Hostels are finding ways to transmute blighted history into safe places for cultural expression to take root, Oupa Nkosi discovers
ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has threatened MPs with disciplinary action if they vote in favour of section 89 report
The president’s review application asks the constitutional court, again, to determine how parliament should deal with the political scandal
How different are those who will toe the party line on Tuesday to reject the section 89 panel’s report to those who rejected the firepool report and many others? And what do they stand to gain from protecting Ramaphosa?
While the president’s predicament is creating uncertainty, the work of forging a durable social compact has struggled to gain traction. Why?
The ANC treasurer is being punted as a compromise — rather than a compromised — presidential candidate
Investors will watch President Cyril Ramaphosa’s political fate closely, but the best outcome for the rest of us is that the factional battle exposes the ANC’s policy ambivalence
The president has given the country an extra day off, because Christmas Day falls on a Sunday
Chief legal advisor says the sub judice rule does not bar the National Assembly from debating the report, unless the president applies for an interdict
But backing the president is a useless strategy if the left can’t pull together, be open new ideas and find a way to get in tune with the majority
The ANC’s national chairperson says the commission must explain how ‘leave of absence’ differs from ‘step aside’ ahead of its Phala Phala report
Investors will watch President Cyril Ramaphosa’s political fate closely, but the best outcome for the rest of us is that the factional battle exposes the ANC’s policy ambivalence
The Renewables’ prayer for divine intervention appears to be paying off for Cyril Ramaphosa
The ANC faces further reputational damage, but broad policy continuity is the most likely scenario, the ratings agency said
Political parties have agreed to move the debate on the report recommending President Cyril Ramaphosa face an impeachment inquiry to next week
In an application filed to the constitutional court, the president argued that the panel failed to follow the rules when it recommended he face an impeachment inquiry
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s lieutenants defended the party leader, calling the parliamentary report flawed
The decision was announced by ANC treasurer general Paul Mashatile, at a meeting of the party’s national executive committee
In this edited extract from his new book, ‘Leadership for Transformation Since the Dawn of South Africa’s Democracy: An Insider’s View’, Malegapuru Makgoba focuses on the fifth president, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
There should be fewer MPs on the commission to limit political interference in judicial appointment, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation argue
Impeachment rules introduced for Jacob Zuma’s maleficence have caused Cyril Ramaphosa to trip
The head of state has asked for more time to ‘consult further’
A panel’s findings against the president on the Phala Phala scandal could take the country into the unknown with the opposition urging early elections
A panel has found that the president has a case to answer for receiving foreign currency, not reporting it stolen and enabling secret efforts to recover it
The ANC may have to decide between Mabuza and Dlamini-Zuma after Kgalema Motlanthe showed no interest in the position
A panel has found that the president has a case to answer for receiving foreign currency, not reporting it stolen and enabling secret efforts to recover it
If the spirit of the step-aside rule is to protect the ANC from public perceptions of corruption, then Ramaphosa meets every aspect of the rule’s aim
President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled a scheduled appearance before the National Council of Provinces on Thursday
This is the first time a process of a motion being tabled and an independent panel being established has been used
A panel has found prima facie evidence that the president broke the law in receiving foreign currency, not reporting it stolen and enabling secret efforts to recover it
The president has to answer serious charges about the origin of the money stolen from his farm and ‘secret’ efforts to recover it, a section 89 panel has concluded
The report will be debated by parliament on 6 December