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/ 1 September 2008
The independence of the judiciary is generally regarded as being an essential component of democratic government. There should be no doubt about this.
Kgalema Motlanthe: ”We must appreciate that these institutions of the judiciary must have a life way beyond their current incumbents.”
The event in question was the launch of the Post-Polokwane Conversations, a series of "round table discussions" beginning in Durban.
The party’s 2009 election strategy begins in earnest this weekend and it will need to surmount numerous internal battles.
Supporters of embattled ANC president Jacob Zuma marched on 16 Durban police stations on Friday to demand that charges against him be dropped.
John Block was re-elected as the Northern Cape’s ANC leader on Friday at the party’s provincial conference at Moshaweng, north of Kuruman.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> strongly disagrees with Kgalema Motlanthe’s rather feeble reasons for wanting the Scorpions disbanded.
Leaders of the ANC are trying to fix its image ahead of the 2009 elections, but it is battling to speak with one voice, analysts say.
The Northern Cape African National Congress conference had still not started by noon on Wednesday.
Police arrested a man in Kuruman on Tuesday for unruly behaviour outside the Kgalagali District municipal offices where ANC leaders were meeting.
The African National Congress (ANC) provincial conference in the Northern Cape did not start on Tuesday morning as planned.
The election of David Mabuza as ANC chairperson in Mpumalanga two weekends ago has sparked fear and despondency among the province’s top civil servant
Consensus in the ruling tripartite alliance, the private sector and parts of the intelligentsia are building towards the need for a deal of some sort.
IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Saturday he had approached Jacob Zuma to intervene in the deteriorating relations between the two parties.
The election fodder was wheeled out for a photo-opportunity at the Inkatha Freedom Party’s offices in downtown Durban this week.
In one corner, ”members of the Hidden Hand” who moonlight as the ”demonic forces of the dark”. In the other, ”Mugabe and his evil warriors”.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s ascent will not bring a new era of ”openness”, said Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday.
The business community feels the state had more than five years to put together charges against Zuma.
As the fate of the Scorpions hangs in the balance, the M&G has uncovered a key document used to discredit the unit.
Hugh Glenister’s lawyer argued hard in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to stop the legislation that would merge the Scorpions with the police.
The same logic that saw Thabo Mbeki replaced as party president should apply to those who seem to think they represent their own jackets.
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Johnny de Lange has effectively put his hand up for a cabinet role in a Zuma government.
Ferial Haffajee looks at the ANC’s health and education policies.
Mpumalanga agriculture minister David Mabuza has been elected as chairperson of the African National Congress in Mpumalanga.
Former DA leader Tony Leon says the crisis in the judiciary has been more than a decade in the making.
Zuma supporters sweep out leaders of Mbeki-aligned chemical union, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
One person was shot dead as African National Congress (ANC) supporters left an election launch rally in Durban on Saturday afternoon.
Tensions ahead of the African National Congress’s provincial conference in the Northern Cape reached a new high on Friday.
The ANC has warned against unruly behaviour — as seen at recent conferences — at the upcoming provincial conference in Mpumalanga.
South Africa’s opposition parties are failing to cash in on the infighting in the ANC, a recent survey indicates.
The African National Congress (ANC) on Friday recommitted itself to free basic education and universal access to quality healthcare.
A farmers’ group on Thursday withdrew from a parliamentary public hearing on the future of the Scorpions, saying it turned into an ANC meeting.