Political analyst says there are worrying signs the party could mobilise on a narrow nationalistic impulse
The former president is hoping that it will be third time lucky for him in this election round of their battle
Analysts have highlighted the inability to prosecute key perpetrators of corruption as the country slip down the global Corruption Perception Index
The NEC has finally agreed that exceptional circumstances warranted the former president’s suspension, but it hasn’t yet told him personally
The riots and the imprisonment of the former president coincided, and the unrest was orchestrated, but there was also no proof of who the masterminds were
The president’s visit and promise of housing is seen as an effort to garner ANC votes over the MK party ahead of elections
The disgraced former president has a 63.1% favourability score in his home province. Whether that translates into votes for his new party remains to be seen
Fikile Mbalula denies that bringing the former Durban mayor back into the fold is a way to neutralise the Jacob Zuma-affiliated MK party
A small crowd of about 300 gathered in Tembisa in anticipation of seeing their hero
ANC veterans have been seconded to help screen those implicated in state capture
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party wants Jacob Zuma back in office despite the Constitution barring this
ANC president says the party fears no new or existing party going into this year’s historic poll
The secretary general’s truth talk this week has turned the blaze on his comrades in the ANC
Load-shedding and unity are set to dominate the president’s address, which comes at a low point for the party
No decision from the ANC party leadership yet on how to how to handle the former president
Fikile Mbalula and other ANC officials are now at pains to say that his words were ‘a joke’ and ‘political rhetoric’
The fightback against Zuma’s defection and launch of the MK party has begun
Civil group #NotInMyName says the admission is a reason for citizens to ‘vote better’ in the upcoming elections
It’s not the start to the year any of us had been hoping for, but an inevitable one, given that nothing had changed — from a power-generation perspective — since before the holiday season began
Collen Malatji also said the party had been nursing the former president for too long, given he had caused more damage to the party than any other ANC leader
As the ANC’s standing and support sink to new lows, there is no emancipatory alternative ready to take to the hustings
A delegation from the MK party allegedly met Ngrayi Ngwenya on Sunday to convince him to join the party
South Africans love the ruling party – they just don’t like it at the moment – and the opposition parties appear to have learnt nothing in 30 years
Zuma was addressing residents at Heroes Acre in Imbali, where he visited the graves of struggle stalwarts Moses Mabhida and Johny Makhathini
The players in the weapons scandal involving bribes of about $300 million escaped justice
We take a look at presidents Mandela, Mbeki, Zuma and Ramaphosa and their contribution – or lack thereof – to a democratic South Africa
Three decades later Mzansi – and the author – are somewhat the worse for wear
Thirty years into its rule, the NP faced the reality of its demise. The ANC faces a similar reality
Insiders say that the party’s campaign to retain KwaZulu-Natal would rely on Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Zweli Mkhize
State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper
The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift
The initial commitment, informed by the constitutional dream of the struggle, has been trundled underfoot by ministers and presidents