The government has no plans to nationalise unsustainable mines, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said.
The youth league is scheduled to meet with the ANC’s top six officials in a bid to bring tensions between the league and its mother body to an end.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has stated that he is somewhat disappointed at the party’s national executive committee elections.
Gwede Mantashe embraces what he criticises and as a result the ANC as a whole is at war with itself, writes Niren Tolsi.
With President Zuma and his allies taking the top spots, to much jubilation, the political futures of the other contenders are uncertain.
Gwede Mantashe has admitted that the majority of ANC branches were in disarray, becoming active only during conferences and elections.
Sectors of society have been trying to manipulate the outcome of the ANC national conference, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe has said.
The ANC has downplayed any problems associated with the nominations process of the ruling party’s upcoming elective conference in Mangaung.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has dismissed apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele’s criticism of the ruling party as opposition politicking.
Gwede Mantashe says the black players Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has are good enough to play internationally and should be selected for the team.
The ANC’s pact to stop singing the song with words ‘Dubula i’bhunu’ is a failure – it should have been used to question the definition of hate speech.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has lambasted Cosatu’s decision to announce its preferred candidates for the ANC’s top positions in Mangaung.
Gwede Mantashe has defended the decision to include ANC branches deemed not to be in good standing in the final audit report.
As nominations from provinces pour in, the battle for head honcho heats up. Motlanthe is keeping mum but perhaps all will be revealed in his biography.
The comical lost and found announcements at Cosatu’s elective conference provided light relief during the four-day event, writes Verashni Pillay.
Gwede Mantashe has stated socio-economic issues were to blame for the Marikana tragedy and that the NEC are paying special attention to the event.
In her book Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa, Glenda Daniels explores the ruling party’s relationship with the media.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the national executive committee will study a report on the Limpopo textbook saga at its lekgotla this week.
Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has come to the defence of Madikizela-Mandela after she was criticised by Gwede Mantashe.
NUM president Senzeni Zokwana will replace Mantashe as SACP’s chairperson, while Blade Nzimande and Jeremy Cronin remain unopposed in top positions.
The SACP says it was Gwede Mantashe’s decision to quit, adding he was putting its interests ahead of himself, writes Rapule Tabane.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the party won’t engage with its youth wing.
South Africa’s second-most powerful man fanned the fires of anger instead of seeking a solution, writes Rapule Tabane
City Press has opted to remove "The Spear" from its website, despite the apparent failure of the ANC’s call for a boycott on the paper.
The ANC, though, remains resolute in its court challenge against the controversial painting, even after the artwork was irreparably defaced.
The West must realise South Africa does not need its money since it can turn to India and China to fund its economic development, says Gwede Mantashe.
Recommendations for reforming the press council have included a greater representation of citizens on the panels.
The ANC Youth League has provided detailed reasons for its stance that disciplinary action against its leaders was politically motivated.
The divisions about e-tolling within the ANC-led tripartite alliance have been directly linked to the infighting leading up to Mangaung.
The ANC has welcomed the Press Freedom Commission’s findings into the press regulatory system, saying it is "legitimate regulation of the media".
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has an impossible job, but without him the party chaos would be worse, writes <strong>Richard Calland</strong>.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has warned the ANC Youth League that it could collapse if it insists on calling itself a "kingmaker".