‘Mechanisms to control the power of its party president are well within the reach of an ANC national conference’
Readers write in about ANC and its legal battles, and the possibilty of Cyril Ramaphosa being president of the ANC
The ANC presidential race is about how
much control the victor will be able to exercise.
‘We are going to have a ballot paper at the ANC conference after 105 years for [a] president that is a female’
Ngubo, a former ANC Donnybrook branch chairperson and the one-time head of the Pietermaritzburg New Prison, was released on Monday.
Magashule received a landslide 204 nominations against his former deputy Thabo Manyoni’s 25.
Are calls for unity in the ANC an attempt to prevent Cyril Ramaphosa from cleaning out the stables if he wins the presidency?
Readers write in about the need for a new social movement, and the ANC succession debate
Tough as nails, the ANC top-sixer is labelled a party unifier by some and clearly biased by others
Neither presidential hopeful is prepared to stand back for party unity, which could lead to a split
Is he the one to rescue the ANC and South Africa? There is no telling from his contradictory record
Zikalala is highly critical of ANC leaders who had approached the leadership race like the presidential primaries in the United States.
Other changes the PGC proposed included expanding the size of the national executive to have two deputy presidents and two deputy secretaries general.
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
Candidates who hope to be elected ANC president in December should reject any nominations they have obtained through irregular branch processes
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
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.
Nearly three-quarters of party branches have picked their favourites in a neck-and-neck race
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