Jacob Zuma is vibing Black Jesus as the year comes to a close
SCORE: C+ Despite the ANC losing its majority after the 29 May elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa has kept it in power through the government of national unity (GNU) and has overseen the swift transition to a multi-party government, which he has managed to hold together since the end of June. Ramaphosa may be a lame duck […]
Pre-existing policy tensions between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance have been the biggest stressors on Ramaphosa’s government
Negotiating a broad coalition to hold the political centre was perhaps the president’s finest political hour
It can be achieved through the regulations the education minister must draft
Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the president would soon reveal the fate of the contentious law after months of deliberations and consultations
The Democratic Alliance called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to draw on a settlement with Solidarity to end the impasse over the act
A strong presidency would establish mechanisms for accountability, ensuring that promises made during G20 summits translate into measurable progress
Ramaphosa must, through public demand or GNU nudging, be pressured into severing the tether that still connects him to agenda-based decision-making
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula defends the decision not to ask the minister to step aside, despite allegations of misconduct linked to VBS Mutual Bank
The US president-elect’s threat to Brics and regressive climate change stance risk stoking tension
The cabinet has accepted that the communications minister’s unilateral withdrawal of the Bill was not malicious
The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development has called for Simelane to be removed from the cabinet
The comment came in the context of South Africa’s presidency of the G20, where Ramaphosa dismissed suggestions the new US administration would undo its pro-developing world agenda
The focus would also be on Africa’s high debt levels, financing the just energy transition and the strategic use of critical minerals
The secretary general said the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal cannot keep up with the uMkhonto weSizwe party
The deliberations on clauses 4 and 5 have been extended by a further three months
Unlike his predecessor, President Cyril Ramaphosa has no interest in compound interest
Judges ask the president’s and the National Assembly’s counsel if parliament threw the baby out with the bathwater
The stakes are high in the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF’s) bid to compel the National Assembly to impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa on charges flowing from the theft of foreign currency concealed at his farm.
ATM president Vuyo Zungula believes the so-called progressive caucus will survive the tensions between the two parties
The Gauteng premier’s name is among those which are being thrown around for the ANC presidency in 2027
The president’s lawyers counter that the Economic Freedom Fighter’s Phala Phala case is rooted in politics, not law
New legislation could be brought before parliament in the coming session
MK’s plan to poach EFF leaders has strained relations between the parties
South Africa intends to lobby for reform of the UN Security Council when it takes over the G20 presidency from Brazil
The judge says the bank is not a Ponzi scheme and cannot be stripped of it non-banking powers
The national director of public prosecutions says that key personnel are being targeted as part of a fight-back by state capture forces
Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute
The party has vowed to regain the support it lost to former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party in the May election
The international relations minister pressed the point after talks with British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy.
Trump has been congratulated by various world leaders, with the Taliban government saying it hoped for a fresh start in relations between Afghanistan and the US