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South Africa: ANC Policy Anarchy - Its Leaders Are Too Weak to Lead, or Too Weak to Take Over
The Conversation Africa, 9 July 2017
Disputed resolutions, deferred decisions and policy uncertainty were the prime bequests of the policy conference of South Africa's governing African National Congress to the… Read more »
Expropriate, Nationalise - Fallout from South Africa's ANC Summit
"When one does not win, let us not get rid of the one who did not win. Let us take the one who came second and make them the deputy so that they can work together. All the comrades will have won." - this is the suggestion by President Jacob Zuma that seemed to have taken delegates by surprise at the ruling party's policy conference. There were also debates on white monopoly capital, redistribution of land and the nationalising of the Reserve Bank.
President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa (front), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (left, back).
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South Africa: ANC Policy Conference - Party Failures Mean 2019 Coalitions Likely
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2017
The ANC's national policy conference was a failure. It struggled to united opposing factions and provide policy direction for South Africans demanding immediate change. Looking at… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Policy Conference Shows Shifting Balance of Power
The Conversation Africa, 9 July 2017
The media reported on the national policy conference of the African National Congress (ANC) through the perspective of power struggles. This wasn't far off the mark. While the… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Invokes the Ghosts of a Party Past
ISS, 6 July 2017
Though his statue stood in the grounds, alongside those of other former ANC leaders, the warm and embracing spirit of Nelson Mandela was evidently not dwelling in the chilly halls… Read more »
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South Africa: Two Deputy Presidents Remedy for Factionalism - Zuma
News24Wire, 5 July 2017
President Jacob Zuma has agreed with a KwaZulu-Natal proposal that the loser of the elective conference in December should take the deputy president role. Read more »
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South Africa: ANC's Migration Dilemmas in the 21st Century and the Future of Work
Democracy Works, 5 July 2017
Traditionally, migration has tended to be South-North but of late there is an increased shift of South-South migration. South Africa has witnessed increased and very significant… Read more »
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South Africa: Fear and Loathing - the ANC's Enemies Are Everywhere
Democracy Works, 3 July 2017
The discussion documents for the ANC's upcoming fifth policy conference reveal a party that professes a desire for self-correction and renewal but seems to have neither the guts… Read more »
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South Africa: Legislature and Governance - Towards Presidential Centralism
Democracy Works, 3 July 2017
What's expected in a discussion document on legislature and governance for the upcoming African National Congress (ANC) policy conference is an identification of the challenges and… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Policy Conference - Deeper Polarisation and a Stalemate for South Africa
The Conversation Africa, 5 July 2017
South Africa's governing African National Congress's previous four policy conferences have given a very good indication of what the policy resolutions will be at the national… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Policy Papers Point to a Party in a Panic About Losing Power
The Conversation Africa, 28 June 2017
The documents released ahead of the upcoming policy conference of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) expose a panicking party that sees enemies everywhere.… Read more »
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As the ruling African National Congress's presidential elective conference looms, things seem to be heating up, particularly between the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and former ... Read more »
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President Jacob Zuma says that the ruling African National Congress's six-day policy conference must be used to build unity within the embattled party which is dealing with high ... Read more »
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The debate on how to manage the succession battle for the positions of president and deputy president of the African National Congress has shown a deep divide between the various ... Read more »
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5 July 2017
Susan Booysen on the Outcomes of South Africa's ANC Conference
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- South African Broadcasting Corporation
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- South African Broadcasting Corporation
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President Jacob Zuma has thrown his weight behind a KwaZulu-Natal proposal, that in the case of two ANC Presidential nominees, the loser becomes ... see more »
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5 July 2017
Former Leaders Boycott South Africa's ANC Conference
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- Al Jazeera English
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- Al Jazeera English
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A group of senior figures in South Africa's ruling ANC party say the party is in crisis, accusing current leaders of shying away from problems. The ... see more »
