Search
Welcome
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe here
Register Now
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
                       
Careers & Tenders
Newsletters
Subscribe
The Mail & Guardian
      SUBSCRIBE / Support independent journalism                   CAREERS & TENDERS / Visit careers.mg.co.za                   WHATSAPP? / Follow the M&G WhatsApp channel here            
Login / Register

LOGIN

  • News
    • Africa
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Education
    • Health
    • Motoring
    • National
    • Sci-tech
    • Sport
    • World
  • Thought Leader
  • Politics
  • Green Guardian
  • Friday
  • Features
    • Buthelezi, the King’s Hand
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2023
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2012-2021
    • The Fiscal Cliff
  • Research World
    • Submissions
    • Papers
  • 200 Young South Africans
  • Events
    • 200 Young South Africans
    • Greening The Future
    • Power Of Women
      • 2024 Edition
    • Critical Thinking Forum
    • Youth Summit
    • Webinars
  • More..
    • Partners
    • Podcasts
    • Crossword
    • Digital Editions
    • Register
    • WhatsApp Channel
    • Login
    • Lost Password

           

Mangaung Conference

Mugabe was our fellow combatant — Mbeki
Article
/ 17 September 2019

Mugabe was our fellow combatant — Mbeki

The former president pays tribute to the late Zimbabwean leader in his first address to an ANC event since he was infamously recalled

By Paddy Harper
Free State ANC branches rattle elective conference
Article
/ 9 March 2018

Free State ANC branches rattle elective conference

Hopes for unity are further complicated by divisions in the anti-Magashule branches

By Dineo Bendile
Unlike Trevor Manuel, Pravin Gordhan cannot retire
Analysis
/ 31 October 2016

Unlike Trevor Manuel, Pravin Gordhan cannot retire

The thanks Pravin Gordhan gets for his loyalty is a spit in the face from Zuma, in the form of the fraud charges against him.

By Thebe Mabanga
ANC top brass plan Zuma’s exit
Article
/ 13 May 2016

ANC top brass plan Zuma’s exit

NEC insiders claim that President Jacob Zuma is being consulted on ways to bow out gracefully.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
US damned if it does, damned if it doesn’t
Analysis
/ 5 July 2013

US damned if it does, damned if it doesn’t

Anti-Americanism and Sinophobia are a chimera that our government should help to disabuse our professional protesters of, writes Khadija Magardie.

By Khadija Magardie
Pimples: No man is an island, Kgalema
Videos
/ 13 February 2013

Pimples: No man is an island, Kgalema

Mangaung is a distant memory and the heyday of being Zuma’s play thing are gone forever. Enjoy your holiday but don’t forget to write. Life’s a beach, hey KG?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Ramaphosa epitomises corporate-state collusion
Analysis
/ 1 February 2013

Ramaphosa epitomises corporate-state collusion

Is a sober look at Cyril Ramaphosa, presumed successor to President Jacob Zuma, finally possible a month after Mangaung?

By Patrick Bond
Five reasons for South Africans to celebrate Mangaung
Article
/ 15 January 2013

Five reasons for South Africans to celebrate Mangaung

Did you miss the nitty-gritties of the ANC’s Mangaung conference while you were on holiday? Verashni Pillay tells you what’s worth celebrating.

By Verashni Pillay
Zuma confident in overwhelming support of ANC
Article
/ 12 January 2013

Zuma confident in overwhelming support of ANC

President Jacob Zuma has said he believes the ANC will get overwhelming support at the 2014 national elections.

By Matuma Letsoala and Sapa
Grand slam for Zuma, but what about the poor?
Article
/ 11 January 2013

Grand slam for Zuma, but what about the poor?

Business, unions, public servants — the ANC conference in Mangaung covered all bases, except for the biggie, says Rapule Tabane.

By Rapule Tabane
‘Surveillance team’ claims evidence against Mangaung plotters
Article
/ 10 January 2013

‘Surveillance team’ claims evidence against Mangaung plotters

Evidence in court has confirmed how a "SAPS surveillance team" helped stop a right-wing plot allegedly targeting the ANC’s Mangaung conference.

By Sarah Evans
‘Battle of Mangaung’ bombers to reappear in court
Article
/ 9 January 2013

‘Battle of Mangaung’ bombers to reappear in court

The four men accused of plotting the assassination of President Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s Mangaung conference are expected to reappear in court.

By Sarah Evans
Mangaung: The way forwardish
Article
/ 4 January 2013

Mangaung: The way forwardish

As the dust settles after December’s ANC conference, Not the M&G brings you these exclusive scoops from between the lines next to the buffet table.

By Not The Mail and Guardian Author
The Mangaung speech that never was
Article
/ 4 January 2013

The Mangaung speech that never was

We have managed to acquire a recording of a speech made by Deputy Commissar for Deputised Commissars of South-Western Free State, made at Mangaung.

By Not The Mail and Guardian Author
What drove the alleged plotters to try to blow up the ANC’s leadership?
Article
/ 4 January 2013

What drove the alleged plotters to try to blow up the ANC’s leadership?

According to a forensic psychologist in the prison service, a journey into the mind of a right-wing bomber is "brief".

