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Lest we forget: The Marikana Massacre is remembered as the worst bloodletting in South Africa’s democratic history and is often compared to the Sharpeville massacre of 1960, where 69 people died.
MARIKANA MASSACRE

Marikana’s long wait for justice

Fourteen years after 34 mineworkers were killed by police at Marikana, families are still waiting for accountability, while the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says the…

  • M&G Reporters
6 min read
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Phala Phala loot laundered for ANC, claims Zungula

African Transformation Movement (ATM) parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula suggests the $580 000 found at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm might have been illicit funds…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
5 min read
Undocumented entry: The state has both the authority and the responsibility to regulate who enters its borders and under what conditions. Photo: IOL
SOUTH AFRICA

Illegal immigration is symptom of malaise

South Africa is caught in a painful cycle of protests, promises, and unresolved failures regarding illegal immigration. This article argues that the crisis is fundamentally one…

  • Vuyo Zungula
7 min read
SOUTH AFRICA POLITICS

Ramaphosa's lawyers challenge legal test

The Western Cape High Court heard intense arguments on the second day regarding the legal threshold for impeaching President Cyril Ramaphosa, with his legal team contending that…

  • Amahle Banda
3 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Mbalula blasts Ad Hoc Committee on Mkhwanazi’s claims as political tool, praises Madlanga Commission

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has labelled Parliament's ad hoc committee, which investigated claims made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, as…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Opposition parties oppose Ramaphosa's bid to halt the Phala Phala impeachment process

President Cyril Ramaphosa's application to halt Parliament's Section 89 impeachment process over the Phala Phala farm scandal is facing opposition from the MK Party, the Economic…

  • Amahle Banda
3 min read
African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyo Zungula Photo: X
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Vuyo Zungula set to be announced as ATM's Johannesburg mayoral candidate

The parliamentary leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), Vuyo Zungula, is poised to become the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, a decision reportedly made by…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
1 min read