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.
New members of Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet were sworn in on Monday and everyone had a story to tell about where they were when their cellphones rang.
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/ 1 November 2010
President Jacob Zuma displayed his masterful chess skills with a major reshuffling of his executive on Sunday.
Deputy minister says SA would have voted against Iran sanctions at UN Security Council
Mbhazima Shilowa, the deputy president of Cope, is considering turning down the nomination to oppose Mosiuoa Lekota for the party’s top job.
The appointment of a KZN education official as director general in the Presidency has come as a surprise in political circles.
The ANC’s left-wing allies are working on a plan that will propel trade union and communist leaders into top leadership positions.
Like a child in a toyshop with his parents, the youth league had a long list of presents it wanted from the ANC’s national general council.
Although the ANCYL has reached its goal of keeping nationalisation on the agenda, it will have an uphill battle convincing ANC policy gurus.
Distaste for the media hung thick at the ANC’s national council, much like the moisture that stuck to our backsides, writes <b>Mandy Rossouw</b>.
The ANC NGC may formally claim to be a forum for discussion and review, but the succession question remains the elephant in the room.
President Jacob Zuma took time out of the national general council on Wednesday to pay homage to patriotic companies.
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.
It was a Jacob Zuma we haven’t seen in a while: speaking at the NGC, he said everything that needed to be said about issues affecting the ANC.
ANC national organiser Fikile Mbalula tells <b>Mandy Rossouw</b> that those who think president Jacob Zuma will be recalled are dreaming.
Journalists were left fuming in the Durban City Hall after the accreditation process of the ANC national general council was delayed on Sunday night.
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/ 13 September 2010
All 25 departments and public entities falling under the DA-led Western Cape government received unqualified audits for the 2009-10 financial year.
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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.
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/ 10 September 2010
The public-service strike was suspended for 21 days this week because it was losing public support and members could not afford to forfeit more pay.
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/ 7 September 2010
The African National Congress wanted the two-week public service strike to have been "called off" rather than merely "suspended".
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/ 3 September 2010
Two new ambassadors-designate from the Western Cape have been added to the diplomatic corps in order to purge the province of its warring factions.
Despite the standoff between the ANC Youth League and Nedbank, the league’s financial report reveals that it continues to do business with the bank.
Those close to him would like to see the ANC NGC discipline Malema’s national executive committee because of "divisive behaviour".
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/ 1 September 2010
In a tit-for-tat agreement, the SA government has secured the support of Serbia in SA’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
ANC leaders are briefed on workings of the communist party and the government on visits to China.
<b>Mandy Rossouw</b> attempts to unravel the complicated reality of cooperative governance in the Western Cape.
Cosatu has announced that it will not support the idea of a statutory media appeals tribunal.
Tokyo Sexwale this weekend promised impoverished residents of Plettenberg Bay that he would establish a dialogue between the rich and the poor.
President Jacob Zuma is so alarmed by rumours that some ANC leaders are planning a revolt against him that he has embarked on a tour of the provinces.
A sheriff of the court went to Luthuli House in Johannesburg in June. But for fear of political fallout, he did not remove any property.
Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula admitted on Tuesday that the use of money in elective conferences of the ANC is an increasing trend.
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund will call its former CEO to explain why he did not disclose that model Naomi Campbell had given him uncut diamonds.