Environmental groups have also welcomed the plan but have highlighted potential flaws
The Judicial Services Commission has finally recommended that the Western Cape judge president be suspended, but he is preparing appeal to overturn a decision that he should face impeachment
The request had not progressed to a stage where the minister or the national director of public prosecutions would normally become involved, so they were caught unawares when asked about it
The former KwaZulu-Natal chairperson fails to make the cut for the 30-member PEC
We are fixing Eskom, president says of programme to transform the electricity sector for future sustainability, including boosting private input
Maya will be South Africa’s first female judge to hold the position and will now be in line, if tradition is followed, to succeed chief justice Raymond Zondo in 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa’s key allies believe the Mashatile faction used the provincial sentiment to make the president look bad by advising him not to make an appearance
There was a strong view, according to the report, that the judiciary was overstepping, undermining other arms of the state and using the law based on feelings instead of facts, especially in the jailing of Zuma
Several would-be candidates for chairperson failed to make it onto the ballot or declined after being nominated from the floor
The dominant faction in the eThekwini region resolved to support Emalahleni chair Ntuthuko Mahlaba for provincial treasurer, replacing Zandile Gumede who is affected by the step-aside rule
They have asked Ramaphosa to instruct minister Mantashe to issue determination on additional renewable energy ‘without delay’
The institution of the public protector said it would now invoke its powers of subpoena to get responses from the president on the burglary at his private game farm
The KwaZulu-Natal executive committee has kept Jacob Zuma up to date about plans for its conference
The suspended public protector did not disclose that she had a copy of a classified intelligence report on a high risk unit in Sars but a recording suggests otherwise
After 14 years of blackouts, the president has promised to expedite load-shedding’s finale
The struggle for more accountable intelligence has been strengthened through the report’s exposure of abuses
Women’s league heavyweights such as Bathable Dlamini might not have any leeway to exert power and influence in the election of the new ANC leadership
Advocate Dali Mpofu, appearing for the suspended public protector, insists that the president wrongfully suspend her and this taints the parliamentary process that could lead to her impeachment
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government will shorthly announce actions ‘to achieve much faster progress in tackling load-shedding’
Eskom has sunk on Ramaphosa’s watch. The government needs to get its focus right and fix it
The minister allegedly tried to influence procurement and appointments to key management posts, top cop tells Ramaphosa
The tense relationship between Bheki Cele and Cassel Mathale is allegedly linked to contracts
The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
The underlying causes of the riots persist and all it will take is a spark that could lead to further looting and violence
The president successfully argued against the claim on seven counts but failed to persuade the court that there is no argument of a causal link between his actions and the fatal shooting of miners
The ANC has called for constitutional and legislative changes following damning allegations in the state capture report
The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
The president’s tendency to avoid confrontation with his own party means we must maintain public outrage to ensure an end to state capture
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened
After more than 10 years of meddling and the countless executive game of musical chairs, please leave political actors out of Eskom problem-solving. This is a problem to be solved by Andre de Ruyter and the unions and the ‘rogue’ employees working outside the established channels
Number 1 should take some tips from Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and finally clear the cabinet of some deadwood