ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s school visits, according to a media report.
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/ 24 January 2010
The power-struggle in the ANC-led alliance is "disgusting", ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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/ 23 January 2010
The ANC was out of the "crisis mode" which had occupied its members during 2009, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Saturday.
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/ 22 January 2010
The ANC admits that “something is bound to give” if tensions between it and the South African Communist Party are not defused.
Being social butterfly Khanyi Mbau’s ex is not his only claim to fame. Theunis Crous is also a politically connected businessman.
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/ 21 January 2010
The ANC has dismissed a furore over its investment wing’s stake in a multibillion-rand government energy project, denying any conflict of interest.
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/ 21 January 2010
Tokyo Sexwale and Gwede Mantashe were at odds on Wednesday over Sexwale’s report on the booing of ANC members at an SACP conference.
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/ 20 January 2010
The DA says the ANC’s "full-scale assault" on eNews to force the channel to identify criminals interviewed on air is an attempt to muzzle the media.
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/ 20 January 2010
Who knew. A stylish range of cheap leather jackets, named after the ANC stalwarts who inspired them.
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/ 18 January 2010
The leadership of the ANC will not be drawn into "street fights" over positions, the party’s secretary general, Gwede Mantashe, said on Monday.
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/ 11 January 2010
The promises flowed as headily as the Moët Rose Imperial at the ANC anniversary bash this weekend. Verashni Pillay tracks the ANC’s resolutions.
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/ 10 January 2010
ANC president Jacob Zuma on Saturday mapped the way forward for the party in 2010, saying unity and beefing up local government were priorities.
There are signs South Africa is recovering from the worst effects of the global economic crisis, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.
The country needs a strong tripartite alliance led by the ANC, President Jacob Zuma said at a gala dinner in Kimberley on Friday.
No booing or ill discipline would be allowed at the ANC’s 98th anniversary celebrations in Kimberley this weekend, organiser Fikile Mbalula said.
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/ 31 December 2009
The ANC is failing poor black South Africans, and next year’s World Cup will only intensify scrutiny of Jacob Zuma’s regime.
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/ 23 December 2009
This Christmas secret talks aimed at a truce between warring alliance partners will occupy comrades who are anxious to ensure peace.
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/ 14 December 2009
In-fighting among alliance partners is expected to top the agenda of the last ANC NEC meeting on Monday, but Jacob Zuma seems unfazed by the squabbles