The injustices of the apartheid era have survived and expanded, and human rights flouder, in a state that was supposed to be founded on the rule of law and constitutionalism
Mere forgiving and forgetting based on a lack of political will, incompetence, laziness, corrupt motives or even universal love, is not on
It can neither hold the centre nor lead society. The recent policy conference was bereft of new ideas
Judge Piet Koen has postponed the arms deal case again pending a pronouncement from the constitutional court on Zuma’s application for leave to appeal
The province’s leaders are calling for mob rule and will try to convince their comrades at this weekend’s national policy conference to support their untenable position
Dealing with patronage and abuse of resources is central to turning the party’s fortunes around
President is expected to deliver the opening address on Friday morning
Plans to convert the forum into a national general council meeting to review and scrap the regulation will probably be thwarted by the ANC’s top brass
The president appeared before the group of elders on Tuesday, with sources saying he remained mum on the allegations
The head of state is in for a heated weekend — De Ruyter permitting — when the ANC holds it national policy conference
The Judicial Services Commission has finally recommended that the Western Cape judge president be suspended, but he is preparing appeal to overturn a decision that he should face impeachment
There was a strong view, according to the report, that the judiciary was overstepping, undermining other arms of the state and using the law based on feelings instead of facts, especially in the jailing of Zuma
Several would-be candidates for chairperson failed to make it onto the ballot or declined after being nominated from the floor
The dominant faction in the eThekwini region resolved to support Emalahleni chair Ntuthuko Mahlaba for provincial treasurer, replacing Zandile Gumede who is affected by the step-aside rule
The KwaZulu-Natal executive committee has kept Jacob Zuma up to date about plans for its conference
The suspended public protector did not disclose that she had a copy of a classified intelligence report on a high risk unit in Sars but a recording suggests otherwise
Impunity is pervasive among the political elite. And it goes back to colonial times and apartheid
The former national director of public prosecutions was a ‘witness bearer’ and a casualty of the ominous trend in the ANC’s increasing cultural aversion to truth
The minister allegedly tried to influence procurement and appointments to key management posts, top cop tells Ramaphosa
The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
The underlying causes of the riots persist and all it will take is a spark that could lead to further looting and violence
The ANC has called for constitutional and legislative changes following damning allegations in the state capture report
The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened
The KwaZulu-Natal town’s strategic location on the N3 corridor brings with it the danger of renewed unrest
The utility’s employees went on an unprotected strike but years of poor decisions wrecked the energy producer
He was horrified about what he learned of the ANC and government — and we should be too
Former president intends to review aspects of the full report, in which he has been directly implicated in wide-scale looting of the state
The president’s response to the chief justice’s findings suggest he will continue to bide his time before the ANC conference in December
The president’s failings were mentioned. Read between the lines and you’ll find Farmgate too
The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities