Our way of life is still far from finding its “new normal” and we aren’t getting any closer, while palace politics once again take centre stage as we head to October’s local elections
Ace Magashule has thrown the ANC secretary general’s office, once occupied by stalwarts Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, into disarray
Magashule’s letter, in which he refused to step aside, said he would be appealing his suspension and added that he was “suspending” Ramaphosa. The letter is said to have angered the president.
‘I’m still the secretary general of the ANC,’ Ace Magashule told the Mail & Guardian, after he wrote a letter ‘suspending’ his party’s president
That is not how decisions are made in an organisation, the party’s national chairperson warns as Magashule sends suspension letter to Ramaphosa
Magashule is barred from carrying out his tasks and cannot talk on behalf of the party
Bongani Bongo, Zandile Gumede and Sindiswa Gomba are also among the parliamentarians affected by the step-aside resolution
The former state security minister said the National Prosecuting Authority was politically captured and compromising his right to a speedy trial
During a top six meeting ANC secretary general Ace Magashule asked that step aside be reviewed every six months
The ruling party’s attempt to clean house was prompted by personal protective equipment tender corruption
Corruption charged eThekwini councillors and former mayor Zandile Gumede have been nominated
Never mind the past: at the Zondo commission Ramaphosa looked to the future — and local government elections
The president told the Zondo commission the ruling party dropped the ball but struggled over two days on the witness stand to explain how it happened and how a repeat will be prevented
The party’s top officials are scheduled to meet on Sunday, when Magashule is expected to give a middle finger to the NEC’s decision to implement the contentious resolution
The deputy chief justice invited the president to reflect on the matter, given continued corruption since 2017 when he said the party reached a watershed
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that cadre deployment was abused to further state capture, but played for time when Zondo pressed him for details as to how it happened
Former ANC North West chairperson to be removed from all party leadership lists
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, who criticised Ace Magashule and Supra Mahumapelo during an interview, said those party leaders who want the NEC to reverse its step-aside resolution used a ‘convenient blackmail argument’
Mantashe says it was part of the top six’s instructions to the Free State provincial leadership to file an intent to appeal its dissolution
Kwaito and house music have broadened the scope of struggle and stretched the definition of freedom
Zandile Gumede won’t step aside from being nominated ANC regional chair in KwaZulu-Natal
The former president sang the ‘radical economic transformation’ group’s praises and called for ANC branches to hold the NEC to account for the RET group’s so-called ‘purge’.
Magashule fails to meet former presidents Mbeki and Motlanthe as he runs out of options
The businessman alleges that money from a heritage fund meant for the poor has been stolen. But treasury and the Reserve Bank have called the fund a scam
Khusela Diko’s lawyers say she has appealed an instruction to step down from her position on the ANC provincial executive committee after a finding that she brought the party into disrepute
The ANC’s disciplinary committee has recommended Khusela Diko stay away from any government position after it found her guilty of bringing the party into disrepute
Sources say Job Mokgoro has refused to abide by an order to resign as premier, making it hard for the IPC to install a new person in the position
The speaker told the Zondo commission she doesn’t know why the legislature woke up to state capture so late, but believes this won’t happen again
Outraged provincial secretaries called for a meeting with Luthuli
House after the ANC secretary general broadened the NEC’s step-aside resolution
Magashule’s group and ANC outsiders have made moves to get the president and others to also stand aside
Ace Magashule tells provinces to add those accused, but not charged, to step-aside list
The court said the ‘funding tap’ for Zuma’s private legal matters had been turned on unlawfully