Lobby group with strong ANC ties comes out strongly in support of Surve
Cosatu’s largest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa, will not campaign for the ANC next year nor support them financially.
The ANC has welcomed the release of a task team report on Nkandla but taken exception to comparing the upgrade costs to previous administrations.
Taking full responsibility for "the project", Minister Thulas Nxesi says Jacob Zuma had no knowledge of upgrades done to his Nkandla homestead.
As Numsa prepares for its special conference, some wonder if a split from the tripartite alliance – and away from the ANC – is on the table.
The ANC again says it has nothing to do with the appointment of Thamsanqa Jantjie, a sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service.
Suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has criticised the ANC and tripartite alliance, saying the party should not be buried with Madiba.
Speaking at the Waterkloof base during an ANC ceremony honouring Nelson Mandela, Mandla Mandela has expressed his thoughts on SA’s future.
Activity was high at the Waterkloof Air Force Base as the military, the ANC, SACP and Cosatu prepare to send Nelson Mandela’s remains to Qunu.
The ANC has drawn on the power of Nelson Mandela’s name to attract voters into the Tlokwe by-elections driven away by party infighting.
Claims that Nelson Mandela was a communist party member should be clarified to re-affirm that he didn’t lie to South Africans, writes Floyd Shivambu.
The ANC has won all six contested wards in the Tlokwe by-elections to take back control of the embattled municipality.
The ANC says it knows who was behind the booing of President Jacob Zuma at the memorial service of Madiba and the Gauteng renegades are in its sights.
In these times of widespread violence perpetrated by men, we may learn from Mandela’s model of masculinity the type of man he represented.
For the black youngsters of the 1990s, it was Madiba’s role as the head of MK that gave him the respect he needed to bring peaceful reconciliation.
Following the expulsion of Bantu Holomisa from the ANC, the UDM leader says his relationship with Nelson Mandela grew stronger.
Joshua Nkomo’s legacy has been erased from history, while the Mandela legend has taken root.
The DA and the ANC can now only wait for the outcome of Tlokwe by-election voting after a fierce battle for control over the municipality.
Barack Obama spoke movingly. Ban Ki-moon paid tribute. But the crowd drew most of the attention at Nelson Mandela’s massive state memorial service.
Crowds at Nelson Mandela’s memorial have poured out their emotions, singing and booing, to the point that Cyril Ramaphosa had to call for calm.
Nelson Mandela died on a day when SA politics was in its usual ugly, fractured state. Will Madiba’s memory help or harm the ANC, asks Verashni Pillay.
The ANC has denied electioneering at its Nelson Mandela prayer event in Mthatha, saying members were inspired by his membership to the party.
The ANC has cancelled its planned national executive committee meeting to mourn the passing of its former president, Nelson Mandela.
On the death of Nelson Mandela, the ANC says the nation has lost a "colossus, an epitome of humility … and the hope of millions".
Party members are confident that they have all the answers for doubling voters.
When building started at Nkandla in 2009, the public works department estimated the upgrade would cost R28-million.
Although the ANC is no longer accusing Thuli Madonsela of political motives, it maintains she is responsible for the Nkandla report leak.
The public protector has rebuffed claims by the ANC that her office leaked a provisional report on spending at President Jacob Zuma’s home in Nkandla.
Listen to the full press conference podcast as the ANC answers questions on the Nkandla controversy.
The ANC says the public protector’s office was responsible for the provisional report leak and called for the final version to be published soon.
The ANC’s plan to contain the damage the Nkandla saga may do to it during the 2014 elections might not be an effective one.
The ANC has responded to the M&G’s publication of the provisional Nkandla report, urging the public to "exercise restraint and caution" in commenting.