The SAPS acted decisively during the DA march, showing how a confrontation should be handled.
The ANC has pushed a number of high-profile amendments to a number of laws ahead of the upcoming elections.
Police say four people have been arrested for throwing bricks during the march for "real jobs", while the DA called the ANC a violent organisation.
Stun grenades have been fired and bricks flung during the opposition party’s march for "real jobs" in Johannesburg.
The ANC says it is taking the DA’s "real" jobs march to court as it anticipates violence in the Johannesburg city centre.
The DA could have marched to the Union Buildings if it was concerned about jobs. Instead it chose to endanger its members, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Varsity strife takes on political edge as student protests escalate.
Press Ombudsman, Johan Retief, said he was impressed with the manner in which City Press and the ANC handled a complaint about a published story.
The ANC is likely to extend its two-decade rule with ease, but rising discontent among grassroots supporters could chip away at the party’s majority.
The ANC has decided to send its deputy president to mediate in South Sudan so that relations with the SPLM get stronger, say insiders.
The ANC in Gauteng has threatened to take "strong action" against violent protesters within its ranks and the broader tripartite alliance.
Tension between the different races will always be an issue if we don’t address the economic challenges we face in our country, says Khaya Dlanga.
Even if the DA’s march is silly, the ANC should not endorse Umkhonto weSizwe "vets" turning the streets around Luthuli House into a "no-go" zone.
While her spokesperson denies a donor was behind the DA-Agang SA partnership, opposition leader Helen Zille tweeted pressure was on Mamphela Ramphele.
This week, Helen Zille and Mamphela Ramphele join forces, violent protests rock Ralele, and Zuma could be a Nkandla ward councillor.
Cosatu affiliates at loggerheads with union federation bosses will still vote with their hearts, for the ANC.
The ANC secretary general says Agang SA was a "stillborn" party, and that its leader’s move to the DA was a case of "rent-a-black, rent-a-leader".
President Jacob Zuma a councillor for Nkandla? Don’t be surprised, says the ANC, which has held off releasing its election lists.
If the ANC Youth League is permanently liquidated, questions will arise over the troubled body’s missing assets.
Eight independent candidates from Tlokwe municipality claim that last month’s by-elections were rigged and want the results set aside.
The ANC is going to be "tough on corruption", secretary general Gwede Mantashe told reporters at an NEC meeting ahead of its election list conference.
Opposition parties have demanded a probe into allegations that some of the funds for Nelson Mandela’s memorial services were misspent.
The ANC deputy president has made some big promises to Northern Cape residents if their vote helps the party achieve its goal of a majority win.
The Democratic Alliance is waiting for the police to give it the go-ahead for its fight-for-jobs march to the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters.
ANC heavyweight Fikile Mbalula has just learnt that his private secretary Ricardo Mackenzie may well become an MP this year – on a DA ticket.
Jackson Mthembu has accused the DA of causing hostility between it and the ANC, warning the party of violence it witnessed at a march on Cosatu House.
North West finance MEC ​Paul Sebego has announced a project to create temporary jobs for 20 000 youth, but the selection criteria are a mystery.
The ANC Youth League will go to court after it was declared insolvent over millions owed by its previous leadership under Julius Malema.
The party’s deputy has the best credentials to expand its global reach, but SA expatriates may well be indifferent.
M&G readers comment on comparisons of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, and say we need cool heads when it comes to pharmaceutical drugs.
More interesting than party membership is the extent to which Marxism informed Mandela’s political thinking, writes Paul Trewhela.
Ideologists with cast-iron theories don’t like unpleasant facts, writes Stephen Ellis.