'I was right about the left'

Booed last week, Billy Masetlha now feels vindicated by President Jacob Zuma's handling of affairs.

Are you a nationalist or a communist?

That’s what ANC members will need to decide before the 2012 national conference, the battle lines of which are being drawn with much public fighting.

Mantashe: A hat too many?

Hostility towards the left grows in the ANC following the booing of Julius Malema by delegates at the SACP’s special conference in Polokwane last week

Manamela: SACP not trying to take over ANC

The SACP is not trying to take over the ANC, said Young Communist League leader Buti Manamela on Wednesday.

Malema: Zuma will never surrender to communists

ANCYL president Julius Malema on Tuesday vowed to ensure that President Jacob Zuma would never "surrender" to the influence of communists.

Malema: ANCYL to fight 'greedy yellow communists'

The ANC Youth League will fight any attempts by "greedy yellow communists" to control the party, its president Julius Malema said on Tuesday.

Numsa accuses Malema of fostering anti-communism

Numsa on Monday accused ANCYL president Julius Malema of fostering anti-communism in the ANC after he was booed at the SACP's conference last week.

ANCYL: Booing linked to succession debate

The ANCYL believes it knows why SACP delegates booed Julius Malema last week -- it is all linked to the 2012 succession debate within the ruling party

Mantashe: ANC must remain political centre

The ANC must remain the political centre of the ruling alliance, party secretary general and SACP chairperson Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday.

Communists need to take a sho't left

The Communist Party must forsake the safety of the tripartite alliance and pick up other forces on the left if it is to overcome capitalism.

The end of the left as we know it

Some militant communists are gradually adopting a more pragmatic outlook.

Blade set to escape the SACP's sickle

The SACP looks set to retain Blade Nzimande as general secretary -- despite the fact that he is higher education minister.

The future of the state

The SACP's Jeremy Cronin is calling for a two-tiered cabinet and to no longer have the treasury as "the tail that wags the dog".

Zuma: Unity of the alliance is paramount

The unity of the ruling alliance was "paramount and fundamental", President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.

Investors look to new Cabinet for direction

Investors will be looking to the composition of SA's new Cabinet as a clue to the future policy direction, financial services group Nomura says.

Madisha announces new trade union launch

Ex-Cosatu president Willie Madisha announced on Thursday that a new trade union movement is to be launched on March 28 in Gauteng.

Top lefties snub ANC jobs

Key Cosatu and SACP leaders have surprisingly declined ANC nominations for seats in the National Assembly after this year's general election.

'ANC may trim development programmes'

The ANC may have to scale down some of its development programmes, SA Communist Party deputy general-secretary Jeremy Cronin said on Wednesday.

ANC warns alliance about posts

Gwede Mantashe insists Cosatu and SACP members will share 20% of places on the ANC election lists.

Creating a case to bend the law

The lobbying in favour of the "political deal" is intense; it is happening on all fronts.