By Not The Mail and Guardian Author
Road to Mangaung: How Zuma won Mangaung votes
Article
/ 28 December 2012

Road to Mangaung: How Zuma won Mangaung votes

Provincial support has been garnered as part of a key strategy to win votes at the crucial conference.

By Charles Molele, Matuma Letsoala and Mmanaledi Mataboge
Tokyo Sexwale: I have nowhere else to go
Article
/ 24 December 2012

Tokyo Sexwale: I have nowhere else to go

Tokyo Sexwale on Sunday became the first of Mangaung’s walking wounded to pledge his future to the ANC, refusing to give up his government position.

By Nickolaus Bauer
Mangaung: Mantashe ‘disappointed’ at NEC elections
Article
/ 23 December 2012

Mangaung: Mantashe ‘disappointed’ at NEC elections

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has stated that he is somewhat disappointed at the party’s national executive committee elections.

By Sapa
M&G analysis: Post-Mangaung
Videos
/ 21 December 2012

M&G analysis: Post-Mangaung

VIDEO M&G’s Rapule Tabane analyses President Zuma’s victory at Mangaung, whether Malema’s political career is over and what it all means for SA going forward.

By Staff Reporter
Weekend 101: This is goodbye … for now
Videos
/ 21 December 2012

Weekend 101: This is goodbye … for now

The ANC Mangaung conference dominated news this week, while the school shooting in the USA has re-ignited debate around gun control. Also, is this the end?

By Staff Reporter
Zuma savours victory, but still has mountain to climb
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Zuma savours victory, but still has mountain to climb

Zuma has demonstrated an incredible skill at defeating his opponents: five years ago at Polokwane and now, at Mangaung.

By Rapule Tabane
From the Editor: This is my song, for the asking
Article
/ 21 December 2012

From the Editor: This is my song, for the asking

Shell-shocked by the developments of 2012, ordinary South Africans must now lead, writes Nic Dawes.

By Nic Dawes Author
Mangaung: Ramaphosa in conflict
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Mangaung: Ramaphosa in conflict

The sudden winding up of the ANC’s newly elected deputy president’s businesses to allow him to enter government carries financial risk.

By Staff Reporter
Pro-change group lay charges against police
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Pro-change group lay charges against police

Paranoia reigned at Mangaung when the police allegedly harassed, assaulted and bound a group of people prevented from attending the ANC’s conference.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
Zuma for president: ANC North West picks Msholozi
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Zuma for president: ANC North West picks Msholozi

The ANC in the North West has nominated President Jacob Zuma for a second term as party leader.

By Genevieve Quintal
Mangaung: Mantashe doesn’t walk the talk
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Mangaung: Mantashe doesn’t walk the talk

Gwede Mantashe embraces what he criticises and as a result the ANC as a whole is at war with itself, writes Niren Tolsi.

By Niren Tolsi
Manuel, Motlanthe and other party seniors eye future without ANC
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Manuel, Motlanthe and other party seniors eye future without ANC

The post-Mangaung era could see the government lose two key leaders: Kgalema Motlanthe and Trevor Manuel.

By Matuma Letsoala, Charles Molele and Rapule Tabane
Cyril Ramaphosa the key to urban voters
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Cyril Ramaphosa the key to urban voters

By going for broke, Kgalema Motlanthe ensured the ANC had to face the scale of its Jacob Zuma problem, writes Nic Dawes.

By Nic Dawes Author
Businesses vie for ANC attention
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Businesses vie for ANC attention

The Progressive Business Forum marquee at the Mangaung elective conference revealed a mixed bag of companies hoping to cosy up to the ruling party.

By Nickolaus Bauer
National development: ANC sticks to the plan
Article
/ 21 December 2012

National development: ANC sticks to the plan

There are moves afoot to adopt the national development plan despite Cosatu’s concerns, writes Lisa Steyn.

By Staff Reporter
ANC gets decisive on economy, integrity and governance
Article
/ 21 December 2012

ANC gets decisive on economy, integrity and governance

Jacob Zuma’s new ANC leadership has taken its most decisive move to end uncertainty about economic policy by flatly rejecting nationalisation.

By Niren Tolsi, Matuma Letsoala, Charles Molele and Mmanaledi Mataboge
Mangaung: Terrorist threat or flight of fancy?
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Mangaung: Terrorist threat or flight of fancy?

The failed Mangaung coup by Hein Boonzaaier, Johan Prinsloo, Martin Keevy and Mark Trollip has once again raised the spectre of a right-wing attack.

By Sally Evans, Sarah Evans and Phillip De Wet
← Older posts

MAIL & GUARDIAN

ABOUT

About
Contact
Advertise

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscribe
Newsletters

FOLLOW

WhatsApp Channel
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
LinkedIn
TikTok
Threads

FLAGSHIP EVENTS

200 Young South Africans
Power Of Women
Greening The Future

LEGAL & CORRECTIONS

Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Ethics & Social Media Policy

RESOURCES

Mail & Guardian Careers
Property for sale


Mail & Guardian

© 2025 The Mail & Guardian. All rights reserved.

  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }