Footage of the ANC visiting a frail Madiba was broadcast by the SABC to a furious audience that expressed its disdain on Twitter.
The ANC elders must admit that their time is up and hand over the reins to the youth who still have a long future ahead of them, writes Khaya Dlanga.
What a lot of saviours and salvations we have been promised lately!
ANC deputy president and tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa says big businesses must dig deep into their coffers to help the government improve public education.
The Pimples, staunch Catholics that they are, go to the Vatican to witness the election of a new Pope. To hymns of praise, a strange figure appears.
From apartheid to the war on terror, religion has been used to further political agendas. Mpho Matheolane wonders what’s behind Ramaphosa’s God call.
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has called on Christians to be South Africa’s moral conscience when it came to crimes such as rape.
In this week’s politics need to know we look at Wednesday’s budget, why Agang was formed, and the struggle Cyril Ramaphosa faces to stay at the top.
KwaZulu-Natal Jacob Zuma supporters say the ANC’s deputy president cannot be trusted not to reopen the corruption probe.
She says it only benefits a few politically connected individuals at the expense of the masses.
Is a sober look at Cyril Ramaphosa, presumed successor to President Jacob Zuma, finally possible a month after Mangaung?
Cyril Ramaphosa is quitting the boards of paper-maker Mondi and platinum producer Lonmin to prevent conflicts with his new political role.
But it is those who made the decision to unleash maximum force who must be held responsible, says David Bruce.
The Pimples find out that there’s nothing like a good make-over to get rid of that post-Mangaung debris. Who better to do it than Golden Boy Cyril?
We need leadership, morals, courage and knowledge to end the rot in South African politics, writes Charles Villa-Vicencio.
Big business needs to be more "inclusive" and cater towards the needs of their employees, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has said.
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has said his call for action against strikers in Marikana and the subsequent death of 34 miners were not linked.
The official line is that he won’t replace Kgalema Motlanthe, so what is the ANC planning? Phillip De Wet reports.
Supporters of Cyril Ramaphosa say his experience as owner of McDonald’s South Africa will stand him in good stead as deputy president.
If poverty and joblessness is not addressed with vigour, social stability could take a hit, new ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
VIDEO M&G’s Rapule Tabane analyses President Zuma’s victory at Mangaung, whether Malema’s political career is over and what it all means for SA going forward.
The ANC Mangaung conference dominated news this week, while the school shooting in the USA has re-ignited debate around gun control. Also, is this the end?
Shell-shocked by the developments of 2012, ordinary South Africans must now lead, writes Nic Dawes.
The sudden winding up of the ANC’s newly elected deputy president’s businesses to allow him to enter government carries financial risk.
By going for broke, Kgalema Motlanthe ensured the ANC had to face the scale of its Jacob Zuma problem, writes Nic Dawes.
Jacob Zuma’s new ANC leadership has taken its most decisive move to end uncertainty about economic policy by flatly rejecting nationalisation.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe once called Cyril Ramaphosa ‘a white man in a black man’s skin’
The business sector and unions have expressed approval of the appointment of Cyril Ramaphosa to the post of ANC deputy president.
The ANC is attempting to quash rumours that Kgalema Motlanthe will resign as South Africa’s deputy president, saying that nothing has been discussed.
A report that ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa would decline his nomination was the result of "unsavoury" sources, the Star newspaper has said.
With President Zuma and his allies taking the top spots, to much jubilation, the political futures of the other contenders are uncertain.
President Jacob Zuma swept to victory in a battle for the ANC leadership, while Kgalema Motlanthe is heading for the political wilderness.