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DA reaches settlement with Helen Zille to avoid legal battles ahead of 2019

Article Dineo Bendile - 13 Jun 2017

Last week the party announced its decision to suspend Zille pending the outcome of her disciplinary hearing

Zille, Maimane to make announcement at joint press conference

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jun 2017

Despite suspension from party activities, Zille has remained Premier because of the separation between party and state

It’s time for South Africa to look beyond BRICS to improve its foreign policy

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jun 2017

The defining characteristic of Zuma’s tenure has been his ability to cloak his private and personal interests in a bigger ideological framework

Zuma warns ANC members against joining counter-revolutionary forces

Article Dineo Bendile - 9 Jun 2017

“Some have fallen for the trap and have joined these groupings in order to appear as intellectually and morally sound,” Zuma said.

SACP rounds on its leaders who back Zuma

Article Matuma Letsoalo Author - 9 Jun 2017

The agriculture minister, the presidency deputy minister, four premiers and Cosatu’s leader are in the sights of the anti-JZ faction

Coalitions may collapse over Zille

Article Dineo Bendile - 9 Jun 2017

"If they don’t suspend her ... we will take our vote back,” Malema has said.

Senior MKMVA leaders boycott elective conference

Article Dineo Bendile - 8 Jun 2017

The four have distanced themselves from what they believe is an “unconstitutional conference” to elect new leadership.

Prepare for resistance from the ‘securocrats’ – Mantashe tells NUM

Article Govan Whittles - 8 Jun 2017

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has told workers to prepare for a fight back by securocrats in the wake of revelations of state capture.

Malema wants foreign states to take on companies in alleged crooked Transnet tender

Article Raeesa Pather - 8 Jun 2017

EFF leader Julius Malema has released a document alleging a locomotive tender was fixed and said he supporting emails from a whistle-blower.

Zuma tells Cabinet he doesn’t own a home in Dubai

Article Jan Gerber - 8 Jun 2017

A report alleged that recently leaked emails confirmed that a mansion worth R330m purchased by the Guptas in 2015 was intended for Zuma.

Zille says colonial legacy isn’t same as racism as she awaits suspension decision

Article Raeesa Pather - 7 Jun 2017

The federal executive of the Democratic Alliance will decide on Wednesday whether the Western Cape premier is to be suspended.

MK council veterans boycott ANC’s national policy conference

Article Dineo Bendile - 6 Jun 2017

The MK Veterans National Council steering committee has confirmed its decision to boycott the ANC’s national policy conference

DA heads to court to block Molefe returning to Eskom

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jun 2017

The DA has approached the high court in Pretoria to have Molefe’s reappointment set aside.

Molefe: My dismissal is unlawful, Brown swayed by politics

Article Raeesa Pather - 5 Jun 2017

Brian Molefe is seeking urgent relief in the Labour Court to set aside his dismissal as Eskom group chief executive.

ANC vows to hound Zille over tweets

Article Dineo Bendile - 2 Jun 2017

DA leader wants the federal executive to speed up hearing as party looks to elections in 2019

Cosatu wakes to its own demons

Article Govan Whittles - 2 Jun 2017

Engrossed by the ANC’s leadership battles, the trade union federation itself is in serious turmoil

National ANC intervenes in Northern Cape feud Sylvia Lucas’s Cabinet reshuffle

Article Dineo Bendile - 1 Jun 2017

The ANC confirmed that its "top six" has intervened in the province's feud over Premier Sylvia Lucas’s last-minute Cabinet reshuffle

Back Ramaphosa or back down, Cosatu affliates tell S’dumo Dlamini

Article Govan Whittles - 1 Jun 2017

The union federation's leader faced an unprecedented revolt at its central committee meeting over his endorsement of President Jacob Zuma.

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