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Amy Musgrave
Metsimaholo will be a measure of the ANC’s problems
It could be a wake-up call for a party distracted by power struggles over its next group of leaders
Municipality’s rot is in your face but there is  no clear-cut solution
The worst-performing municipalities were found in the Free State and North West which had huge liquidity shortfalls.
Bruising Metsimaholo by-election shows ANC is bleeding support
The Metsimaholo results indicate that the party’s support among the township dwellers in the municipality has collapsed.
Will the Metsimaholo by-elections bring relief to its beleaguered residents?
There is no guarantee that any are likely to be given an outright mandate to pursue their manifestos.
The SACP has the ANC over a barrel in Metsimaholo municipality
By taking on its alliance member, the SACP is ‘making history’ in the small Free State district
State has to prove Zuma is HIV-positive
The state has to prove Jacob Zuma is HIV-positive and that was why he could allegedly rape an HIV-positive woman, his defence told the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday. Zuma’s…
Zuma’s story ‘laughable, fanciful’
The state pulled out all the stops on Wednesday to prove that Jacob Zuma raped an HIV-positive woman, saying his version of events was ”laughable” and ”fanciful”. Prosecutor…
Zuma: ‘Efforts made’ to drop rape charge
There was no doubt efforts were made to persuade Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser to drop the charge, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Wednesday. ”There is little doubt…
Zuma’s defence closes its case
Former deputy president Jacob Zuma will know ”as soon as possible” whether he will be convicted of rape, Johannesburg High Court Judge Willem van der Merwe said on Tuesday. ”Yes,…
Agony aunt theorises about rape
Emotional transference could lead a victim of previous rape to perceive consensual sex as rape afterwards, a forensic psychologist told Jacob Zuma’s rape trial on Tuesday.…
Witnesses come out in Zuma’s defence
Three more men were brought in on Wednesday to testify about their associations with Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser, but she claims not to know them. One man said she had sex with…
Zuma trial: Another theologian testifies
Yet another theologian testified at Jacob Zuma’s rape trial on Wednesday, but unlike others who told the court of false rape accusations by Zuma’s accuser, pastor Modianyeo…
Pastor says Zuma’s accuser ‘is not well’
Jacob Zuma’s legal team has continued to produce witnesses associated with the church in support of their belief that his rape accuser has a history of making false rape claims.…
Second pastor tells of rape claim
A second church pastor told the Johannesburg High Court on Monday that he was accused of rape by Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser. The only reason that pastor Peete Mbambo could think…
Zuma trial: Pastor tells of rape claim
A church pastor told the Johannesburg High Court on Monday how he was expelled from college after a false rape accusation by Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser. Pastor Sithembile Masoka…