Some members believe the chief whip is out of his depth, which has left the EFF’s Julius Malema dominating as the voice of the opposition
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ActionSA has signed up the Forum 4 Service Delivery, the ANC considers wooing Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and the MK party is fishing for the Abantu Batho Congress
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 EFF is rethinking its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party, with accusations of destabilisation after mass resignations
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The former public protector has been appointed the Mpumalanga convenor, and the former KwaZulu-Natal premier is heading the party in that province
Lonzi, who has been openly critical of Floyd Shivambu, will be parachuted to parliament after reviving the EFF student wing
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The SACP appears ready to embrace undemocratic centralism in its
search for a new alliance partner
The former public protector has also resigned from the National Assembly
The EFF has said that the legacy of Gordhan was that of failure, exploitation and corruption
In everything he did during apartheid and after 1994 he literally gave his life to his country
The EFF leader changes his views faster than a Nigerian man running in flip-flops
Court says it was the fault of the respondent, the office of the public protector, that her urgent demand for R10 million was not ripe for hearing
The former public protector says in her court bid to claim a R10 million gratuity that as a fledgling EFF MP she finds herself in drastically reduced circumstances
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But party members say they have had enough of being sidelined for high-profile newcomers who haven’t put in the hours
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Sixty percent of votes in the National Assembly is needed to approve the appointment of Kholeka Gcaleka.
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
The public protector was removed from office on the grounds of misconduct and incompetence by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday
Several small opposition parties protested, but the ANC’s might carried the vote
The suspended public protector posted on X that she had written to the president notifying him that she would return to work on 5 September
The suspended public protector failed to provide input on a draft report, once again claiming lack of legal representation
The evidence leader in the impeachment inquiry will submit a preliminary report within a week
The apex court said there was no evidence that the president acted in a way that exposed him to a conflict of interest between his official duties and private interests
The suspended public protector says the voices in the recordings are those of her husband and ANC official Tina Joemat-Pettersson discussing a bribe
She says her impeachment probe can’t go on until the state gets her a new attorney but has privately briefed one to demand the recusal of the chair of the process
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In all the bickering that we’ve been through over the past five years, from the long-running saga about the competence of former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to this week’s parliamentary hearings into André de Ruyter’s allegations of corruption at Eskom, it feels as if we aren’t making progress in dealing with the structural fault lines in our country
The suspended public protector wants the public to be told how much parliament is paying for the evidence leaders
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Not investigating politicians is a breach of standards, former public protector tells inquiry into her successor, Busisiwe Mkhwebane
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Former public protector says intelligence agency opened documents couriered to her by the department of international relations
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One of the grounds is the publication of a list of counsel and the fees they earned from litigation around the reports of the suspended public protector
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Advocate for the president tells the apex court the high court finding that her suspension was retaliation was refuted by the ample grounds for the decision
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Parliament has agreed to an extension for the report by the Ngcobo panel on whether Cyril Ramaphosa should
face impeachment
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The protector of the suspended public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was targeted by a retired American colonel