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The ANC is considering legal action after a turbulent Maluti-a-Phofung council meeting in which mayor Malekula Melato was removed, amid claims of a flawed process and a leaked EFF recording.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT

Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
The hole nine yards: Pothholed roads and a fallen electric pole, which took more than a month to be repaired. (Lunga Mzangwe/M&G)
ACM

No services, no jobs, as businesses flee Free State municipality

Wrangling in the ANC, incompetence and corruption have brought the council close to collapse

  • Lunga Mzangwe
10 min read
Hlaudi Motsoeneng. File photo
ACE MAGASHULE

Hlaudi mulls joining forces with Ace after elections

The disgraced former SABC boss also has ambitions of becoming premier of the Free State

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
ABATSHA FORCE OF CHANGE

‘Postpone the elections and spare lives,’ Motsoeneng tells inquiry

Inquiry leader and former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke emphasised the need for democratic processes not to falter because of the pandemic.

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
Taking advantage of local communities’ despair and desperation, the politicians agitate by blaming foreigners for stealing jobs (Getty)
ACM

ANC booed at xenophobic panel

Political leaders discussed attacks on foreign nationals and while most of the parties had their views applauded, the ANC representative was booed

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has urged eligible citizens to make use of its online registration platform to minimise long queues . (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ACM

​Record number of political parties contesting 2019 polls

Forty-eight parties will appear on the national ballot in 2019, 19 more than those registered in 2014

  • Natasha Marrian
2 min read
Hlaudi Motsoeneng. (Gallo)
ACM

Motsoeneng ‘will gladly’ testify at Zondo commission

The controversial former SABC chief operations officer warned the ANC will ‘be in trouble’

  • Kamva Somdyala
2 min read
“I differ with Ms Williams on a number of things, but on this one, we are together,” Manyi says. (Thapelo Morebudi/Sowetan)
ACM

Mzwanele Manyi finds new political home

Former ANC member Mzwanele Manyi has joined the African Transformation Movement

  • Gemma Ritchie
1 min read