Kgalema Motlanthe’s inability to break the party line and openly campaign against Jacob Zuma for the presidency is damaging his chances at Mangaung.
Indications are that Jacob Zuma will secure another five-year term as ANC president – but what will this mean for our politics, asks Nickolaus Bauer.
Sabotage, falling-outs and electricity outages ensured that it was an interesting week of local politics.
Divisions in the ANC at a local level are threatening KZN’s homogeneity as a voting bloc at the party’s conference in Mangaung later this year.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s campaign to become ANC president has begun in earnest, while Jacob Zuma tries to put a lid on the controversial spy tapes.
With just more than three weeks before the leadership nomination process closes, ANC branches are struggling to attract enough members to meetings.
When Cyril Ramaphosa was deployed to the private sector in the mid-90s, it was sold to him as a decade-long break from politics.
We hope we can clarify some of the processes leading up to the African National Congress’ elective conference, writes Gwede Mantashe.
Kgalema Motlanthe believes the ANC’s Mangaung conference could help restore the public’s confidence in the party by formulating clear policies.
They had to haul some members out of shebeens at an ANC meeting in Khutsong, but at least they got to nominate their candidates.
Jacob Zuma has never proposed anything coherent because, more often than not, he misdiagnoses the causes of SA’s challenges, writes Floyd Shivambu.
Jacob Zuma’s plans for the economy are in the spotlight, and Fikile Mbalula denies reports he is considering switching sides ahead of the conference.
#Gigabaforpresident has come up again, but what does it mean for South Africans should our tweeting minister be promoted, asks Verashni Pillay.
Jacob Zuma’s detractors have warned that another five years with him at the helm could have disastrous consequences for both the ANC and South Africa.
Khaya Dlanga believes the ANC has lost its identity and become a shadow of its former self, arguing that it’s time to Occupy the ANC.
Cosatu has announced that it will back President Jacob Zuma for a second term as ANC leader at the party’s elective conference in December.
Cosatu will back President Jacob Zuma and the "core of the Polokwane collective" for a second term as ANC leader, the union federation says.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s incredible reticence lets his supporters believe whatever they want – a lot like they did with Jacob Zuma, argues Verashni Pillay.
A leadership deal between President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe could be what the ANC needs to survive, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has been nominated by the Gauteng ANC provincial executive council to lead the ANC, Paul Mashatile said.
Initial reports suggest the majority of ANC Women’s League members want Jacob Zuma back as party president, the organisation said on Saturday.
The ANC’s regions, branches and leagues have been picking which horses to back as the Mangaung elective conference looms.
The ANC can do better but it won’t. Since the ANC won’t do better, the man who can outdo the party will remain at the helm for another five years.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is the ANC Youth League’s choice for the position of ANC president, it has announced.
The ANC has opened the nomination process for its elective conference in Mangaung, which could see President Jacob Zuma’s leadership challenged.
On Monday, the long lie that is the ANC pre-conference embargo on "leadership contestation" finally ends.
The ANC in the Western Cape is concerned that too many of its branches have been disqualified after an audit ahead of the Mangaung conference.
ANALYSIS: Despite assurances by his allies, there wasn’t a big turnout for Malema in Limpopo. And, as Mbeki learnt, it is the real numbers that count.
But the crowd that showed up to offer support during Julius Malema’s court appearance was as disappointing as the numbers at Tuesday night’s vigil.
The opposition is rebuilding, but the Democratic Alliance says it is still divided ahead of the Mangaung elective conference.
Cosatu is planning a nationwide strike to demand a radical economic shift on monetary policy and a review of the mandate of the SA Reserve Bank.
Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has retained his post, but union leaders are opposed to his outspokenness.