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John Block guilty of corruption, fraud, money laundering

The Northern Cape ANC chair and finance MEC will retain his positions until the court passes sentence against him, says Gwede Mantashe.

Your business is in danger if you don’t donate to the ANC – Zuma

President Jacob Zuma’s message is simple: Your company would be wise to invest in the ANC – blank cheques are preferable.

ANCWL defies Mantashe and pushes for a woman president

Despite Gwede Mantashe’s call for members to desist from leadership debates, the women’s league has made their stance known loud and clear.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

ANC to crack down on internal ill discipline

Faced with falling public confidence, the ANC is to deal more harshly with members who cause divisions and drive speculation on the next leadership.

ANCYL vies for youth fund control

The ANC Youth League wants closer scrutiny of the National Youth Development Agency’s millions.

The ANC’s historically legitimacy, the divided opposition, the proportional electorate system, and the lack of a broad-based party all contribute to its continued dominance Photo: File

Factional politics return to ANCYL

President Jacob Zuma’s appeal to ANC Youth League delegates to do away with factional tendencies appears to have fallen on deaf ears.

New ANCYL president Collen Maine.

ANCYL elects Collen Maine as new president

The MEC for local government and human settlements was nominated unopposed on Friday night for the vacant ANC Youth League presidency.

ANC’s 2016 headache – retaining the Big 5 metros

The future of South Africa’s politics will be decided on the battlefield of its metros.

Presidency official Lakela Kaunda has stuck by President Jacob Zuma through thick and thin. But nerves of steel are required for the job of presidential spokesperson.

Up for a challenge? Apply to be a presidential spin doctor

Mac Maharaj’s replacement was out of a job after just three months and Zuma loyalists are on the hunt for "someone they can trust".

Auditor General Terence Nombembe.

Zuma says sorry to fired Eskom boss

Word is that abruptly axed Eskom head Tshediso Matona has been offered a plum planning commission job.

ANC tells members to stop rising to EFF’s bait

Ahead of a policy review meeting, the ruling party says acting in haste may see it repenting at leisure.

The ANC member at the centre of the successful court bid to interdict the party’s regional conference described thuggery as the order of the day

ANC: The media is ganging up on us

ANC cadres in government can expect a media training course to help them counter "escalating ideological and political attacks" against the party.

Blame game after flawed Limpopo tender mess

Limpopo official Benedicta Monama stands accused of irregularly signing off R230-million worth of water projects.

Blight of the second term haunts Zuma

As the ANC and the state lock horns, some in the ruling party are peeved that Cabinet is leaving them in the dark on vital policy issues.

Allies: Former Limpopo premier Cassel Mathale

‘Boko Haram’ make a bid for Limpopo

A report warns that an ANC faction, disbanded by the party, aims to make a return in the province.

We take a look at all the drama that took place during the SONA in 2017. Will SONA 2018 live up to the expectation of chaos?

Labour officials told to cough up for defying minister

Refusing to bow to political pressure and put Ceppwawu under administration is costing officials in the labour department thousands in legal fees.

Cosatu show of strength isolates Zwelinzima Vavi

Support for the trade union federation’s ex-general secretary seems to be waning and his allies splintering.

Blade slams ‘neo-liberal’ media

SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande says SA is no longer a colony and applauded the government for not arresting Omar al-Bashir.

The two-time Olympic gold medallist and Athletics SA is asking the court to declare testosterone regulations that the International Association of Athletics Federations implemented last year as discriminatory. (Getty Images)

Paranoid Cosatu fears disruption

Eight rebel unions who sympathise with Numsa and Vavi are working with them to try to force a discussion about the transformation of Cosatu.

Blade to print media: ‘Be a nice profession’

SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said this week that it was time for independent regulation of the print media industry.