South Africa: ANC Must Take Steps to Restore Values - Zuma
SAPA, 8 January 2012
The ANC in 2012 would take urgent and practical steps to restore core values and political discipline in the party, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday. Read more »
Zambia: ANC Milestones Impress Sata
Times of Zambia, 9 January 2012
PRESIDENT Michael Sata says Zambia and South Africa are the only two countries in Africa that have had sitting presidents defeated in elections. Read more »
Rwanda: Govt, SA Ties Strong - Envoy
New Times, 9 January 2012
Rwanda and South Africa enjoy 'positive bilateral ties' as demonstrated by President Paul Kagame's visit to the Southern African nation, Rwanda's High Commissioner to South Africa,… Read more »
Sudan: Bashir Skips South Africa's ANC Centenary Celebrations
Sudan Tribune, 6 January 2012
The Sudanese government announced that president Omer al-Bashir will be unable to attend the celebrations in South Africa of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) 100th… Read more »
South Africa: ANC At 100 - From Struggle to Power
RNW Africa, 9 January 2012
Africa's oldest liberation movement celebrated 100 years in power on Sunday. The highlight should have been a speech by ANC leader Jacob Zuma, but while his dancing may have… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Accused of Living in Past After Centenary
RNW Africa, 9 January 2012
South African media criticised the ANC on Monday for celebrating its past at the expense of the present as the last merrymakers from the party's 100th anniversary celebrations… Read more »
Zambia: Beyond the ANC Celebrations
Times of Zambia, 7 January 2012
WE join millions of people in South Africa and beyond the frontiers of that great country in congratulating the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa which is… Read more »
South Africa: On the Return of the Political
SACSIS, 9 January 2012
When the African National Congress was founded in Bloemfontein in 1912 Sol Plaatje, then a newspaper editor, was elected as its first Secretary General. Plaatje, along with some… Read more »
South Africa: Thousands Attend Ruling Party Centenary
BuaNews, 8 January 2012
Zolani Matu, 38, travelled more than 1 000km from Cape Town to Bloemfontein to be part of the centenary celebrations of the African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday. Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Calls for Unity in Ruling ANC
ANC, 8 January 2012
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South Africa: Unemployment, Poverty, Inequality Need Attention
BuaNews, 8 January 2012
As the ANC celebrates its 100 years of existence, President Jacob Zuma says the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality has been identified as needing attention. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Centenary Torch Burning
SAPA, 8 January 2012
An ANC centenary torch was lit at midnight in Bloemfontein on Saturday, while party leaders, members, heads of state and guests celebrated until early hours on Sunday morning. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Marks 100 Years
BuaNews, 8 January 2012
Heads of State, royal families and thousands of supporters descended on the Free State Stadium on Sunday to mark the African National Congress' 100 years of existence. Read more »
South Africa: ANC in Centenary Show of Force
RNW Africa, 8 January 2012
Tens of thousands of South Africans joined the ANC's huge centennial bash in Bloemfontein Sunday, dancing and singing for the party that freed them from apartheid and gave them… Read more »
South Africa: African Leaders Heap Praise On ANC's Liberation Role
RNW Africa, 8 January 2012
African leaders hailed South Africa's ruling ANC in centenary celebrations for the continent's oldest liberation movement which inspired regional struggles for freedom. Read more »
South Africa: Ruling Party 100th Birthday Tees Off
SAPA, 6 January 2012
The ruling party's 100-year celebrations started with a golf day and a walk-about by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, but controversial youth league leader Julius Malema was likely… Read more »
South Africa: Centenary of the ANC - Message of Support from Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP
IFP, 8 January 2012
As members and supporters of the ANC gather in Bloemfontein this weekend to celebrate the centennial of the African National Congress, we all have reason to pause and consider the… Read more »
South Africa: Younger Members Shake Ruling Party's Traditions
Chatham House, 6 January 2012
On January 8, the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, will celebrate its centenary in the dusty town of Bloemfontein, where it was founded. What are its… Read more »
South Africa: Ruling Party Youth Mock Zuma
SAPA, 6 January 2012
A group of Thaba Nchu youth sang songs mocking President Jacob Zuma on Friday, calling him the "shower man" as they waited for suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema to… Read more »
South Africa: Mandela to Miss Ruling Party's Birthday
RNW Africa, 6 January 2012
Nelson Mandela will not attend this weekend's celebrations for the centenary of the African National Congress, the party he led to power after the fall of apartheid, an ANC leader… Read more »
South Africa: A Hundred Years Since Birth, but What Has Happened to the ANC?
African Arguments, 6 January 2012
It produced one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. It fought a violent race-based dictatorship and replaced it with the most liberal constitution the world has ever… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Centennial to Draw 46 Leaders, but Doubts for Mandela
RNW Africa, 4 January 2012
The African National Congress expects 46 heads of state at its 100th anniversary bash this weekend, but isn't sure its iconic leader Nelson Mandela will attend, the party said on… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Statement On Our Readiness for the Weekend Centenary Celebrations
ANC, 5 January 2012
The African National Congress has reached the milestone event of celebrating its 100 years. Today we stand on the verge of what has been hailed and embraced as a historic event… Read more »
South Africa: Will the ANC Learn From Nigeria or Just Party On?
Daily Maverick, 6 January 2012
Jacob Zuma will be busy this weekend, but if he can drag himself away from the party, he should have a chat with one of his guests. Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's pimp-hatted… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Party Attacks South Africa's Rulers
Nation, 5 January 2012
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF has launched an uncharacteristic attack on South Africa's ruling African National Congress accusing it of failing Africa with its… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Vice President Mujuru to Attend ANC Centenary Celebrations
The Herald, 5 January 2012
ACTING President Amai Joice Mujuru is expected to leave for South Africa today to represent President Mugabe at the African National Congress' Centenary Celebrations. Read more »
Kenya: Uhuru Invited for ANC Centenary Fete
The Star, 30 December 2011
DEPUTY Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta is among hundreds of guests invited by South Africa President Jacob Zuma to the centenary celebrations of the ruling African National Congress… Read more »
South Africa: Soweto Disillusioned Home of the ANC
RNW Africa, 3 January 2012
The cradle of the anti-apartheid movement, Soweto is no longer the ANC bastion it once was, with locals disillusioned by poor service delivery and constant squandering of public… Read more »
South Africa: Ruling Party to Celebrate Centenary
RNW Africa, 2 January 2012
South Africa's ruling ANC marks its 100th anniversary this week with a huge celebration attended by dozens of heads of state and buoyed by an unbroken 17 years in power since the… Read more »
Africa: ANC Leadership Battles Should be Open and Democratic
Fahamu, 22 December 2011
Much of the infighting in South Africa's ANC, which is paralysing both government and the party, is the result of outdated codes, traditions and rituals governing the elections of… Read more »
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