With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning
The former KwaZulu-Natal chairperson fails to make the cut for the 30-member PEC
If the ANC does not have an outright majority, the options are: a government of national unity, an opposition coalition, an ANC coalition and a grand coalition
There was a strong view, according to the report, that the judiciary was overstepping, undermining other arms of the state and using the law based on feelings instead of facts, especially in the jailing of Zuma
Several would-be candidates for chairperson failed to make it onto the ballot or declined after being nominated from the floor
The dominant faction in the eThekwini region resolved to support Emalahleni chair Ntuthuko Mahlaba for provincial treasurer, replacing Zandile Gumede who is affected by the step-aside rule
In Spear: Mandela and other Revolutionaries, Madiba is cast as an underdog and the rise of Umkhonto weSizwe is explored by reframing the archives. In Ghosts of Archives we encounter the history of the liberation struggle, often signified by the iconography of Mandela, not as a linear progression but as a holistic improvisation
The energy minister says André de Ruyter is a chief executive and the power utility needs someone who will focus on what is broken
ANC KwaZulu-Natal chair Sihle Zikalala says in spite of upheavals, the party is solidifying
The KwaZulu-Natal conference is taking place at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban, which used to be an ice rink
Risk of a confrontation with workers rises after Cosatu’s pleas for extended fuel tax relief are snubbed
The report by the province’s secretary, Mdu Ntuli, will probably reveal crippling and protracted internal instability in the party
Incidents where ministers fell back on race-baiting politics when questioned by members of the public about the shambles in their departments underlines the lack of accountability endemic in the government
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.