Probe findings may result in little more than a Pyrrhic victory as kingpins go free
The minister in the presidency said there was a need for the government to do more to protect the judiciary
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The attack by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on judges as enslaved to a colonial mentally placed the acting head of the judiciary in an impossible position, fraught with politics, legal scholars say
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Concerns abound about the parliament fire, with insiders saying the timing was suspicious and the truth may never come out, while intelligence and security clusters are worried.
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Lindiwe Sisulu’s broadside isn’t the only attack on SA’s supreme law.
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the minister of tourism and a member of the party’s national executive committee was expressing her personal views when she attacked the integrity of the judiciary and the Constitution.
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The acting chief justice accused the minister of breaking her oath to respect the Constitution by questioning the rule of law and branding African judges as slaves of oppressive ideology
The Zondo report delves into South Africa’s procurement web, as it tries to figure out why state-owned entities were able to be captured
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The report recommends that the government establishes a public procurement anti-corruption agency to ‘formulate measures for the making of reports by whistleblowers and for their protection and incentivisation’
As the party celebrates its 110th anniversary, President Cyril Ramaphosa says members must restore the ANC’s integrity to win the confidence and respect of South Africans.
But the police minister expresses confidence in country’s security and says people must ‘just relax’ even though President Cyril Ramaphosa had to be moved to safety twice during ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations
ANC NEC member and Ramaphosa ally Ronald Lamola says that the NEC needs to have a generational mix in its next top six and hinted at possible deputy presidency.
The ruling party was not only asleep on the job while former president Jacob Zuma colluded with state capture agents, but also lined its coffers with the proceeds of crime, the acting chief justice finds
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A busy year looms for Ramaphosa and allies as he fights to lead the ANC and the country come 2024.
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Zandile Mafe took a nap outside parliament. Does that make him a
sleeper agent?
The deputy president’s remarks come just hours after acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo warned that facilities were under threat from those wanting to destroy institutions safeguarding constitutional rights
Although Cyril Ramaphosa has avoided speculation over his availability for a second term, his deputy, David Mabuza, has already indicated that he is up for the job.
How much more time does the ANC have before losing the country? It’s the question of the next decade, or for the next two years, as the 2024 general election looms.
Yakhe Kwinana, the former chairperson of SAA Technical, has been asked to make representations to Saica, but has not responded
The former chairperson of SAA Technical received R4.3-million in kickbacks from a supplier
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will only act on the recommendations of the Zondo commission when the final of its three reports has been handed over to him.
The first of three reports to be handed to the president outlines how misrepresentations by the former SAA board chairperson cost the airline R800-million
Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said implementation of recommendations against those implicated in the report should only be expected in the latter part of 2022
The last-minute application by Democracy in Action was a case of self-created urgency, the court said in a ruling handed down mere hours before the planned handover of a hard copy of Zondo’s first set of findings
The disgraced former health minister is spotted on posters punting him as the next leader after his R150m corruption scandal
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Democracy in Action argues in court papers that the president cannot receive the report because he is implicated, and demands it be given instead to the deputy president or the public protector, or both
The much-awaited state capture report will be handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 4 January
After firefighters battled for more than 24 hours to bring the devastating blaze under control, presiding officers were meeting on Monday to assess the damage
Speaker expresses ‘shock’ and ‘sadness’ as fire ravages the historic building, causing the ceiling of the National Assembly to cave in. At lunchtime on Sunday, firefighters were still on the scene
Famous for his modesty, The Arch gave instructions for a simple, no-frills ceremony, with a cheap coffin, followed by an eco-friendly cremation.
During the surge in December, only a marginal increase in Covid-19 deaths was noted, while hospitalisation rates were lower than in previous waves, the presidency statement said