In 2007, South Africa is celebrating 13 years of democracy. It has been a year characterized by the trials of adolescence and the growing pains that are bound to occur in a maturing democracy. Most ...

South Africa's ruling African National Congress began voting in a leadership election. It's expected to be won by Jacob Zuma and that would put him on track to become the country's president in 2009.

The African National Congress, South Africa's ruling party, meets this week to choose a new leader. But the leadership battle has been ugly, pitting current President Thabo Mbeki against his former ...

If 'gangster premier league' wins, ANC could face split - Cronin. 13 July 2017. Johannesburg - Former SACP deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin has warned of a possible split in ...

POLOKWANE, South Africa, Dec. 17 -- Africa's iconic liberation movement is this week facing urgent new demands from its members to display the same principles of open, accountable rule that it long ...

President Thabo Mbeki last week made an impassioned plea to ANC MPs not to allow the ruling party to be led by "rapists", "criminals" and "counter-revolutionaries and mercenaries". Mbeki was ...

The battle for ANC leadership in Limpopo heats up as Fikile Mbalula clears Vhembe and Norman Mashabane regions, but ...

The ANC provincial secretary, Reuben Madadzhe, has legitimised the Peter Mokaba Regional Elective Conference in Limpopo, despite chaotic scenes and allegations of irregularities. The conference, held ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 16 -- Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma this week signaled her interest in heading South Africa's ruling African National Congress, a position that could put her on track to ...