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South Africa:
ANC Policy Conference to Cause Continued Contraction of Mining Sector
DA, 2 July 2012
The ANC's inability to clarify its stance on changes to the government's mining policy means that the industry will continue to be crippled by uncertainty until at least the ANC… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Policy Conference - Don't Pontificate, Implement!
Daily Maverick, 2 July 2012
The four-day ANC policy conference at the Gallagher estate is yet another example of the posturing of a party fast running out of excuses for lack of delivery. This should not have… Read more »
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South Africa:
Nationalisation - It's Not Over Until Mangaung Sings
Daily Maverick, 2 July 2012
On top of deciding whether Jacob Zuma will serve another term as ANC president, the 5,000 delegates who will attend the party's 53rd national conference in December will have to… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Policy Discussions Include Some Deadly Job Killers
DA, 29 June 2012
The policy discussions which have taken place at this week's ANC policy conference in Midrand seem to have served more as a proxy for the internal fight for the leadership of the… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Policy Conference, Day Three - Goodbye Youth Wage Subsidy, Hello Job Seekers' Grant and Media Offensive
Daily Maverick, 29 June 2012
As reports started rolling in from the ANC policy conference plenary commissions, new ideas were bandied about and key issues qualified. Greg Nicolson looks at the party's reports… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Policy Conference, Day Three - Partial Nationalisation of Mines On the Cards
Daily Maverick, 29 June 2012
A week of high drama at the ANC policy conference could end with a highly controversial resolution on the nationalisation of mines. While the resolution could have far-reaching… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Will Continue to Support Swazi People - ANC
SAPA, 28 June 2012
The ANC resolved that it will continue to be in solidarity with the people struggling in Swaziland, international relations committee member Lindiwe Zulu said on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Job Seekers Grant - ANC Copies Another DA Policy, Yet Also Lacks the Will to Implement This One
DA, 28 June 2012
President Jacob Zuma has apparently cherry-picked another DA policy and given it another name. The 'job seekers grant' appears to be a narrow version of the opportunity voucher… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Statement On the Update of Conference Proceedings
ANC, 28 June 2012
The National Policy Conference of the ANC has resumed its third day and is proceeding according to schedule. Read more »
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South Africa:
Day Two of ANC Policy Conference On Wednesday
SAPA, 27 June 2012
The second day of the ANC's policy conference will get underway at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Zuma Calls for 'Radical Shift' by Ruling Party
SAPA, 26 June 2012
The ANC needs to come up with a radical shift in policy to address the problems of poverty, unemployment and inequality, party president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Policy Conference - Zuma Misses Vital Trick At the Start
Daily Maverick, 26 June 2012
ANC president Jacob Zuma delivered his speech at the opening of the national policy conference. It was as typical a Zuma speech as anyone could have expected - that is, we heard… Read more »
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South Africa:
State Must Ensure People Have Land - Zuma
SAPA, 26 June 2012
In terms of the Constitution, the state has to ensure that citizens are able to obtain land rights, President Jacob Zuma said at the ANC's policy conference on Tuesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Party Gives Zuma Mixed Welcome
SAPA, 26 June 2012
President Jacob Zuma received a mixed welcome when he delivered his opening address at the ANC's four-day policy conference in Midrand on Tuesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
The Stakes At the ANC Policy Conference
Daily Maverick, 26 June 2012
The ANC's policy conference goes ahead on Tuesday in Johannesburg. Thirteen policy documents will be debated ahead of the elective conference in December. Adopted policies become… Read more »
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South Africa:
Road to Mangaung - Dilemma Motlanthe, the Invisible Man
Daily Maverick, 26 June 2012
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe appears to be unnerving President Jacob Zuma by simply standing still. It's downhill towards the ANC's elective conference in Mangaung in… Read more »
