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COSATU president fights for control to save ANC alliance

The Congress of South African Trade Unions' pro-Ramaphosa president, Zingiswa Losi, seems to have managed to quell the discontent at the top of her organisation after her opponents wanted to split with the ruling party. [...]

Published on 02/11/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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ANC vainly hopes to pass expropriation bill ahead of party conference

The first house of the South African parliament adopted a bill to allow land expropriations without compensation on 28 September. The African National Congress would like to trumpet this success at its national conference in December, but the clock is ticking and several hurdles stand in the way of it being promulgated in time.

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How key ANC body steers South Africa's foreign policy

At its conference in December, delegates from the ruling party will vote on a range of new national measures. Led by Lindiwe Zulu, the ANC's powerful international relations sub-committee is once again set to impose its will on the executive, with implications for Israel, Russia and Western Sahara.

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Lindiwe Zulu, chairperson of the ANC foreign policy sub-committee.

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All-powerful Constitutional Court defends its independence as political attacks intensify

Since it began to operate in 1995, the Constitutional Court, with its 11 judges, has always succeeded in playing its role of counterweight to the government, setting a rare example on the African continent in this respect.

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The front of the Constitutional Court of South Africa on Constitution Hill in central Johannesburg.

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Struggling NUM cosies up to old rival AMCU

Ever since the Marikana massacre in the platinum belt in 2012, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been losing ground to its rival, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). To secure its future, its new leadership is pushing for a rapprochement and making a conscious effort to steer clear of politics.

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A joint demonstration by striking NUM and AMCU members at Kloof mine, Johannesburg, on 25 March.

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South Africa
COSATU president fights for control to save ANC alliance

South Africa
ANC vainly hopes to pass expropriation bill ahead of party conference

Inner circles | South Africa
How key ANC body steers South Africa's foreign policy

Inner circles | South Africa
All-powerful Constitutional Court defends its independence as political attacks intensify

South Africa
Struggling NUM cosies up to old rival AMCU