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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille accepts the nomination as new leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape on Saturday. David Harrison, M&G

Judgment reserved in De Lille’s secret ballot bid

​Judgment was reserved in Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille’s court bid to have a motion of no confidence in her held by secret ballot.

DA tries to keep politics out of Kya Sand protest

DA tries to keep politics out of Kya Sand protest

The Democratic Alliance says it wants to keep politics out the Kya Sand protests, which might have been renewed because of housing problems.

Vavi: Political consciousness has disappeared

Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi questioned his own lifestyle at the Numsa commission, saying the working class had it very tough.

ConCourt hearing could change methods of foreclosure

A mix-up at the Post Office might change the way companies foreclose on those in debt, following a Constitutional Court hearing in Johannesburg.

ANC chief whip lambasts ‘Black Tuesday’ campaign

The ANC’s chief whip says the National Press Club’s Black Wednesday plan for this week’s vote on the secrecy Bill are a senseless distortion of facts

‘Absurd’ Parliament policy news to us, say media

Media organisations say they had not known about a policy forcing journalists to request interviews with MPs through Parliament’s media office.

Lawyers confirm Malema will appeal expulsion

ANC HQ rioters identified, journalists asked to lay charges

People involved in acts of violence outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg have been identified, and police have asked those injured to lay charges.

FAQ: Chief Justice Sandile Ncgobo

Validity of chief justice tenure extension questioned

The Constitutional Court will have to decide whether the president’s extension of their boss Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s tenure is valid or not.

I was suspended over Selebi, says Pikoli

The real reason for the suspension of National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Vusi Pikoli related to a criminal probe into police chief Jackie Selebi, Pikoli’s lawyers…

Satawu: Debt-memo leak linked to election

The South African Trade and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) will investigate the leaking of a memo on its R3-million debt, believing this is linked to its forthcoming elections,…

Slain police officers remembered at memorial

The Little Falls Christian Centre, west of Johannesburg, was awash with tears at Thursday’s memorial for the four police officers killed in a shootout with alleged robbers in…

Jeppe-siege accused make court appearance

Eleven of 16 people arrested for Sunday’s Jeppestown siege were remanded until July 27 by the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Sunday’s shootout in Johannesburg left 12…

Gautrain project team ready to start digging

The Gauteng Rapid Rail team on Thursday unveiled a complex plan of street closures, demolitions and expropriations — set to begin mid-May — for the construction of the new…

Parties welcome Zuma apology

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed Jacob Zuma’s apology for having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman. It said it agreed with Judge Willem van der…

All eyes on Zuma verdict

All eyes will be on Jacob Zuma’s rape trial judgement in Johannesburg High Court 4E on Monday. If he is not guilty, he will collect his R20Â 000 bail money and walk out of the…

SA’s party list electoral system ‘stifles dissent’

South Africa’s party list electoral system is stifling dissent and ensuring accountability to parties, rather than citizens, according to a submission contained in the working…

Zuma: ‘Don’t dismiss conspiracy theory’

The belief that the rape charge against Jacob Zuma is part of a political conspiracy cannot be dismissed, his lawyer Kemp J Kemp told the Johannesburg High Court on Friday. ”It…

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’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.…