Events took a turn at the ANC Mangaung conference as liberation movements such as Zanu-PF began comparing themselves to the ANC.
With Jacob Zuma re-elected to lead the ANC, the party needs to now deal with the high possibility of losing votes come the 2014 national election.
President Jacob Zuma swept to victory in a battle for the ANC leadership, while Kgalema Motlanthe is heading for the political wilderness.
The M&G’s Nic Dawes analyses events at the conference so far – political and organisational reports, the pro-Zuma atmosphere and the alleged bomb threat.
Politics trump data this week as the ANC’s leadership conference gets underway, Japan’s old leadership is back in power and Europe waits on Italy.
In an attempt to redeem his government from a slew of mishaps by the education department, Jacob Zuma has hinted at the return of school inspectors.
The ANC cozied up to big business at a fundraiser in Mangaung, re-imagining its failures as successes and forgetting the lessons from Marikana.
ANC delegates and business people will have to pay at least R500 000 to be seated at the presidential table at the party’s Business Forum gala dinner.
Watch the highlights package of our chat with the M&G’s Mmanaledi Mataboge and deputy editor Rapule Tabane about the ANC elective conference.
It is fashionable to blame politicians for a lack of ethics, but they are abetted by business
A frosty contest is expected at Mangaung as the "cold war" between Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe escalates.
Officials differ on whether Michael Hulley, responded to critical questions about a grants tender. Craig McKune reports.
KwaZulu-Natal insiders say Zweli Mkhize, once a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, is aware of the campaign to kick him out of the province.
Meet the friends and foes of President Jacob Zuma who will either make or break him at the Mangaung policy conference.
The ANC has delivered an unpalatable 12 months that has left the nation hungry for leadership, writes Richard Calland.
In Parliament, ANC MPs giggled and clapped when Lindiwe Sisulu said Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier had a "flea-infested body".
Fraudster and President Jacob Zuma’s former financial adviser Schabir Shaik claims the money did not buy him any commercial benefits.
SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng supported the decision to drop a pre-recorded SABC3 interview with cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro.
Various anti-Zuma factions have launched bids to declare the provincial processes invalid, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has accepted his nomination for ANC president and will square up against incumbent Jacob Zuma in Mangaung.
The Democratic Alliance has asked the South African Revenue Service to investigate President Jacob Zuma’s financial affairs.
The Pimples take a trip to the faulty towers of the SABC where a desperate JZ is crying out for attention. Ag shame!
With Jacob Zuma almost assured of a second term as ANC leader, attention has turned to arguably a more important battle for the deputy presidency.
Mpho Moshe Matheolane hopes that life post-Christmas – and post-Mangaung – proves to be as busy as this past year.
Jacob Zuma has congratulated Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on receiving the Unesco/Bilbao human rights prize in France.
With just one week to go until ANC delegates descend upon Mangaung, we chat to our politics team about their predictions for the all-important conference.
President Jacob Zuma’s inability to control his spending is not a new South African story; most citizens seem to be spending beyond their means.
Zuma can save the ANC by not accepting nomination for the presidency at Mangaung, says Paul Khitsane.
Politics is so riddled with patronage that the latest revelations about payments made to President Jacob Zuma have been dismissed, say analysts.
The SAPS says the construction of a police station in President Jacob Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla is not linked to the upgrades to his home.
Despite Jacob Zuma’s overwhelming support to lead the ANC again, Kgalema Motlanthe will still challenge him as a form of protest at Mangaung.
The ANC has declined to comment on the M&G report claiming Jacob Zuma had more benefactors than previously thought to cover his debts and expenses.