- Vol 54 No 2
- 18th January 2013
The pro-Kgalema Motlanthe African National Congress leaders have been purged from the National Executive Committee. That includes Tokyo Sexwale, Mathews Phosa, Fikile Mbalula and leaders from provinces or factions that backed him: Limpopo, North-West, Wes...
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
The real test of Zuma’s crushing victory over the ANC dissidents will be whether the party retains its political dominance in the 2014 elections
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Downgraded by the rating agencies and facing spiralling trade and budget deficits, South Africa needs its policy makers to make some tough decisions this year. Many will involve a messy confrontation with organised labour as deep cracks appear in Preside...
- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
President Jacob Zuma has sent 40 hand-picked intelligence operatives to the African National Congress’s 16-20 December conference in Mangaung, we hear. They will be on the look-out for anyone intent on disruption but their real mission is to identify and ...
- Vol 53 No 24
- 30th November 2012
President Jacob Zuma is tightening his grip on state-owned enterprises and purging boards and executives. His advisors say the SOEs often ignore his government’s objectives, behave too independently and include too many supporters of ex-President Thabo Mb...
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
A ruthless re-election campaign is set to win Jacob Zuma another term as ANC leader and national President
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
Of the 4,500 voting delegates who will decide the African National Congress presidential election at the party conference, 4,103 (91.2%) will come from ANC branches, each of which has at least one vote (with two or three for large city branches). Branch d...
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
A furious row has erupted in cabinet between the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, and her counterpart at National Planning, Trevor Manuel.
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
On the brink of the ANC conference in Mangaung in December, incumbent Jacob Zuma has outmanoevered his rivals for the party presidency
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
The plan to secure President Jacob Zuma certain victory at the African National Congress’s leadership election focuses on one-to-one meetings with his main opponents. Zuma’s enforcers are concentrating on those ANC figures who have strong local support in...