Ramaphosa represents a political elite eager to appease corporate South Africa and foreign investment. Opposing this faction is a kleptocratic formation keen to amass wealth through the abuse of state funds.
The high court said her second rescission application did nothing to suspend the operation of a court order, and stressed the importance of accountability of the public protector
The decision came despite inventive litigation launched by the public protector to stave off both suspension and a parliamentary impeachment inquiry
EFF tries to disrupt president’s speech to Parliament by bringing up deluge of points of order
Parliament security has once again been called to remove EFF members from the chambers after the party refused to hear president Cyril Ramaphosa’s budget speech for the presidency
Ramaphosa’s long delays in appointing the new BEE Advisory Council shows he has little interest in allowing others to cash in on the BEE deals that earned him his fortune
The president may not have the support of the entire ANC caucus should a vote of no confidence in him take place
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Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader has accused the president of defeating the ends of justice
ANC head of presidency Sibongile Besani says no party structure has complained about the president since former spy boss Arthur Fraser laid the corruption charges against him
The justice minister has used current deputy president David Mabuza’s backyard in Ehlanzeni as a venue to launch his campaign to realise his top six ambitions
The president seeks to dispel allegations against him, saying they will not deter him from fighting corruption
Limpopo’s Vhembe region is now the ANC’s second-largest region, becoming a power block ahead of the party’s December conference
The president faces investigations from SARS and the Reserve Bank on top of charges laid by former spy boss Arthur Fraser
The allies of newly re-elected ANC Limpopo chairperson Stan Mathabatha have no intention of electing Lekganyane into the provincial executive committee
Limpopo could take a stand on the step-aside decision, after the organisational report was deferred to the commissions
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Feeling sorry for the president’s new spokesperson? Spare a thought for eThekwini’s public reps
Consumers, who have remained resilient despite South Africa’s economic woes over the past decade, are being squeezed on all fronts. What are the policy options? Or is it the same old, same old
During a meeting of national executive committee deployees in Limpopo, Senzo Mchunu is said to have warned that the province is not ready for the conference
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The presidency says while a robbery took place, there was “no basis” for Fraser’s allegation.
ANC’s step-aside rule mean charges, which include kidnapping, money laundering and bribery, could affect President Ramaphosa’s re-election campaign at the end of the year
Former Eskom chief executive says Zondo Commission was ‘very sympathetic’ towards Glencore’s relationship with Ramaphosa
The 11 secretaries will compile a laundry list of issues that will inform their selection of a provincial chairperson
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Contemporary African intellectuals, historians, self-styled Pan-Africanists, patriots and good old liberal political commentators such as myself carry divergent opinions of why South Africa shuns — or does not commemorate — Africa Day. I have, ever since my country shrugged off Rhodesian colonialism in 1980, bought the story hook, line and sinker that May is truly […]
Trade federation Saftu’s recent conference has revived debate about whether unions represent the plight of workers or their own ambitions
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Former Transnet chief executive Siyabonga Gama and four others have been arrested on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
The minister of blunders may be in difficulty but it’s nothing like that of Dikidikeni villagers who must cross a river in a barrel
The party’s decision to relook at the deployment process could result in a broadening of the pool of candidates for positions.
In an interview with the M&G deputy president David Mabuza ponders his political future but insists ‘it’s the branches that choose the leaders’
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Advocate Andrew Breitenbach, appearing for parliament, said the message he received did not advantage his client and was no cause to suspend the impeachment inquiry against the public protector
Premier Sihle Zikalala’s special adviser, Nhlanhla Ngidi, will challenge him for the position of ANC provincial chairperson
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Public protector’s counsel said nothing in the law prohibited her from filing another rescission application