The national chairperson has called on EFF delegates to nominate hard workers for party posts at the December elective conference
This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.
Get Your Free Account
The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member.
Register
Registration enables:
- – M&G newsletters access
- – notifications
- – the best possible experience
Already registered?
Login here
Want to subscribe and get even more benefits?
Explore our subscription offers
Talk of discontent in the party over Julius Malema’s leadership and a split between him and his deputy has been dismissed by the commander-in-chief
The deputy president has said his life was at risk before the ANC elections and some still want to oust him
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
Candidates vying for top positions in the DA will undergo rigorous vetting including audits of their financial records
President Cyril Ramaphosa finally has the top seven he has always wanted to push forward with his agenda
The president’s leadership strategy of trying to unite opposing groups within the ANC through key appointments across the board has failed
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
Attempts to reform party processes have been undermined by members clinging to an anti-democratic culture
Speakers line up for debate amid loud support for Zweli Mkhize, while the Ramaphosa faction chants — ‘be patient, he’s not going anywhere’
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
Ramaphosa’s main opponent in this conference has been regarded as the wave of support brewing from Paul Mashatile’s forces
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
The ruling party has repeated its proposal to nationalise the central bank’s ownership and mandate, but says it must be done in a way that is conscious of costs
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
Some of the vendors came from as far as Durban, hoping to pick up some rands from conference delegates
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
With no clear line of march from the ANC president, his allies are left to their own devices, racing against time to find each other and solidify a slate
This is a fatal blow for the former women’s league leader, shortly before the ruling party’s national elective conference
The party has been reluctant to modernise, perhaps less out of ignorance than to allow skullduggery, especially around elections. New rules seek to change that
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
The ANC must revisit the Freedom Charter and loosen its grip on centralised control that puts the party first
With only 772 of the 3 979 branches having run successful branch general meetings, the ANC conference risks not convening
Eyeing top spot, he dismisses the step-aside rule as punitive and an inadequate tool to fix the ANC
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
The province’s leadership said ‘the horse had bolted’ despite criticism from Kgalema Motlanthe
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
While Cyril Ramaphosa’s detractors revel in his possible demise in the wake of the case opened against him, those in Mkhize’s corner see a no-win for the ANC as a whole
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
The past year exposed the ruling party’s weaknesses, but 2022 is an opportunity for it to make substantive, meaningful changes if it is to remain in power
Eastern Cape Premier Mabuyane has suggested that ANC secretary general Ace Magashule is behind the fraud and corruption inquiry
ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula suggested deputy president David Mabuza’s announcement that he was in the running for another term was premature
Babalo Madikizela is considering standing against Oscar Mabuyane to become chair of the key Eastern Cape ANC region in December
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
In an application sy the high court in Pretoria, Xolani Matinisa argues that the office of the secretary general of the ANC has failed to remove those older than 35 years from the ANC youth leagues task team
ANC branches in the Farth North region in KwaZulu-Natal want an intervention from above to ensure a fair process
Supporters of former ANC chairperson Supra Mahumapelo go on the offensive ahead of provincial elective conference
This content is restricted to subscribers only.
Join the M&G Community
Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently.
Subscribe
Subscription enables:
- – M&G community membership
- – independent journalism
- – access to all premium articles & features
- – a digital version of the weekly newspaper
- – invites to subscriber-only events
- – the opportunity to test new online features first
Already a subscriber?
Login here.
A North West ANC leader has written to Ace Magashule, asking that the NEC abide by a court ruling to disband the interim provincial committee
Party spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe says the party held its last elective conference in December 2015, with the next only scheduled for the year 2020
A dispute in the party’s least problematic province places its upcoming elective conference in peril
Defiant Zuma supporters get ready to march on SA courts; the quotas question in the DA and paying tribute to Comrade Zami, Winnie Mandela. Read more!
The meeting is scheduled to take place in December 2017, but party officials say they may need more time to prepare for the 2019 national elections.
As the ANC eThekwini prepares to elect a new leadership many believe this powerful position holds more sway in the national body than in the province.