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ANC still at odds over how to tackle leaders facing serious graft allegations

Coronavirus Paddy Harper, Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 6 Aug 2020

The ANC’s top six has been mandated to work closely with its integrity committee to tackle claims of corruption against senior party members

Sisulu axes another water board

Politics Paddy Harper - 4 Aug 2020

Umgeni Water’s board in KwaZulu-Natal was appointed irregularly by her predecessor, the water and sanitation minister claims

Comrade Andrew Mlangeni was the embodiment of service

Politics Kgalema Motlanthe - 25 Jul 2020

Kgalema Motlanthe paid tribute to ANC struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, who died on Tuesday, at his 95th birthday celebrations last month

1962, China: The day Mao met Mlangeni

Politics Mandla Mathebula - 25 Jul 2020

In this edited extract from The Backroom Boy, an autobiography of the late Andrew Mokete Mlangeni by Mandla Mathebula, the ANC struggle stalwart meets Mao Tse-Tung while in military training in China

Political interference mounts over SABC retrenchments

Politics Thanduxolo Jika - 25 Jul 2020

The SABC says it needs to cut R700-million to survive. But senior politicians have allegedly interfered to stop retrenchments from proceeding

Andrew Mlangeni: A comrade until the end

Politics Lester Kiewit - 22 Jul 2020

The foundations of former Rivonia trialists reflect on the loyalty of the comrades who fought for democracy.

Rivonia trial veteran Andrew Mlangeni dies

Politics Lester Kiewit - 22 Jul 2020

The anti-apartheid struggle veteran was the last remaining defendant of the historic 1963-1964 trial

Mokonyane: ‘There was nothing untoward about the ANC’s Bosasa ties’

Politics Sarah Smit - 21 Jul 2020

The former minister likened the controversial firm to any other private sponsor of the governing party

Mokonyane ‘sets the record straight’ at Zondo commission

Politics Sarah Smit - 20 Jul 2020

Speaking before the Zondo commission, the former minister refuted claims by Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi that she had dodgy ties to the firm

What if Ramaphosa gets sick?

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 18 Jul 2020

Senior South African politicians have not been spared the coronavirus. What happens if the head of state is not well enough to be at his desk?

VBS looting haunts the ANC in Limpopo

Politics Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 16 Jul 2020

The ANC is facing a revolt over the looting of VBS bank, which took money from poor communities, with warnings of electoral consequences in 2021 local elections

ANC heavy ‘stops’ municipal probe

Politics Athandiwe Saba - 16 Jul 2020

David Mahlobo denies preventing the suspension of the broken Matlosana council’s manager

Reinstated Ingonyama Trust managers hit with retrenchment notices

Politics Paddy Harper - 11 Jul 2020

The effect of Covid-19 and the land reform department’s freeze of R23-million because the ITB didn’t comply with budget submissions are cited as some of the reasons for the staff cuts

The case against Floyd Shivambu

Politics Thanduxolo Jika - 9 Jul 2020

The flow of money from VBS Bank would seem to suggest that the EFF’s second-in-command was an ultimate beneficiary of proceeds of a crime

Cabinet reshuffle rumours: Unlikely to happen any time soon, but…

Politics Paddy Harper - 9 Jul 2020

Persistent rumours of a cabinet reshuffle may be jumping the gun, but they do reflect the political realignment taking place within the ANC

Municipality won’t remove former mayor, despite home affairs demands

Politics Thanduxolo Jika - 8 Jul 2020

The department is fighting with a small Free State town, which it accuses of continuing to employ an illegal immigrant

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde tests positive for coronavirus

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 8 Jul 2020

Alan Winde admits he is in a vulnerable group when it comes to contracting the virus, considering he is 55 years old, and a diabetic

IEC ready for elections despite budget and Covid setbacks

Politics Lester Kiewit - 7 Jul 2020

The Electoral Commission of South Africa said next year's local government elections will go ahead despite the pandemic as it has plans in place to keep employees and voters safe

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