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Cyril braces for Ace camp’s big flex

Politics Paddy Harper - 27 Aug 2020

Ramaphosa’s anti-corruption drive will see him targeted at the ANC NEC’s meeting this weekend

MPs demand answers from Ramaphosa on Covid corruption

Politics Lester Kiewit - 27 Aug 2020

In a robust meeting of the hybrid sitting of National Assembly, President Cyril Ramaphosa met MPs face to face for the first time since questions over lockdown corruption arose

ANC family tries to run black farmers off their land

Politics Anna Majavu - 26 Aug 2020

The politically connected Nelani family is suspected of thwarting a couple’s decade-long attempt to formalise the lease for the state-owned land they have farmed productively for 31 years

ANC won’t rake up its bad apples

Politics Thanduxolo Jika - 21 Aug 2020

The ruling party faces severe criticism over its reluctance to deal with leaders who are facing investigations, and its NEC is accused of selective morality

Zandile Gumede sworn in as ANC MPL in KwaZulu-Natal

Politics Paddy Harper - 19 Aug 2020

The governing party sends corruption-accused former mayor Zandile Gumede to the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature to ‘stabilise the municipality’

Sisulu takes a win in the battle of the boards

Politics Paddy Harper - 19 Aug 2020

Suspended Lepelle Northern Water chief executive Phineas Legodi loses another court battle

Reforming a broken system: Can Electoral Act amendments revive faith in SA’s democracy?

Opinion Luke Feltham - 18 Aug 2020

Pure politics: Incoming Electoral Act changes could revolutionise our political landscape. Or not

ANC starts up its engine for 2021 race

Politics Paddy Harper - 16 Aug 2020

The party seems to have abandoned plans to delay municipal polls as branches shift to election mode

Gupta-linked Bobat was hired on merit, Van Rooyen tells Zondo commission

Politics Sarah Smit - 11 Aug 2020

Former finance minister Des van Rooyan said he did not have Mohamed Bobat’s CV when he appointed him as a special adviser

Calls for climate change to top DA policy conference agenda

Politics Lester Kiewit - 7 Aug 2020

Some people in the Democratic Alliance apparently have a narrow view of what sustainability means, but voters are concerned about the climate crisis

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

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