There is a mounting groundswell of anti-Zuma sentiment within the party that may just be the tipping point to drive the president out.
Overall, it is Zuma’s own poor leadership that is aggravating an already deteriorating situation.
The stakes are high in KwaZulu-Natal: Whoever wins the divided province will be a kingmaker when the party elects new leaders in 2017.
Despite his health scare, his supporters have too much riding on the president for him to go.
Various anti-Zuma factions have launched bids to declare the provincial processes invalid, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
The Polokwane conference taught us what we thought were the physics of the 21st-century ANC.
Zuma can save the ANC by not accepting nomination for the presidency at Mangaung, says Paul Khitsane.
The ANC has downplayed any problems associated with the nominations process of the ruling party’s upcoming elective conference in Mangaung.
Kgalema Motlanthe will have himself to blame if he is not elected ANC leader in Mangaung next month, Zuma’s supporters have told the M&G.
A month from its elective conference, the apparent forces of change within the ANC are attempting to discredit Zuma’s re-election campaign.
The smart money is still on ANC president Jacob Zuma being re-elected at the Mangaung conference next month, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
Divisions in the ANC at a local level are threatening KZN’s homogeneity as a voting bloc at the party’s conference in Mangaung later this year.
Running on a Jacob Zuma ticket could fast-track Cyril Ramaphosa’s ascent, but his hopes may equally well be dashed, writes Anthony Butler.
With just more than three weeks before the leadership nomination process closes, ANC branches are struggling to attract enough members to meetings.
The president has missed the chance to win over the media with his artless answers to critical questions. Louise Redvers reports.
We profile the frontrunners for the coveted position of ANC deputy president: Cyril Ramaphosa, Kgalema Motlanthe, Tokyo Sexwale and Mathews Phosa.
These days the ANC’s loudest voices are those of populists, racists, opportunists and reactionaries.
Jacob Zuma’s detractors have warned that another five years with him at the helm could have disastrous consequences for both the ANC and South Africa.
Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has decried news reports about his purported allegiance to certain factions within the ANC.
ANC members have claimed that auditors padded the figures for provinces crucial to Jacob Zuma’s party presidency re-election campaign.
The ANC Women’s League tried to defend itself this week following a widely condemned comment by Clara Ndlovu, its Mpumalanga provincial secretary.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson supports President Jacob Zuma for a second term in office "unreservedly".
While the ANC refused to debate on leadership with Bantu Holomisa at the M&G’s Critical Thinking Forum, the ex-ANC member pulled no punches.
Initial reports suggest the majority of ANC Women’s League members want Jacob Zuma back as party president, the organisation said on Saturday.
The wave of violent strikes that has engulfed South Africa is a clear indication of the deep class discontent felt by the working masses.
The ANC’s regions, branches and leagues have been picking which horses to back as the Mangaung elective conference looms.
A fiery new biography reveals how Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe really feels about his ANC rival, President Jacob Zuma.
Analysts have been left scratching their heads at rumours that some are trying to convince Kgalema Motlanthe not to challenge Jacob Zuma at Mangaung.
Some ANC branches in KwaZulu-Natal want axed police commissioner Bheki Cele to be a member of the party’s national executive committee.
The race hots up as nominations for the ANC leadership opened, and membership grows in Zuma’s stronghold but what does this mean for the other contenders?
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has blasted the political agendas and alleged abuse of state agencies in the expelled youth leader’s case.
What will happen when the ANC and its trade union allies are no longer unquestioningly accepted as the sole legitimate representatives of poor?