Cosatu is to seek clarification from the ANC on reports that it was backtracking on its stated intention to create "decent work".
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/ 14 January 2011
The absence of Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi from the ANC’s birthday celebrations marks a low point in the alliance relations.
Identifying practical steps to create jobs is the main focus of a meeting of the ANC’s top brass under way in Midrand on Thursday.
Even in the euphoric dawn of democracy in 1994 there were fears of the lack of a credible opposition that could challenge the ANC.
Not even the ANC will survive a legacy of corroded systems, political purges and politically conferred "innocence". <b>Njabulo S Ndebele</b> reports.
The ANC Women’s League is up in arms after being banned from voting at a conference in the Boland.
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/ 3 December 2010
The ANC faces an uphill battle in next year’s municipal elections.
African National Congress leaders debated provincial and local government weaknesses at a three-day summit that started in Johannesburg on Thursday.
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/ 2 December 2010
The ANC’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday the party needed to pull up its socks in the Western Cape and not play second fiddle.
The ANC will discuss the possibility of one election date for local, provincial and national elections at an upcoming summit, the party says.
The ANC Youth League, which is pushing hard for nationalisation, is at the centre of disputes within the ANC’s economic transformation committee.
The ANC’s leadership overrode the recommendation of Gwede Mantashe that Julius Malema be charged for the storming the stage at the NGC meeting.
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/ 19 November 2010
Cosatu lambastes the ANC’s R25-million stake in a Swazi mining deal, citing bad democratic practices.
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/ 16 November 2010
The Chamber of Mines welcomed reports that the ANC resolved to "investigate successful models that may be considered for the state role in mining".
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is off the hook for any wrongdoing at the national general council of the ANC, held in September.
The ANC is incensed that its alliance partner, Cosatu, is "ganging up" with NGOs.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the ANC’s criticism of Cosatu’s civil society conference was not motivated by paranoia.
The ANC leadership was paranoid in interpreting a civil society conference as an attempt to effect regime change, Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi says.
The conference held by a coalition of civil society groups in October have triggered fears in the ANC that a "workerist" party would be established.
HRC commissioner says attack motivated by unfavourable ruling.
Janet Love’s appointment to HRC is a case of cadre deployment, says Zille.
The congress of Cosatu’s teachers’ union, Sadtu, broke down in pandemonium on Thursday after delegates booed and heckled the ANC’s Gwede Mantashe.
The ANC’s left-wing allies are working on a plan that will propel trade union and communist leaders into top leadership positions.
Gwede Mantashe this week accused some ANC leaders of using "gate-keeping" to prevent new members with differing views from joining the party.
In an attempt to dilute fierce debate on nationalisation of mines, the ANC is to broaden the debate to focus on the role of the state in the economy.
The leaking of ANC leadership discussions and decisions to the media must be dealt with "decisively", Gwede Mantashe said on Monday.
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/ 21 September 2010
The African National Congress agreed with its alliance partners that using party positions to accumulate wealth was a concern.
<i>M&G</i> political editor <b>Rapule Tabane</b> predicts who the key players will be at the African National Congress national general council (NGC).
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/ 14 September 2010
Cosatu and the ANC want the focus of the ruling party’s forthcoming national general council to be on policy issues, not leadership squabbles.
The ANC and Cosatu will on Monday try to repair their governing alliance, which has been described "dysfunctional".
The debate surrounding nationalisation of mines
should not be based on an ideological or emotional feeling, ANC general secretary Gwede Mantashe said.
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/ 10 September 2010
President Jacob Zuma and the ANC’s national executive committee are not assured of Cosatu’s support at the next elective conference of the ANC.