This is what happened on the African continent this past week
The former president’s foundation claims the NPA has not demanded he be assessed by a second doctor, but says he would be within his rights to refuse
To achieve a deeper democracy, it is necessary to confront the tensions that have existed between the media and successive presidents since 1994.
Judge Hlophe knew the ‘standards of judicial ethics’, yet still compromised the concourt’s independence
The deputy president said the government’s resources were not enough to address all of the problems created by the week of looting and arson
Ramaphosa has finally met with premier Mokgroro resulting in him announcing his resignation on Thursday morning
Paddy Harper isn’t the only one who’s broke: everyone from Zuma to Luthuli House, never mind the chronically unemployed, is feeling the pinch these days
Viewing black women as strong and resilient does them a disservice
JSC will await representations on whether Hlophe should be suspended by Ramaphosa, pending the finalisation of parliamentary deliberations
Only a handful of attempts to blockade roads took place in response to Monday’s shutdown call
Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary
The former president has written to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, requesting documents that he says will prove his innocence
Former defence minister voted in ahead of the Democratic Alliance’s Annelie Lotriet
Mogoeng chided for tongue-lashing
It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her
The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
Zuma’s mystery illness has given TV viewers time to watch his successor swap ministers and be astonished about the extent of state capture
The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help them do so
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
The former president requires surgery, which has been put off for the past 18 months, according to his doctor
The former president needs extensive emergency treatment that is overdue because of this legal woes, according to a certificate filed to the Pietermaritzburg high court
During his tenure as president he enabled state capture and the building of the prison industrial complex
The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning
Weapons have been seized from a number of security companies owned by ANC-linked individuals who are loyal to the former president
Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so
Not much has changed. Zuma’s still wearing his orange onesie. And Mkhizi is still free. Perhaps that will change by next week
A total of 36 murder charges are being probed in the wake of vigilante attacks in the area during last month’s riots
‘This would be a very serious disincentive to investment,’ says Thabo Mbeki in a document arguing that the ANC should not proceed with the Constitutional amendment of section 25
Covid-19 bans on alcohol and the recent violence have exposed just how important booze sales are to retailers that once only filled trolleys with food
Provincial government says it cannot deal with the magnitude of the damage to infrastructure alone
The Zuma family also urged people to continue to desist from destroying infrastructure, adding that it opposed the arrest of Ngizwe Mchunu