Never mind the past: at the Zondo commission Ramaphosa looked to the future — and local government elections
The protest is reportedly in response to the ANC’s step-aside decision that affects the likes of Ace Magashule and other party heavyweights
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s chess moves are limited after the Ramaphosa faction dealt him and his allies a heavy blow at this weekend’s NEC
Lulama Ngcukayitobi warns that the RET group is not a faction, suggesting it has ‘grown into a formidable organisation that will contest the ANC’
Ace Magashule’s move to distance himself from Carl Niehaus signals a rebalancing of influence and authority at the top of the ANC
The MKMVA spokesperson has been asked to give reasons why he should not be fired from his position at Luthuli House after attacking Jesse Duarte last week
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
The president’s aesthetic choices may contain hidden messages — or was that really him on the TV?
The ANC secretary general has not offered to stand aside, despite the recent NEC ruling
The transport minister uses humour, which his targets don’t find funny, to survive in tough times or to divert attention from a problem.
Ramaphosa goes level five on ANC members suspected of corruption. Is this the lockdown before the lock-up?
The outcome of the ANC’s NEC meeting was clear: ask party members who are facing or who have been convicted of criminal charges to step aside. But as Paddy Harper and Lester Kiewit report, the ANC cannot act against those who have not been criminally charged — until then, any ‘reputationally toxic’ members can stay
Ramaphosa hits out at Magashule as critics decry his handling of bribery in his camp
‘We shudder to think what could happen should two KwaZulu-Natal powerhouses, the king and the former president — both under threat — come together’
Some NEC members believe a rebellion is being stirred up against Ramaphosa
Zuma repeated the threat he made to the SACP, saying it should not provoke him
But an apparition at the march morphs into Niehaus – Daddy has even gutted Cosatu
The MKMVA strongly asserts former president Jacob Zuma’s inalienable right to be presumed innocent until, and if, proven guilty.
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The Ramaphosa faction is invested in accumulation through the market and has no vision for the impoverished masses
Deputy president DD Mabuza’s ascension to power is comparable to the apostle Paul’s Damascus moment, says former ANC Youth League leader Ronald Lamola
One of the key policy considerations of the NDZ slate will be radical economic transformation, which has not been implemented since 2009.
Readers write in about freeing minds, calling auditors to find ethics and asking SA to say no to NDZ
Carl Niehaus’s return to the national stage isn’t going well: the ANC says it doesn’t have a job for him, and his claims of repaid debts ring false.
Friends and family of Carl Niehaus attribute his financial troubles on his "ladies man" lifestyle.
Former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus denied saying he repaid all his debt but rather that he repaid some of it and made arrangements for the rest.
Disgraced former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus says he is ready to bury the hatchet and make a return to the ruling party.
Mac Maharaj is the latest in a succession of cantankerous government spokespeople who, by becoming the story, have made their jobs … complicated.
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/ 20 February 2010
The fuss around Carl Niehaus obscures a much more serious matter.
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/ 23 December 2009
The Mail & Guardian is synonymous with the exposé — it’s part of our brand, our professional lifeblood.
The DA has complained to the ICD, saying police have failed to investigate fraud charges against former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus.
The ANC says it ”would not like to be drawn” into any ”speculative discussions” about the future of its embattled former spokesperson, Carl Niehaus.
No one disputes that public interest was well served by exposing the private life of Carl Niehaus.