ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete has her eye on the presidency as she readies herself for a highly contested national conference
ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete says one man can’t be blamed for all the party’s problems
The industrial town, part of the contested Metsimaholo area, is seeking renewal
The small town’s realities reflect the problems besetting the ANC and South African society
It could be a wake-up call for a party distracted by power struggles over its next group of leaders
She might have been dumped by Ramaphosa but she has strong backing in the ANC’s branches
There is no guarantee that any are likely to be given an outright mandate to pursue their manifestos.
ANC chairperson and presidential hopeful Baleka Mbete has dodged confirming if she believes that President Jacob Zuma raped Fezekile “Khwezi” Kuzwayo.
The Western Cape ANC has called on their branch delegates to avoid potential vote buying as the party moves towards the national elective conference.
The ANC in the Western Cape has become the second provincial structure to nominate Cyril Ramaphosa as its preferred successor to President Zuma
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the ANC cannot be seen to be allowing individuals to get away with big corruption at state level.
Pietermaritzburg has become a killing field for young ANC activists ahead of the party conference
An ANC Youth League deputy secretary in KwaZulu-Natal’s Moses Mabhida Region has been shot dead, the provincial ANCYL said on Thursday.
The unfolding misfortunes of the Zimbabwean president hold key lessons for his South African counterpart who faces the possibility of a forced exit.
Many have been vying to get Mabuza’s approval but he has been coy and keeping his cards close to his chest.
Kebby Maphatsoe, wary of Western ‘agents’, derides Ramaphosa as the white people’s darling
The parallel regimes of new and cherry-picked traditions present a hurdle to democratic success
New proposals include more deputy secretaries general, two deputy presidents and strengthening the integrity commission
Nearly three-quarters of party branches have picked their favourites in a neck-and-neck race
The ANC treasurer’s unity ticket has received widespread support among ANC members.
South Africa’s governing party is invoking concepts and emulating strategies first developed by authoritarian regimes in Eurasia
ANC treasurer general Zweli Mkhize says it will do the ANC no good to go into its 54th national elective conference in December divided
Gwede Mantashe says the circulation of "fake news" of his impending suspension is a desperate act ahead of the December elective conference
‘It would be foolhardy to suggest that discussions about corruption in South Africa are race neutral’
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says that there must be an uncompromising rejection of corruption, patronage, cronyism and wastage
Mantashe says the party would deal with anything that threatened to stand in the way of its ability to successfully hold its conference.
‘There’s no way the gig will kick off on time. Our host, Nobala — provincial secretary Super Zuma — is one of history’s great Time Bandits’
We need to think of corruption in South Africa as not only Gupta-centric
A by-election in Metsimaholo municipality is the first time the alliance will face off at the polls
An ex-freedom fighter tells of the psychological damage she brought back with her from exile
One of the paradoxes of the post-apartheid ANC is that the party hasn’t seen fit to embrace the principle of ‘one person, one vote’ in its elections
In an announcement this past weekend, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his ‘slate’ ahead of the Elective Conference. Reactions were mixed.