The ANC was considering dramatic changes to the Constitution, which included doing away with the "sunset clauses", and adjusting the powers of the Reserve Bank and provinces, City Press reported.

Draft policy documents were set to be distributed to the party's branches on Monday in preparation for the ANC's policy conference in June, the newspaper reported.

In the documents, the ANC said the 1996 Constitution was appropriate for a "political transition" but had proven inadequate for social and economic transformation.

Other topics discussed included:

-- The public impression that the party was seen from the outside as a "neo-patrimonial political machine to distribute power and resources among ourselves."

-- The "crisis of credibility" the party faced in terms of its capacity to deliver social and economic change

-- The principle of ubuntu being introduced into the school curriculum

-- HIV/Aids being made a notifiable disease

-- The introduction of compulsory community service for all university graduates

-- The continued implementation of a media appeals tribunal

-- Introducing a BEE code for the print media sector

The ANC said constitutions were "living documents and reflect the stage of development of a given society," reported the City Press.

The party also questioned whether it could still refer to itself as a liberation movement versus it becoming a political party.