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Asbestos case: More charges in store for Magashule

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 19 Feb 2021

Three more people have been arrested, bringing the total of accused to 15, who will appear in the Mangaung magistrate’s court today

Bid by ANC top six to talk Zuma into appearing at the Zondo commission looks set to fail

Politics Lizeka Tandwa & Paddy Harper - 18 Feb 2021

Former president tells Ace Magashule that he will not appear before state capture inquiry, even if top party officials ask him

Malema shores up Zuma’s attack on the judiciary

Politics Emsie Ferreira - 17 Feb 2021

EFF leader warns judges they will be ‘overthrown’ for bias in favour of the ruling establishment

Mabuyane expected to reshuffle his cabinet after health MEC arrest

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 16 Feb 2021

Sources say the Eastern Cape’s provincial working committee has advised the premier to ‘cut Gomba loose immediately’.

Mahumapelo supporters reject ANC intervention in North West

Politics Lizeka Tandwa & Paddy Harper - 15 Feb 2021

Successful applicants still want the high court order reinstating Mahumapelo’s provincial executive committee to be enforced

Sona was a good speech. The problem is the reality on the ground

Politics Paddy Harper - 15 Feb 2021

The nature of the ANC’s deployment policies and corruption rooted in the party will undermine Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan for South Africa

Magashule’s efforts to bring in reinforcement through the ANCYL thwarted

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 14 Feb 2021

In an attempt to grow his support, the ANC secretary general suggested his own list of people to run the party’s youth task team

Stand aside rules: How ANC guidelines will work

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 14 Feb 2021

The ANC’s national executive committee has heard how the guidelines call for members to abide by recommendations of the integrity commission as calls for Magashule to step aside get major boost

ANC’s eThekwini region says party must back Magashule and Zuma

Politics Paddy Harper - 12 Feb 2021

The eThekwini branches say they will engage the party’s regional and national structures to prevent Magashule and Zuma’s ‘persecution’

NEC can’t crucify Zuma when it isn’t acting in the North West, says Mahumapelo ally

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 12 Feb 2021

A North West ANC leader has written to Ace Magashule, asking that the NEC abide by a court ruling to disband the interim provincial committee

Yet another lacklustre Sona by Ramaphosa — political analysts

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 12 Feb 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa did little to inspire hope in the government’s strategy of boosting the economy, but all is not lost, political analysts say

Khusela Diko, now suspended, earned a cushy salary during her ‘special leave’

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 11 Feb 2021

The presidency confirms spokesperson Khusela Diko has been suspended; meanwhile, her full salary was paid while she was on ‘special leave’

EFF leaders say the party’s executive did not sanction Malema’s meeting with Zuma

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 11 Feb 2021

The EFF’s top brass have spoken out about Malema’s engagement with Zuma, calling it ‘a disappointment’

Sona 2021: Ramaphosa offers a hope that his own party seeks to destroy

Politics M&G Reporters - 11 Feb 2021

The president focuses on the economy and Covid-19 in his 2021 Sona, but his pledge of SA’s rebirth is undermined by corruption and factionalism

READ IT IN FULL: Ramaphosa’s 2021 state of the nation address

Politics Cyril Ramaphosa - 11 Feb 2021

Read the 2021 state of the nation address, as delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Disbanded ANC North West regions may be reinstated

Politics Paddy Harper - 10 Feb 2021

Supporters of ousted North West ANC chair Supra Mahumapelo are set to overturn the ruling dissolving their regional executive committees

Eastern Cape MEC could face the chop under stand-aside rules

Politics Lizeka Tandwa - 10 Feb 2021

Charges against health MEC Sindiswa Gomba over the Nelson Mandela funeral scandal have been reinstated - leading to questions about her political future after this weekend’s ANC national executive meeting

ANC MPs put loyalty to the party first at all times, lawmaker tells state capture inquiry

Politics Emsie Ferreira - 8 Feb 2021

MPs were helpless to stop runaway losses and probe locomotive deal at Prasa, Zondo commission hears as it mulls parliament’s role in state capture era

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