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But high court rules in favour of the eThekwini municipality, as judge decries ‘political point-scoring’
John Steenhuisen and Mbali Ntuli both acknowledged the problems faced by the party over the past year, with each of them offering their own leadership vision.
Leadership failures at Umdoni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal have caused a ‘very unhappy’ ANC PEC to fire the mayor and chief whip
Covid has propelled citizens into feelings of a new shared identity in which the historical force of ‘whiteness’ is fading into irrelevance
The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work
Land ownership and its equitable distribution has floundered. Changes to a section of the constitution and the expropriation act are now before parliament, but do they offer any solution?
Parts of the provincial ANC will target their former premier, Magashule, and the Free State PEC in a rolling mass action campaign
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Senekal shows us that we must make a stand against the loud voice of the populist EFF and racist rightwingers
When employees do not give their best, it is the organisation that suffers the most. In the case of government this directly affects citizens
Everybody’s staying pozi, which is making all the arrests easy for the Hawks. Only Ace is desperate to be seen
Despite 6 300 ANC cadres working in government, the party’s integrity committee has done little to deal with its accused members
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In response to Ryno Geldenhuys’s piece Under Mbali Ntuli the DA would offer South Africans a new political home, published in the Mail & Guardian on 13 October
Is the ANC secretary general a gambling man — or just stirring the pot over the ‘news’ of his arrest warrant
Stir well, then let simmer until done.
The use of a South African Air Force jet by ANC officials without the minister following the required procedures is one such case — and more questions arise on examination of that case
The Hawks have distanced themselves from a news report that the ANC’s secretary general Ace Magashule has been issued with a warrant of arrest
The governing party wants localisation at the centre of its infrastructure-led strategy
The ANC has used its power to create networks of patronage. And this means going after corruption will cost the party financially
Former ANC MP Vincent Smith has appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court on charges of corruption and fraud
Former ANC MP hands himself over to the police in connection with Bosasa kickbacks, with more arrests expected
With reference to Eusebius McKaiser “The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit” (Mail&Guardian, September 23)
The ANC has, until now, always rejected going to the International Monetary Fund, which underscores how bad our economic situation is
Neither statesman could command sufficient authority in an ANC that remains mired in corruption and infighting and at the behest of big capital
Government, labour, business and community have come up with a combined economic recovery plan amidst three others to help kickstart the economy. Some are new, while others are old and falter in not taking into account the ‘new normal’
Former premier Ebrahim Rasool says voters will abandon the party until corruption is arrested
Former youth league leader Andile Lungisa cites ANC constitution, and argues assault is not corruption in a bid to keep his party membership
ANC factions in several provinces are failing to abide by the dictates of the NEC’s decision that leaders who face corruption charges step aside from state and party posts
But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option
Defiant backers of the former eThekwini chairperson and mayor, who has appeared in court over corruption charges linked to a tender, face disciplinary action over ‘divisive’ court protest
The governing party appears to be struggling to enforce the ban on support for leaders facing criminal charges
Renowned human rights lawyer George Bizos, who defended Nelson Mandela and other struggle icons during the treason trial and Rivonia trial, represented families at the TRC, and later represented Marikana miners’ families, has died