The court said it was not in the public interest to put the credibility of the state capture inquiry at risk by forcing it to conclude its work in a rush
The structure will consider taking the ANC to court if it does not agree to its demands on disbandment, says MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe
Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify
Democracy is everyone’s responsibility to defend. Now is a critical time to double up efforts to guard this nation’s constitutional integrity
It is from the beneficiaries of the ANC’s ‘cadre deployment’ that you will mostly hear the fawning praises sung
Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal allies
Ex-police commissioner Riah Phiyega hoped to quash findings including colluding in a cover-up and misleading the public about what happened at the platinum mine in 2012.
Andrew Chauke and colleagues asked that their version be read at the commission and included in its final report
A defiant MKMVA has vowed it is business as usual, after a meeting with the top six ended with the military veterans being kicked out of the virtual platform
The former president argues that the National Prosecuting Authority is so deeply compromised that it cannot lawfully lead evidence against him
The SANDF is the only legitimate military force allowed to operate in the country, says Jessie Duarte
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
Impugned prosecutor Billy Downer argues that even if the court agreed he was biased and removed him, this would still not spell an acquittal for Jacob Zuma
The Judicial Service Commission did not near finality on the matter on Friday and the matter was postponed to the next available date
Though it is enshrined in our constitution, the right to differ within one’s political party is not always enacted in practice. Here’s why it’s better to allow dissent
Veteran prosecutor Billy Downer argues the former president is not entitled to recycle arguments dismissed by the high court as he seeks acquittal on arms-deal charges
‘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 former president failed to file papers or indicate whether he intended to proceed with the matter after his lawyers withdrew
A political trial within a trial is indicated after Zuma’s counsel’s raise the spectre of oral evidence in its move for the prosecutor’s removal and for charges to be dropped
The new counsel for the former president read part of his plea for the prosecutor’s removal and ultimately his acquittal out in court
The former SAA chairperson said her closeness to the former president had caused people to unfairly implicate her in state capture matters
The former eThekwini mayor is one of eight ANC KwaZulu-Natal members who have accepted the national executive committee’s ruling
Evidence leaders said the failure of the former SAA chairperson to appear was part of a pattern of avoiding accountability
The embattled Western Cape judge president readily agreed to recuse himself from hearing the public protector’s challenge of the rules governing the process to remove her from office
The chief justice has effectively vacated office five months early as he appeals an adverse finding on his pro-Israel stance and faces criticism from the legal fraternity over his chairing of Judicial Service Commission interviews
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
The former president argues that if he succeeds in having Billy Downer removed as prosecutor, the charges should be dropped
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
The former president’s application to remove Billy Downer as prosecutor comes as he runs out of road in more than one legal battle
Journalists’ voices should be the very loudest in calling for the culling of the corrupt among us
The Zondo commission wanted the speaker to explain why there was no parliamentary inquiry into evidence of state capture