The president has placed the embattled health minister on special leave, with Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appointed to act in the post
The magistrate ruled that bail was not an option because he was a flight risk even though he had travelled to the UAE after being implicated in the Zondo commission
Sources closely involved in the meeting said that the president’s allies — Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu and Snuki Zikalala — each called for Mkhize to take special leave while the matter was still under investigation
Ramaphosa is said to be considering appointing former Gauteng health MEC Dr Gwen Ramokgopa or Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the minister of health
Maphatsoe said the decision was surprising, given that it deviated from the MK unitary process the MKMVA and the MK Council had been working on
The constitution delivered in many areas but SA still has a way to go to ensure people’s rights are respected
Johannes Mahlangu’s torture by police and charge for a murder he didn’t commit should never have happened
Health minister will be gone within two weeks as SIU net closes, say associates
But the president told reporters that he would not decide Zweli Mkhize’s future in cabinet before the outcome of the Special Investigating Unit probe
Health minister failed to appear before the protector three times this year, as the legal challenges against him stack up
‘You get people at national level who openly defy the decisions of the NEC, even taking the ANC to court … What is that?’ – Thabo Mbeki
The criminal prosecution and lawful dissolution of the ANC are not only morally desirable but legally justifiable too
The president has accused the secretary general of being spiteful in the battle of the suspension letters, which will now be heard by the high court next month
The Northern Cape department of education has had to close more than 70 schools in the past three weeks because of high numbers of Covid infections
As Cyril Ramaphosa moves South Africa to alert level 2, gatherings have been flagged as the biggest driver of increases. But what does this alert level mean as the country moves into a third Covid-19 wave?
The president will update the nation on developments in the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The suspended ANC secretary general toed the party line in his address to Zuma’s court rally as further disciplinary charges loom
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s claims that he is the victim of a factional purge with the governing party are false, says his deputy, Jessie Duarte.
Sources inside the talks said the NWC decided to take a safer option and exhaust all internal processes while it investigated a charge of misconduct against the defiant party leader
PTT is “full of people who were close to Ace but now have dumped him”, says source in the Free State ANC
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it has plans to leverage Zuma’s popularity when it starts its election campaign for this year’s local general elections
Cyril Ramaphosa may have signalled a hardening of tone but, like his predecessors, he is unlikely to break the mould on the Palestine-Israel two-state solution
The ruling party has briefed senior counsel Wim Trengove to head the team that will contest Magashule’s bid to fight his suspension and oust Ramaphosa instead
Judge Piet Koen orders a brief delay to give Zuma’s lawyer time to enter a plea that Downer has no authority to prosecute the matter
The president addresses the recent violence in Palestine
The suspended secretary general argues that the rules the party relied on to sideline him are invalid but those informing his attempt to suspend the president are lawful
The high court has said it would be in the public interest given the importance of motions of no confidence in the president, to settle whether MPs can vote in secret
The suspended secretary general wants his suspension lifted but that the suspension letter he served on the president be declared lawful
The suspended ANC secretary general won’t apologise publicly for his letter to Ramaphosa
Ousted ministers’ splinter party could threaten prime minister’s coalition majority
Despite assurances, MPs remain unconvinced that the department has the capacity to manage the project
The governing party has identified 40 members charged with serious crimes who will have to step aside