The failure of former housing minister, Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele and her successor, Lindiwe Sisulu, to improve policies affecting poor and vulnerable tenants since the promulgation of the 1999 Rental Housing Act is currently under scrutiny in the Durban High Court.

Former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) director general Billy Masetlha has accused the Inspector General of Intelligence, Zolile Ngcakani, of effectively conspiring with Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils to drive him out of his job. Masetlha pleaded not guilty to the charge that he had refused to provide information to Ngcakani during the investigation into whether the NIA’s surveillance of businessman Saki Macozoma was unlawful.

Western Cape Premier Ibrahim Rasool appeared to be fighting for his political life, as both the opposition and senior members of his own party savaged him over a series of scandals. Interviewed by the Mail & Guardian, the ANC’s Western Cape secretary, Mcebisi Skwatsha, voiced concern about how the provincial government spent taxpayers’ money

The Rhodes University-based Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) has questioned Gauteng Integrity Commission Jules Browde’s decision to clear Gauteng finance minister Paul Mashatile of an alleged conflict of interest. The PSAM suggested Browde took too narrow a view of the executive ethics code, which regulates ministers’ financial conduct.

Vytjie Mentor, leader of the ANC women’s caucus in Parliament, helped shield the parliamentary assistant who complained of sexual harassment by ANC chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe. The Mail & Guardian‘s Tumi Makgetla talks to her.

In a twist on the sexual harassment allegations against ANC chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, the family of the woman who laid the complaint is fighting shy of the proposed ”traditional solution”. A parliamentary staff member accused Goniwe of sexual harassment last month, prompting an ANC disciplinary committee to investigate the matter while Goniwe takes an extended leave of absence.