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Redirect: Danica De La Rey Jones is Tessa Ensler, a rising barrister who defends men accused of sexual assault and wins. She believes in the justice system until she is sexually assaulted. Photos: Quaid Jones

‘Prima Facie’ turns the spotlight on rape and the law

Suzie Miller's acclaimed one-woman play 'Prima Facie' arrives at Johannesburg's Market Theatre, delivering an urgent and searing critique of rape, consent, and the patriarchal…

Embattled KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development Mbali Shinga has been thrown a lifeline after the National Freedom Party made a dramatic U-turn on her expulsion from the party.
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Plan to remove defiant KZN MEC for social development set in motion

The process to remove KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Mbali Shinga is underway following a Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling upholding her expulsion from the National…

Former South African President and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party leader Jacob Zuma looks on during a press conference in Sandton, Johannesburg on August 22, 2024. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

We will retain eThekwini, says ANC after Ipsos poll puts MK Party in pole position

The ANC is confident it will retain an overwhelming majority in eThekwini during the upcoming municipal elections, brushing off an Ipsos poll that places Jacob Zuma's MK Party in…

Momentum: This week MK Party president Jacob Zuma intensified the party’s campaign in the province, meeting traditional leaders and addressing public rallies. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

‘Pay up or go’: MK MPLs face Zuma’s final warning

MK Party President Jacob Zuma and treasurer general Brian Molefe have issued a seven-day ultimatum to KwaZulu-Natal MPLs to settle unpaid party levies or face automatic dismissal…

The landlord has arrived’: MK’s Baloyi vows to shake up Joburg election

MK Party Johannesburg mayoral candidate Bongani Baloyi promises municipal stability and aims to disrupt the upcoming local government elections across township and suburban…

ANC Eastern Cape crisis deepens: Members demand NEC halt councillor list as IEC deadlines looms

Disgruntled ANC members in the Eastern Cape have threatened legal action against the party's NEC, demanding a halt to the councillor candidate list finalisation amid rising…

Momentum: This week MK Party president Jacob Zuma intensified the party’s campaign in the province, meeting traditional leaders and addressing public rallies. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

MK Party takes aim at ANC stronghold

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) is strategically targeting the Eastern Cape, a traditional ANC stronghold, to weaken the governing party and reduce its national support by…

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Political analyst warns of assassinations as MK Party rank and file jostle for positions before municipal elections  

A political analyst warns of escalating hostilities and potential deadly skirmishes within the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party ahead of municipal elections, fueled by tensions…

Women in politics face 'a struggle within a struggle'

ANC second deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane describes being a female leader in politics as "a struggle within a struggle," emphasizing the many battles women face and…

Axed: Jacob Zuma has suspended his deputy and the party’s parliamentary leader John Hlophe

Zuma dumps Hlophe, appoints son Duduzane as MK Party's first deputy president

Former President Jacob Zuma has reshuffled the leadership of the MK Party, appointing his son Duduzane Zuma as the first deputy president. This move sees the removal of Jabulani…

EXCLUSIVE: MK chief whip warns party colleague over drunk claims and spurned romantic advances

uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) parliamentary chief whip Philasande Mkhize has issued a warning to MP Phumlani Khubukeli after he allegedly accused her of being under the…

Phahlane distances himself from TRC cases

Former acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General Kgomotso Phahlane, testified before the TRC Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg,…

The MK party has removed Mzwanele Manyi as its chief whip in the National Assembly, less than a year after his appointment.

EXCLUSIVE: Speak only when authorised, MK party warns Mzwanele Manyi to desist from engaging with the media

The newly established Strategic Presidential Team of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has cautioned its MP, Mzwanele Manyi, against engaging with the media without prior…

Former president Jacob Zuma at the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

EXCLUSIVE: Zuma takes control of MK Party finances after revoking signing powers  of bank signatories

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party president Jacob Zuma has taken charge of the party's finances, revoking all signing authority from officials, including the treasurer-general and…

Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)

ANC: Zuma's Nkandla scandal cost us votes in 2016 but Phala Phala won't

The ANC in Johannesburg attributes its 2016 local government election loss to Jacob Zuma's Nkandla scandal. However, the party believes President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala…