Popo Molefe, a trustee of African National Congress (ANC) funding vehicle Chancellor House, conceded this week that the issue of the ruling party benefiting from state contracts needed to be debated. The Mail & Guardian revealed last week that Chancellor House Holdings, a company set up by the ANC to seek profits on its behalf, would benefit from one of South Africa’s largest state tenders yet.

Next week the cream of the world’s best negotiators will converge on the tropical paradise of Bali to discuss how to save the world. They are not likely to be dressed in superman capes, but may be wearing Armani suits in the tropical heat and their weapons of choice will be briefcases packed with their countries’ position papers.

Two weeks after telling the Mail & Guardian that he would be framed or assassinated, the man at the centre of the “hoax email” trial was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attempting to murder his son. Muzi Kunene was apprehended by police at his Ballito home in KwaZulu-Natal after allegedly shooting his 24-year-old son in the back of the head.

The CD Msholozi, by various Kon-shias artists, is not only a musical tribute to the life and times of Jacob Zuma but a competent artistic venture. Zuma is a complex man and the CD certainly speaks to the multidimensional nature of the African National Congress deputy president.

Poor leadership in the national executive committee of the ANC Women’s League as well as a surge of ”careerism” in its ranks are to blame for the 11th-hour switch in the league’s allegiance to support ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma, ANC insiders said. Although the NEC was convinced it could unite the league’s vote behind President Thabo Mbeki, it did not do the necessary work to convince the provinces to follow its lead.