The DA was given a major scare by the Freedom Front Plus in a safe DA seat in Paarl, while the EFF made inroads in traditional ANC areas in Mpumalanga, and GOOD and the DA dented the ANC’s big ...

The project of renewal within the ANC is moving slowly, although non-genuine members are already weaning themselves off the party. That is the view shared by some ANC members in the Midlands, who have ...

This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. South Africa's African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, is facing perhaps its biggest challenge since its founding nearly a ...

(Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC said on Saturday it had decided to recall President Thabo Mbeki before the end of his term next year. Here are some key facts about him: * The son of one of an ...

Former President Thabo Mbeki has delivered a blunt assessment of the ANC, warning that the governing party and the country it has led for three decades are facing serious problems with no clear ...

In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Mbeki’s father was ...

South Africa’s 30th year of non-racial democracy under the governance of the African National Congress (ANC) has seen the return of two embittered former presidents to the electoral battlefield, ...