Jacob Zuma is vibing Black Jesus as the year comes to a close
The SACP, EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe party are all looking at potential new alliances
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The former president said political power was ‘only four years’ away
The EFF leader said Ndlozi was not at the conference and that it was not in the party’s interests to entertain such “nonsense”
If the original uMkhonto weSizwe had been launched on 16 July and not 16 December, we would all be on holiday
The SACP is asking important questions of itself but, like the other parties busy with political activities this week — and those threatening to walk out of the government of national unity — it should also be asking itself what material benefit its decisions will bring to those it will be asking to vote for the party come the 2026 local government elections
The secretary general said the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal cannot keep up with the uMkhonto weSizwe party
Unlike his predecessor, President Cyril Ramaphosa has no interest in compound interest
The party’s secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, has summoned the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial structures to a meeting
ATM president Vuyo Zungula believes the so-called progressive caucus will survive the tensions between the two parties
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The Umhlanga-based businessman will appear in the Durban High Court on 15 February on corruption and tax-related charges
MK’s plan to poach EFF leaders has strained relations between the parties
The former president was guilty of the ‘highest form of ill-discipline’ against the ANC
Sources in the city’s executive believe the former mayor has become a ‘liability’ for the Johannesburg council
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The national director of public prosecutions says that key personnel are being targeted as part of a fight-back by state capture forces
The state capture squad are all back on the public payroll, so there’s plenty to celebrate
Mpofu is likely to continue with his legal work, including representing Jacob Zuma in the arms deal case, which would prevent him from being an MP
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Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute
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The former public protector has asked the court for leave to challenge the dismissal of a moot appeal and to rebuke judges for criticism of Dali Mpofu
The party’s president, Jacob Zuma, said he had ‘full confidence’ in Shivambu
The party has vowed to regain the support it lost to former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party in the May election
During an in-house podcast interview, the Economic Freedom Fighters leader said he had been surprised by the suggestion
The EFF is rethinking its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party, with accusations of destabilisation after mass resignations
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The long-time legal representative for Jacob Zuma said his decision came after ‘a lot of soul searching’
Some members, however, contribute in their ‘personal capacities’ and buy the former president cattle as a ‘goodwill’ gesture
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Mchunu says the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is not going to die and will recover the ground it lost on 29 May
The former public protector has been appointed the Mpumalanga convenor, and the former KwaZulu-Natal premier is heading the party in that province
The SACP appears ready to embrace undemocratic centralism in its
search for a new alliance partner
The party will take a decision at the end of October, its secretary general said
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The South African Communist Party leader continues his tirade against alliance partner ANC for bringing the Democratic Alliance into the unity government
Kenny Mmoiemang told Judge Maheendra Chetty that following the common law would have led him to a different conclusion
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In his resignation letter he expressed his concerns about the party’s political direction, saying he no longer felt comfortable with it