Despite fighting so hard for it, South Africans don’t seem to understand how democracy works
In the January 8 statement, Ramaphosa says those who bring the ANC into disrepute will no longer be tolerated
Viewing January 8 off the screen instead of from the middle of a stadium should be the way of the future
The case of Andile Lungisa illustrates the need for more accountability and discipline within political parties
Covid-19 puts the brakes on the governing party again, as 20 regional and provincial elective conferences need to be rescheduled
Ndileka Mandela, the first grandchild of Nelson Mandela, talks about her passion for rural development and that Covid-19 corruption and state capture evidence means she won’t make her X next to the ANC.
This is an extract from the book 50 People Who F***ed Up South Africa: The Lost Decade by Alexander Parker and Tim Richman, with cartoons by Zapiro
Parties forced to adapt to the ‘new normal’ as ANC’s anti-corruption drive delivers dividends
What was behind the assassinations in the 1980s of two key anti-apartheid figures: Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, and senior ANC official, Dulcie September?
Integrity body recommends the ANC’s secretary general should be suspended pending the outcome of his corruption trial.
The trouble is that the ANC’s branch structure, designed initially as a means of grassroots democracy at work, is in a mess.
Ace Magashule will appear before the ANC’s integrity committee this weekend. After that, all eyes will be on next year’s conferences to see who will win the fight for control of the party
On Ace Magashule’s watch, speaking out has cost more than a few whistleblowers their lives
The tender linked to Ramaphosa’s presidency has been cancelled by the special corruption court
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule will appear before the ANC’s integrity commission on 12 December
A challenge to the racketeering case against co-accused Thales will be heard only next year
To all intents and purposes, the ANC is the government. It is South Africa. The policies made at Luthuli House decide where we go. The corollary of this is that anything bad in the ANC quickly poisons our state and its institutions.
In following an international, scientific approach the state assumed extraordinary power over people
Job Mokgoro’s defiance of party orders exposes further rifts in the ANC
It is Zondo’s legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission
Stocktake at the end of a momentous year shows that the ruling party holds all the cards but has little room for manoeuvre
The party wants the court to rule on the secret ballot issue first, with the case set to be heard in early February
Disgraced Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa calls for a change of leadership in the ANC immediately after being released on parole
Reverend Frank Chikane has just completed six years as the chairperson of the Kagiso Trust. He speaks about corruption, his children’s views and how churches can be mobilised
In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction
In its latest policy documents, the ANC is self-critical and wants ‘consequence management’, yet it’s letting its members off the hook again
Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued
So says public protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s lawyer, who said she had reason to suspect the money was being laundered through the campaign
For years, in moves that harked back to the repressive regime of the Nats, the public broadcaster has been used by the party as its political football in internal factional battles, or to censor dissent.
amaBhungane’s arguments about the disclosure of campaign funding are also expected to be heard
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule is ignoring party policy on corruption-charged officials and taking his battle to branch level, where his ‘slate capture’ strategy is expected to leave Ramaphosa on the ropes
Amid protests by the ANC’s MK Military Veterans, distressed foreign nationals have shut their stalls at a Durban flea market