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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
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

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…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
ANC elective conference results.
ANC

Eastern Cape ANC court battles threaten 2027 national conference

Senior ANC leaders are concerned that ongoing litigation in the Eastern Cape, which has disrupted the provincial conference and seen the Provincial Task Team declared…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
8 min read
Julius Malema. Credit: Julius Malema/ X
SOUTH AFRICAN LAW

Holding public servants accountable is not defamation

A recent high court judgment in South Africa has affirmed that holding public servants accountable in the public domain does not amount to defamation. This ruling, stemming from…

  • Rupert Candy Attorneys Incorporated
4 min read