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/ 16 January 2006
"Enoch Godongwana leads me to his computer to show me the title of his column for publication in the <i>Daily Dispatch</i> that Friday. ‘The rules of fairness must prevail,’ he reads with a chuckle. It was the week former deputy president Jacob Zuma had been charged with rape, and Godongwana wanted his say: rape must be condemned but Zuma shouldn’t be castigated until proven guilty," writes Vicki Robinson.
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/ 13 January 2006
The African National Congress is facing internal rebellion in some of its traditional strongholds ahead of the local government election. A growing number of party members in at least three provinces have indicated they will break ranks and stand as independent candidates.
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/ 9 December 2005
The African National Congress Youth League has become increasingly isolated in its defiant support for Jacob Zuma, after key party structures dumped him in the aftermath of his rape charge this week. The league said the rape charge alone, without a conviction, was insufficient to warrant a change in its stance.
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/ 9 December 2005
The political disabling of Jacob Zuma has again thrown open the presidential succession race — and a powerful group of African National Congress members close to President Thabo Mbeki are said to be throwing their support behind Mbhazima Shilowa, Premier of Gauteng, as their favoured candidate.
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/ 2 December 2005
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s announcement that she will propose an independent review of the country’s labour legislation to Cabinet in January has irked the Congress of South African Trade Unions. ”We are very angry,” said Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu general secretary.
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/ 25 November 2005
Sexual pressure from male political colleagues is a daily reality, woman MPs complained recently. They also said that ”traditional” sexual attitudes among certain male politicians added to the pressures. The abuse of political position for sex is among the many taboo issues thrown up by the rape allegations against Jacob Zuma.
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/ 25 November 2005
The Young Communist League is considering suspending its deputy national secretary, Mazibuko Jara, for questioning the league’s support for Jacob Zuma. It is understood that the league met recently to discuss the suspension of Jara over a paper he has written titled <i>What Colour Is Our Flag? Red or JZ?</i>. The paper has been leaked to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
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/ 25 November 2005
The Congress of South African Trade Union has qualified its support for African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma pending the outcome of the rape allegations against him. Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said that they would review their support for Zuma if the rape matter went to court.
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/ 25 November 2005
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>The police forensic laboratory in Pretoria that is testing DNA samples obtained from the complainant in the rape claim against African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma is being heavily guarded to ensure that crucial evidence is not tampered with or the results leaked.
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/ 25 November 2005
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma is determined to fight on, despite agreeing to the issuing of a public ANC statement that projected his cause as a lost one. Zuma’s aides insist the statement issued by the ANC after its national executive committee (NEC) meeting last weekend was a "public relations exercise" to project the image of a unified movement.