Zuma Lays Out His Plan for South Africa
President Jacob Zuma outlines the priorities of the ruling African National Congress at its 103rd anniversary celebration, which came after a year fraught with Parliamentary infighting and a scandal over the president's private Nkandla homestead.
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South Africa:
Zuma Vows to Carry Out Land Reform
The Herald, 12 January 2015
Describing the "willing buyer, willing seller" model of land reform as "unsuccessful", Zuma said expropriation will be on the cards for South Africa this year. Read more »
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South Africa:
Zuma Condemns Corruption
SAPA, 10 January 2015
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday listed energy, land, local governance and combating corruption as top priorities for the year ahead as he vowed to take the ruling party back to… Read more »
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South Africa:
SA Is Running On Diesel, but Zuma's ANC Is "Not Guilty"
DA, 11 January 2015
For President Jacob Zuma to say that the ANC must "not feel guilty about the energy issue" because it is Apartheid's fault, is to deny the very reason why South Africa faces an… Read more »
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South Africa:
Ruling Party Brings Annual Anniversary Promises to Cape Town
SAPA, 9 January 2015
An embattled President Jacob Zuma will on Saturday use the ANC's 103rd anniversary to seek to reclaim the moral high ground over his adversaries at a Cape Town rally meant to set… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC - From a Heroic Tradition to Sleaze and Crime
GroundUp, 6 January 2015
The ANC is one of the few political organisations in the world that has existed for over 100 years. It remains powerful electorally and although it received less votes than before… Read more »
ANC supporters (file photo).
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South Africa:
At ANC's Cape Town Birthday Plans Presser, Subject of Zille Dominates
Daily Maverick, 5 January 2015
At a press conference to announce the ruling party's readiness for its 103rd birthday bash in Cape Town this coming weekend, the ANC made it abundantly clear it was out of its… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC in Its 103rd Year
Daily Maverick, 5 January 2015
The ANC has meant different things at different phases of its existence. What has been an important factor in its survival - and may still be a reason why it still counts on… Read more »
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South Africa:
Ruling Party Celebrates 103 Anniversary, Freedom Charter
CAJ News, 5 January 2015
THE ruling African National Congress (ANC) has deployed party stalwarts in the Western Cape ahead of its 103rd anniversary celebrations. Read more »
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South Africa:
2015 - Darkness, Blind Curves and Potholes in the Political Road Ahead
Daily Maverick, 5 January 2015
Even by South Africa's highly politicised standards, 2014 was a year unusually dominated by politicians, foremost among them our Number One Politician - or should we call him our… Read more »
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South Africa:
SA Today - We Won't Let Zuma Replace Hawks With Lame Ducks
DA, 11 January 2015
Yesterday President Zuma took to the podium at the ANC's 103rd birthday party and proclaimed: Read more »
InFocus
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Jacob Zuma has been accused of misusing taxpayer funds to finance the upgrades made to his Nkandla homestead. Read more »
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Twenty Economic Freedom Fighter MPs who heckled President Jacob Zuma in Parliament over repayment of funds used for his Nkandla homestead have been disciplined. Read more »