Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill
/ 18 March 2024

Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill

Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment

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ANC will use cadre deployment judgment to force DA to release its own records
/ 18 March 2024

ANC will use cadre deployment judgment to force DA to release its own records

The ruling party believes the DA is ‘compelled’ to go public on how it took decisions on top appointments where it governs

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Mbalula: ANC will act on state capture linked individuals — but only when they are charged
/ 11 March 2024

Mbalula: ANC will act on state capture linked individuals — but only when they are charged

The party’s secretary general said the ANC had removed people from its election candidates lists those who were affected by its step-aside rule and those with criminal records

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Social policies proposed by the ANC, DA and EFF converge
/ 8 March 2024

Social policies proposed by the ANC, DA and EFF converge

The ‘Big Three’ are not far apart on their plans for the poorest of the poor

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UPDATED: Mbeki provisionally okays inclusion of corruption-accused in ANC elections list, to meet IEC deadline
/ 8 March 2024

UPDATED: Mbeki provisionally okays inclusion of corruption-accused in ANC elections list, to meet IEC deadline

Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe had to leave the national executive committee meeting where only five NEC members supported the adoption of the integrity commission report

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Mkhwebane pleads poverty in court application
/ 6 March 2024

Mkhwebane pleads poverty in court application

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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Tainted ANC leaders Zweli Mkhize, Gwede Mantashe, Bathabile Dlamini, Zandile Gumede top its parliamentary list
/ 5 March 2024

Tainted ANC leaders Zweli Mkhize, Gwede Mantashe, Bathabile Dlamini, Zandile Gumede top its parliamentary list

ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list

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Ramaphosa: African Transformation Movement’s challenge to Phala Phala report is ‘nit-picking’
/ 5 March 2024

Ramaphosa: African Transformation Movement’s challenge to Phala Phala report is ‘nit-picking’

The president maintains the opposition party was trying to fashion evidence that he flouted the executive ethics code by twisting his public statements on the subject

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New parties will have to number the numbers to play the 29 May election game
/ 2 March 2024

New parties will have to number the numbers to play the 29 May election game

The electoral commission’s decision will weed out the one-man-and-a-TikTok-account parties clogging up the ballot paper

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Malema’s tough decisions: Should he boot Shivambu from KZN?
/ 1 March 2024

Malema’s tough decisions: Should he boot Shivambu from KZN?

The EFF leader has said that the door was still open to collaboration with the DA and MK parties after the elections, but not with Ramaphosa

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Ramaphosa nominates Mandisa Maya for chief justice
/ 27 February 2024

Ramaphosa nominates Mandisa Maya for chief justice

The deputy chief justice is now likely to become the first woman to head the South African judiciary

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King wants control over Zulu land
/ 23 February 2024

King wants control over Zulu land

King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini wants chiefs to play a greater role in the Ingonyama Trust Board

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High court hands DA a humiliating defeat on cadre deployment
/ 23 February 2024

High court hands DA a humiliating defeat on cadre deployment

The opposition’s constitutional challenge on the ANC’s cadre deployment was spun out of conjecture and speculation, a full bench found

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Cadre records: Victory for DA, but no smoking gun yet
/ 23 February 2024

Cadre records: Victory for DA, but no smoking gun yet

ANC takes control of the cadre deployment narrative on the eve of its manifesto launch

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Treasury’s Pieterse: Transnet bailout ‘not inevitable’
/ 22 February 2024

Treasury’s Pieterse: Transnet bailout ‘not inevitable’

The 2024 budget is Duncan Pieterse’s first as director general. And he says the fiscal framework does not constitute a negotiating position

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DA calls for ANC top seven to be arrested for contempt of court
/ 18 February 2024

DA calls for ANC top seven to be arrested for contempt of court

A precedent has already been set by former president Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court order, opposition MP Siviwe Gwarube said

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Deliver the cadre deployment records by Monday or face prison — Steenhuisen warns ANC
/ 17 February 2024

Deliver the cadre deployment records by Monday or face prison — Steenhuisen warns ANC

The DA leader delivered the official opposition’s rescue plan for South Africa on Saturday, saying ‘we are in it to win it’

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Zuma’s MK party a threat to the ANC says party head of elections
/ 16 February 2024

Zuma’s MK party a threat to the ANC says party head of elections

The ruling party’s head of elections has said the ANC should be worried that members were moving to the new party while the IFP should also be concerned

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Editorial | ANC cannot forget that it serves us
/ 16 February 2024

Editorial | ANC cannot forget that it serves us

The mentality of denial and blame shifting has landed us where we are in 2024

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Ramaphosa shows appetite for uphill election battle in Sona debate
/ 15 February 2024

Ramaphosa shows appetite for uphill election battle in Sona debate

The president largely blamed the state of the country on the legacy of apartheid and the Zuma era but said the ANC was not finished yet

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