Faced with falling public confidence, the ANC is to deal more harshly with members who cause divisions and drive speculation on the next leadership.
President Jacob Zuma’s appeal to ANC Youth League delegates to do away with factional tendencies appears to have fallen on deaf ears.
The MEC for local government and human settlements was nominated unopposed on Friday night for the vacant ANC Youth League presidency.
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".
A report warns that an ANC faction, disbanded by the party, aims to make a return in the province.
Divisions in the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union over investments and a trust for members have spilled into court.
The labour department wants the troubled Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union to be put under administration.
Former legal affairs executive manager Harry Lekalakala, who is claiming constructive dismissal, says he was targeted for flagging serious misconduct.
Numsa calls for inquiry into Eskom and says it must open its books for public scrutiny.
The ruling party wants to ensure that those who stand in local elections have community support.
Cosatu admits it is facing financial difficulties, and is looking for long-term solutions to arrest the dire situation.
"We [the ANC] are not ashamed of cadre deployment. We will continue to implement it without fail," says the Free State premier.
In a speech that was occasionally interrupted by the EFF, Premier David Makhura promised an injection of billions of rands into several initiatives.
Hundreds of ANC members paid their respects to Dumisa Ntuli, spokesperson for ANC Gauteng who died in a car accident last week.
Dumisa Ntuli died in a traffic collision on February 8 near his home in Albertsdal in the East Rand. He was 47.
The Gauteng arm of the EFF sang anti-Malema songs during the second day of the party’s national assembly, disrupting nomination proceedings.
The young lions’ internecine squabbles over its leadership elections in the North West have led branch delegates to lobby the ANC for a do-over.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura talks of radical change, but will the stars in his eyes blind him to reality?
The appointment of David Makhura as Gauteng premier could signal the end of the dominant Jacob Zuma-aligned group within the ANC.
Numerous Cosatu leaders will take seats for the ANC in Parliament in what critics are calling their reward for remaining loyal to the ruling party.
