The ANC’s economic transformation views are big on everything except their details, writes Stephen Gelb.
The ANC policy conference released a raft of recommendations late on Thursday. Some are surprising, some new. Others are downright unimplementable.
The ANC has accepted an altered version of the "second transition" policy document – but it has nothing to do with Mangaung, says the ruling party.
We chat to ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni about some of the rumours flying around the ANC policy conference regarding the ‘second transition’ document.
Opposing factions have squared off at the ANC policy conference in Midrand – voicing their preferences between Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has revealed South Africa will pursue far more radical land reform policies in the future.
President Jacob Zuma’s skirting of important questions and issues comes across as a lack of vision, writes Rapule Tabane.
If you wanted a T-shirt with the face of Jacob Zuma or Kgalema Motlanthe on it, you were out of luck at the ANC policy conference.
The ANC’s policy conference started an hour and a half late, but the party’s youth league did not waste anytime to get tjatjarag.
President Jacob Zuma may casts himself as party custodian, but it is his future that may need protecting, writes Niren Tolsi.
One minute and 52 seconds. That is how much Agri SA bought with Jacob Zuma by having a stand at the business exhibition of the ANC policy conference.
Julius Malema regrets campaigning for President Jacob Zuma’s election, and has slammed his plans for a second transition as "politically incorrect".
The ANC has identified three priorities for South Africa to focus on as a nation. Tragically, education isn’t one of them, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Delegates at the ANC policy conference have raised concerns about "old-order policemen" and the roles they are playing as members of the current SAPS.
Deputy ANC Youth League leader Ronald Lamola claims the ruling party’s drive for radical economic change vindicates positions adopted by the league.
Delegates at the ANC policy conference have rejected Zuma’s "second transition" but are nevertheless demanding dramatic changes in economic policies.
The ANC makes much of its collective approach to policymaking: the development of discussion papers and their interrogation in branch meetings.
Insiders say the second transition document championed by President Jacob Zuma was rejected, dealing a blow to his re-election campaign.
M&G political editor Rapule Tabane gives us his analysis of President Zuma’s opening address at the ANC policy conference.
An hour and a half into the ANC’s policy conference, the ANC Youth League was getting tjatjarag – and not because proceedings started so late.
The Mangaung battle lines have begun to show after a showdown at the first day of the ANC policy conference in Midrand.
While President Jacob Zuma opened the ANC policy conference with a packed hall, a clear indication of division within the party lurked outside.
President Jacob Zuma says the ANC intends to enact dramatic economic reform, "and take those difficult decisions we could not take in 1994".
Ruling party president Jacob Zuma has encouraged South Africans to criticise the ANC’s policies between this week’s conference and Mangaung.
The president has had a strong start at the ANC policy conference, setting him up for victory on key policy points linked to his "second transition".
Yet another make-or-break European summit will dominate this week’s economic calendar, while at home all eyes will be on the ANC’s policy conference.
Policies adopted at ANC sessions this week will affect the entire nation, but the media aren’t welcome as the party "doesn’t want to hold back".
Factional fights will no doubt mar next week’s ANC policy conference, but serious issues are on the agenda.
Conventional international relations and foreign policy analyses see South Africa as "a (not quite) middle power", writes David Moore.
The ANC’s policy documents present an opportunity to distinguish between three South African policy initiatives on governance and the law.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says the ANC has to reposition itself to remain relevant and account to the masses.