The KwaZulu-Natal executive committee has kept Jacob Zuma up to date about plans for its conference
Kgalema Motlanthe to review financial records of those campaigning for the ANC’s top six during silly season
After 28 years of democracy, South Africa is having to reform its political party-based electoral system to make it fairer
Your political ambitions and material interests need a long, hard look. Why are you still with the ANC when it has failed South Africa?
The energy conundrum affects everyone, but the implications for people like Mavis, who are trying to survive the pitfalls of the second economy, rarely get public space
The commission said the goals of the National Development Plan, which it is charged with advancing, ‘cannot be achieved without energy security’
The ANC has called for constitutional and legislative changes following damning allegations in the state capture report
Last week, the country was plunged into stage six load-shedding when Eskom workers went on strike. A wage settlement was reached on Tuesday, but Eskom warned that it will take time to recover
Sources at a meeting of the national executive committee said a call was made to shift the power utility to Gwede Mantashe’s ministry of minerals and resources
Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened
The KwaZulu-Natal town’s strategic location on the N3 corridor brings with it the danger of renewed unrest
The justice minister, who is angling to become the party’s deputy president, was quick to add that there should be a generational mix in leadership
The field of such NGOs is crowded but who and what are they holding to account and who are they mollycoddling?
The conference was characterised by numerous delays and was poorly organised, garnering outrage from delegates
The provincial administration has, however, struggled to pay staff salaries
Former president intends to review aspects of the full report, in which he has been directly implicated in wide-scale looting of the state
No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way
The former health minister and a senior ANC member want the president to account for the robbery at Phala Phala Wildlife farm in Limpopo
The party’s branches in the province are unhappy with what they perceive as the selective application of the rule.
The theory is not a political strategy for changing societies, it is a myth created to elevate individuals above a collective
While the two factions in the Gauteng province will go head to head for control, Mashatile is expected to emerge victorious either way
Provincial leaders have asked ANC top brass to caution national working committee (and national executive committee members against meddling
Gauteng ANC ishoping national executive committee discussions about outstanding disputes in nine branches in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni will be resolved by Wednesday
To reimagine a better South Africa, capitalism and its unequal class structure have to be challenged
While Cyril Ramaphosa’s detractors revel in his possible demise in the wake of the case opened against him, those in Mkhize’s corner see a no-win for the ANC as a whole
Three interns at the Mail & Guardian write about being young in South Africa today
The secret headquarters of the anti-apartheid struggle and the events that took place there in the early 1960s hold stories well worth sharing
Corruption and greed blamed as political rivalries turn increasingly violent in the region
Regions in the province will meet this weekend to decide on the next provincial chairperson after heated discussions with the provincial executive committee on Monday.
The class structure and capitalism have to be challenged to reimagine a viable and just country
If the premier loves the people of the province, he should not stand for an ANC leadership position
Ramaphosa represents a political elite eager to appease corporate South Africa and foreign investment. Opposing this faction is a kleptocratic formation keen to amass wealth through the abuse of state funds.