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South Africa: A guide to the ANC national conference

Long simmering political tensions within the African National Congress (ANC) will come to the boil next week when the ruling party meets for its national conference. But while the summit has cast a long shadow over South Africa this year, we think that the mechanics of the meeting are poorly understood by many foreign observers. In this Watch, we will answer a few key questions.

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