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Former president Thabo Mbeki. (David Harrison/M&G)

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

The government is taking the Public Servants Association to the labour court.

Free State ANC branches rattle elective conference

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

Minister Pravin Gordhan gets a warm greeting from former minister Trevor Manuel after his first budget speech as the new

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.

ANC top brass plan Zuma’s exit

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

The American dream is eroding and with it the promise of the land of the free.

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.

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

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?

Ramaphosa epitomises corporate-state collusion

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

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.

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.

So how has our world changed since the highly anticipated Mangaung ANC conference?

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.

‘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.

The four men accused of plotting the assassination of President Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s elective conference will reappear in court on Friday.

‘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.

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.

The four men accused of plotting the assassination of President Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s elective conference will reappear in court on Friday.

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".

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.

Jacob Zuma’s lobbyists have called for support from the provinces on the premise that his re-election will revive the ANC.

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.

Tokyo Sexwale.

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.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

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.

VIDEO M&G’s Rapule Tabane analyses President Zuma’s victory at Mangaung

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.

The ANC Mangaung conference dominated news this week

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?