Cyril Ramaphosa’s older rivals have been rejected and strong top six contenders include younger people like Mdumiseni Ntuli
The idea was rejected at the governing party’s last policy conference in 2017
The veteran national executive committee member told media the party had an obligation to confront the damning findings against it in the report on state capture
The land policy debate will feature, again, within the ANC’s elective contestations
Plans to convert the forum into a national general council meeting to review and scrap the regulation will probably be thwarted by the ANC’s top brass
The ANC policy conference called for a presidential commission to be set up, and for its work to be completed before December
The policy conference of the governing ANC will be remembered for a party in disarray, plagued with internal dissent.
The ANC president’s compromise idea smacks of a leader backing a losing horse
Key region and its allies will have only five months to consolidate support
Seen as a voice of reason, the ANC treasurer says the party must work with business to turn the economy around
"At the end of it all, the policy conference was doomed to be a dull and useless affair"
A contentious idea has resurfaced amid economic turmoil and corruption claims
The press prison at the ANC conference may have been instated because the party couldn’t afford journalists seeing how heated deliberations had become
Zuma’s suggestion, presented on the last day of the ANC’s national policy conference, took delegates by surprise and was met with hesitation.
Expropriation without compensation and nationalising the Reserve Bank are among the contentious policy options that have been put on the table.
A proposal to raise the age of child support grants to 21 was one of the toughest debates in the social transformation committee.
The ANC president said the level of the discussions showed that the party has been in government for 23 years.
The ANC says South Africa has elements of a colour revolution: the role of NGOs in nonviolent response to no leadership, corruption and state failure
The ANC chair said opposition parties have a right to settle disputes in court
Business, government and labour need to find common ground to grow the economy
The Mail & Guardian spoke to political analysts about how the party can cleanse itself of corruption.
The M&G’s series of first-hand accounts of the ANC’s national conferences through the eyes of insiders continues with another delegate update
"Tambo said he had witnessed “honest and open reflection” at the policy conference"
The ANC policy conference has adopted a proposal to expand its top six structure to eight people.
A compromise now could smooth the way to the contest for presidential candidates in December
"The ANC does not have a common appreciation of the economic challenges that face the country, according to Enoch Godongwana"
Calls for possible change to the Constitution and for state to set price tag on proper compensation
The Rainbow Nation narrative glosses over the failures of liberators who became rulers
"During its presentation on strategy and tactics on the fourth day of the conference, the ANC noted the shift in geopolitical relations"
The M&G’s series of first-hand accounts of the ANC’s national conferences through the eyes of insiders continues with another delegate update
The M&G’s series of first-hand accounts of the ANC’s national conferences through the eyes of insiders continues with another delegate update
"Mpumalanga premier David “DD” Mabuza has rejected calls for a constitutional amendment that will allow expropriation without compensation"