Former president Thabo Mbeki has torn into the leadership squabbles that recently played out in the Eastern Cape provincial elective conference which saw Oscar Mabuyane re-elected as provincial chair.

The president's supporters mostly sat in glum silence, apparently no longer able to muster the belief that their man can keep control of the party. Delegates were scheduled to vote yesterday evening.

Former president Thabo Mbeki has urged the ANC to hold a renewal conference and elect new leaders who have joined the party only to improve people’s lives and not out of a desire for self-enrichment.

Former president Thabo Mbeki will hold a meeting with African ambassadors to South Africa after a heated clash on the subject of xenophobia at the 14th African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) conference ...

The president's supporters mostly sat in glum silence, apparently no longer able to muster the belief that their man can keep control of the party. Delegates were scheduled to vote yesterday evening.