The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.
At a time when unemployment and poverty must be tackled head on, our country appears rudderless
If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
With legal challenges to his medical parole looming, the former president’s lawyers opted to first argue for the removal of the prosecutor
The former president and the ‘RET’ faction will not bring the changes South Africa sorely needs
Judge Piet Koen is expected to rule in late October on the former president’s latest stab at acquittal on corruption charges stemming from the arms deal
We must hold faith that law will prevail
The former president was absent from court, but his counsel argued that health matters be left aside, so as to hear his case for the removal of Billy Downer
The former president reiterates that he is a political prisoner as he resumes the attacks that contributed to his prison sentence for contempt
Alpha Condé is not the first president to have his humiliation captured on camera.
Labelling the protestors as looters denies the political consciousness of those living in precarity, it unconscionably encodes a criminal stereotype over the poor and erases any justice claims that motivate their actions
Former president Jacob Zuma fails to meet requirements in his application to set aside his contempt order and prison sentence
Local government is about cutting the grass and filling potholes, not about the death penalty and prayer in schools
Most of the 1 600 participants in the study believe the government is doing an inefficient job in combating corruption, according to Afrobarometer
The embattled Western Cape Judge President is also seeking to interdict the president from suspending him while he challenges the Judicial Service Commission’s gross misconduct finding
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The correctional services commissioner (and former spy boss tied to state capture) overruled the medical board’s dismissal of the former president’s application for parole
The South Korean Netflix drama will resonate with audiences, for all the wrong reasons
The DA announces it will approach the high court, and the Helen Suzman Foundation has also threatened action
ANC gives Zuma-backer Niehaus the chop over ‘divisive’ statements and behaviour. On Wednesday he threatened to lay criminal charges over the party’s failure to pay salaries
In mid-July, supply chains and industrial output were disrupted when parts of the country were rocked by looting, triggered by protests against Zuma’s incarceration
‘The unrest presents an untimely and negative effect on SA’s growth prospects,’ said Godongwana, adding that this could last for the next six quarters
The full impact of the former president’s health status on his trial remains unclear
Governing party denies lobbying the IEC or the Constitutional Court ahead of the announcement that candidate registration would be reopened
There is a huge difference between holding a governing party to account and making it an excuse for failing to face deep-rooted problems. Fixating on the ANC has given the one-third an excuse not to face difficult realities
The ANC president said the basic income grant should be cost effective and subject to long-term affordability
The late NFP leader has been described as ‘a force to be reckoned with’, who paved the way for women in the treacherous political arena
Former president will serve the remainder of his sentence out of jail
Whether national security should be located inside or outside the presidency must be considered based on functionality and constitutional values
The former president’s undisclosed illness looks set to force another delay in a trial almost two decades in the making
The president and the Gunners coach inherited own-goal, deadwood ‘players’ and need a few seasons to offload them