Mkhwebane further argues that Zuma cannot decide who will chair the commission as he has a direct personal or financial interest in its outcome
Rival political factions fighting for state power may be behind the recent spate of break-ins and fires at key government institutions
The South African Communist Party says its trust in its alliance partner has been broken by its failure to implement the 2007 Polokwane resolution.
Will voting in the motion of no confidence in the president be without fear, favour or prejudice? The speaker needs to decide on the secret ballot.
The level of outrage at wrongdoing should be weighted by harm done to the vulnerable. Instead, the Ombud seems more sensitive to harmed privilege
Mapaila said having Ramaphosa address the gathering would help avoid tension between the SACP and its ANC allies.
A combination of politicking ahead of the ANC policy conference, plus the machinations just before it met meant heightened tensions between factions.
The policy conference of the governing ANC will be remembered for a party in disarray, plagued with internal dissent.
Readers write in about the KhoiSan, and the BLF.
The ANC president’s compromise idea smacks of a leader backing a losing horse
The EFF wants him grilled in public over Nkandla and the DA wants his corruption charges to stick
Central to the case is whether the former NPA boss jumped or was pushed out of his job
The belligerence and divergent views expressed this past week leave little hope for self-correction
South Africa on Thursday avoided suffering any consequences for failing to deliver Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC.
Zuma’s suggestion, presented on the last day of the ANC’s national policy conference, took delegates by surprise and was met with hesitation.
The national executive committee member and former key policymaker refused to apologise for saying monopoly capital was not restricted to white people
The ANC president said the level of the discussions showed that the party has been in government for 23 years.
The ANC says South Africa has elements of a colour revolution: the role of NGOs in nonviolent response to no leadership, corruption and state failure
The ANC chair said opposition parties have a right to settle disputes in court
The ANC policy conference has adopted a proposal to expand its top six structure to eight people.
The M&G’s series of first-hand accounts of the ANC’s national conferences through the eyes of insiders continues with another delegate update
The bronzed ghosts of South Africa’s fight against oppression march defiantly towards the Nasrec convention centre in Soweto on Monday.
The ANC is in trouble so we have to fix it, says Gauteng’s Mashatile
The police minister spoke before the press early on Sunday, briefing those present on topics that dominated the ANC’s fifth policy conference.
President Jacob Zuma has taken the opportunity to voice a different understanding of democracy to that of his political foes.
As Jay-Z repents for his blunders, JZ dusts off his shoulders and remains blissfully unbothered.
Humility required by its leadership, who must prove able to guide organisation towards unity.
And the ANC president says the policy conference will provide robust discussion on the issue
The report also described the ANC’s branches as being in decline and its membership captured and divided by factionalism.
The president lashes out at his critics, saying they are not as strong as they portray themselves.
President Jacob Zuma has hit back at ANC veterans who called for a consultative conference of the party and his removal as head of state.
The ANC policy conference kicked off with an unlikely embrace between president Jacob Zuma and his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa on stage.