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President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before the Zondo commission for four days in late April, to testify both in his capacity as president of the country and as president of the ANC. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN GLOBAL GROUP

Ramaphosa calls the public protector’s affidavit “disingenuous” and “evasive”

The president continues to question Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s motives

  • Franny Rabkin
4 min read
“No other person would be permitted to get away with the kind of obfuscation contained in the president’s affidavits,” Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said in court papers. (Phill Magakoe/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
BUSISIWE MKHWEBANE

Mkhwebane hits back at Ramaphosa

In an answering affidavit, the public protector accuses the president of obfuscating and being part of a “grand stratagem” to have her removed

  • Franny Rabkin
5 min read
Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
CR17

FIC: No conclusive indication that CR17 laundered money

In court papers, the Financial Intelligence Centre insists that it acted lawfully in providing the information it did to the Public Protector

  • Franny Rabkin
4 min read
The ANC recalled eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede (centre) because of fraud accusations, but she has since withdrawn her resignation. (Gallo Images/The Times/Jackie Clausen)
ANC KWAZULU NATAL

Zandile Gumede about-turn further undermines ANC

Regional party conferences in KwaZulu-Natal will have repercussions for the ANC and its stability under Cyril Ramaphosa

  • Niren Tolsi
8 min read
The company focused its efforts on ANC delegates who would choose the next president, asking them to register for a newsletter and using their details to push CR17 content. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA

How to win votes and influence people

A Netflix documentary The Great Hack detailed the connections between Cambridge Analytica, the US election of Donald Trump and Brexit

  • Jacques Coetzee 1
3 min read
ANC Siyanqoba rally. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

CR17 money also went to the ANC

The governing party got a piece of the pie in the controversial payments, according to the campaign’s leaked bank statements

  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
In full swing: Fundraising for Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to be elected as president of the ANC at the Nasrec conference in December 2017 worked like a well-oiled machine. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ADRIANO MAZZOTTI

Intra-party funding must be open

The CR17 campaign did nothing wrong legally but all political parties’ funds should be regulated

  • Natasha Marrian
6 min read
The effect of Monday’s court order is to put on ice Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s remedial action which includes directions that the donations to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s CR17 campaign be disclosed. (Gallo)
CR17

Implementation of remedial action in Public Protector’s Bosasa report suspended

The high court’s order on Part A was a mere formality after all the parties agreed. The real fight is yet to come

  • Franny Rabkin
3 min read
Although he had been in power for just over a year when the country went to the polls, owing to the early recall of his predecessor, Jacob Zuma (R), in February 2018, the election of the ANC was a stamp of approval for Cyril Ramaphosa (L) to lead South Africa through a sound domestic and foreign policy.
ANC

ANC now mulling the regulation of internal party election funding

ANC defends Ramaphosa amidst saga of leaked emails from CR17 campaign

  • Natasha Marrian
4 min read
This scanner enables research and applications that will result in more effective and safer treatment of cancer in the future, says Professor Anne Grobler
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

​The success and failure of the lobbyists

The factions have finally become one but not everyone is happy with how the chips finally fell.

  • Athandiwe Saba
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)
CR17 SIYAVUMA

Cyril leads, but foul play may snatch victory

Despite ANC attempts to ensure a fair vote for a new leader, branch mandates may not hold

  • Richard Calland
7 min read
In Malamulele Cyril Ramaphosa warned of ‘distractions’ at the elective conference.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

On the campaign trail with CR17

The jobless came for lunch, but they came with hope – that Cyril will give them a better life

  • Niren Tolsi
8 min read
SACP
COSATU

Succession politics dilutes Cosatu strike

The labour movement failed to focus on the stayaway’s aim – halt state capture and corruption

  • Govan Whittles
3 min read
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa line up for a selfie at the ANC’s policy conference in July.
CR17 SIYAVUMA

ANC presidential race wide open

It is no longer a two-horse race and it may be up to regional power brokers to give crucial backing

  • Govan Whittles
7 min read