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/ 13 November 2014
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete found herself at the centre of another storm when she tried to change the day’s order paper at the last minute.
The biggest losers in the Cosatu-Numsa battle seem to be the ANC, SACP and Cosatu – and the real price is set to come in the 2016 municipal elections.
The urgency of the operation may have been to pre-empt Julius Malema from entering the fray.
If the tripartite parties’ interests have diverged, then the parties should diverge. Rather give the voters a democratic contestation of issues.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says it is up to the trade union federation to "smell the coffee and reverse its decision".
The ANC general secretary has dismissed claims that the party is trying to reduce Cosatu to a labour desk, and has called on unions to do their work.
The ANC aims to hold its 103rd anniversary celebrations at the Cape Town Stadium, but the City won’t allow access unless the party pays upfront.
The party is struggling to make ends meet after Parliament reduced its funding by R20-million following election losses.
Calling Numsa’s imminent expulsion from Cosatu a well-co-ordinated plan by the ANC, the union has formed its own party and promises to go to court.
The M&G spoke to several sources who all painted a picture of the ANC president openly at odds with his secretary general.
New research has dropped a bombshell about the prevalence of jobs for pals within the ruling party.
The province’s ANC has adopted a stance similar to that of civil action group Outa and the Democratic Alliance over the contentious e-toll system.
The EFF is a product of the ruling party’s struggle to balance capitalist interests with ideology.
Tshwane ANC regional secretary Paul Mojapelo’s consulting company has received R75-million in contracts from the municipality in the past two years.
The hot-potato issue of the unpopular gantries is due to be raised at the ANC’s Gauteng conference in Pretoria.
DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane tried to deliver water to a community near Brakpan, but ANC residents chanted and booed him out of town.
The ANC has said it would be out of order for Jacob Zuma to repay any money for non-security upgrades at Nkandla he did not request or consent to.
Some in the ANC say John Block is being protected for factional reasons, while those close to Pule Mabe say his image is being purposely tarnished.
Parliament is there to serve the electorate and the fiscus, not to shield leaders like Jacob Zuma from tough questions – crude or not.
The fraud case of Nontuthuzela Sizani has been postponed a second time, after her defence team requested more time to review new documents.
The ANC has reluctantly agreed to halt the Nkandla ad hoc committee until its mandate is clarified and includes the public protector’s report.
While attempting to protect Jacob Zuma, the ANC seems to have forgotten the rationale behind the establishment of the office of the public protector.
While the ANC brawls with the public protector, the real issue is still being ignored. How much is going to be paid back, and when?
Following the leaking of a letter relating to Nkandla, the ANC has blamed Thuli Madonsela for many things. But she could use a weapon in response.
The DA will have a tough time wresting key Gauteng cities away from the ANC in 2016, if one of SA’s biggest by-elections yet is anything to go by.
The ruling party said it was "humbled" by the confidence South Africans showed in the party, after the latest by-election results.
ANC veteran Pallo Jordan has resigned as the ruling party’s MP, following a newspaper report exposing his academic qualifications as a lie.
Embattled ANC MP Pallo Jordan has resigned from Parliament following reports that he faked his qualifications.
Public servants were asked by the party for funding, while government officials reportedly confirmed they had been asked to keep the ANC afloat.
The Economic Freedom Fighters has hogged headlines since its entrance in May. Party leader Julius Malema says "you can’t be an EFF MP and be shy".
The controversial practice of powerful politicians and their families doing business with the state is likely to come to an end soon.
The ruling party has said it wants to "walk away" from rushing legislation that may be unconstitutional or exclusionary.