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The Hawks has served warrants of arrests against director general at the department of health Sandile Buthelezi and two other senior officials,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Health director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft

Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal

  • MG Reporter
1 min read
Moo-ving money: A Special Tribunal heard that former health minister Zweli Mkhize, his wife May and their son Dedani concealed R11.5 million redirected from the Digital Vibes company during the Covid pandemic. Photo: File
CATTLE SALES

R11.5m Digital Vibes funds laundered through bogus cattle sales, SIU says

New evidence in the matter suggests that former health minister Zweli Mkhize and his family received funds funnelled through the sale of cattle and the purchase of a farm

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
6 min read
Ngrayi Ngwenya. File photo
ANC

MK party fails to woo DD Mabuza ally Ngwenya

A delegation from the MK party allegedly met Ngrayi Ngwenya on Sunday to convince him to join the party This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
1 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Getty Images
ANC

The ANC’s plan to cope with Zuma

Insiders say that the party’s campaign to retain KwaZulu-Natal would rely on Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Zweli Mkhize

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
The ANC has confirmed that it has deployed KwaZulu-Natal heavyweights Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Zweli Mkhize to boost its elections machinery in the province.
ANC

ANC deploys Dlamini Zuma, Mkhize to KZN to help with election campaign

The ANC is unlikely to act against the two leaders despite calls by senior members for them to be disciplined

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ANC stalwart Frank Chikane.
ANC

Veterans should lead the ANC’s renewal, says Chikane

The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Popo Maja
ANBAN PILLAY

Former health spokesperson Popo Maja in court over alleged Digital Vibes graft

Maja appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court on charges of corruption

  • Mg Reporter
1 min read
The ANC has confirmed that it has deployed KwaZulu-Natal heavyweights Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Zweli Mkhize to boost its elections machinery in the province.
ANC

ANC won’t sanction NDZ and Mkhize over Phala Phala defiance, ahead of 2024 vote

The two leaders are seen as highly influential in KwaZulu-Natal, where the ruling party is bleeding votes

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC 55th Elective Conference in Nasrec. Photo: Supplied
ALLIES

Ramaphosa scraped through 2022, but what will it take for South Africa to win in 2023?

What we need from the media is to be able to see much more clearly what the policy options are for getting us out of this mess

  • Ian Siebörger
7 min read
Newly elected National Executive Committee members of the ANC (From L to R) Second Deputy Secretary-General Maropene Ramokgopa, First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane, Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe, ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile and Treasurer General Gwen Ramokgopa pose for a photo during the 55th National Conference of the ANC at NASREC
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

It’s a Molo Molo world as Ramaphosa’s forces win the day

Ethnic chauvinism and table banging don’t win conferences once one crosses the Drakensberg mountains

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Carl Niehaus resigned a few days after the ANC national disciplinary committee resolved to expel him from the party.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Phala Phala vs. Digital Vibes: As the voting kicks off, its anybody’s ANC presidency

Zweli Mkhize has closed the gap between himself and Cyril Ramaphosa in the days leading up to the leadership vote

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) has halted disciplinary proceedings against five party MPs — including presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC drops charges against Dlamini Zuma and others who bucked party line in parliament

The matter will be ‘processed’ by the new national executive committee being elected at Nasrec.

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the ANC will wait for further details of the South African Communist Party’s decision to contest elections alone before determining its effect on the tripartite alliance that includes labour federation Cosatu. (Delwyn Verasamy/MG)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Is it time for the Gospel According to St Paul, as Mashatile eyes the ANC presidency?

The ANC treasurer is being punted as a compromise — rather than a compromised — presidential candidate

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Standard Bank has flagged a “stealthy” run at the ANC presidency by treasurer general Paul Mashatile.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Standard Bank flags Mashatile’s ‘stealthy’ bid for ANC presidency

The bank says the ANC treasurer general has positioned himself as the perfect ‘compromise candidate’ for party president

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
7 min read
Do you know who I am? Lindiwe Sisulu attempted in vain to make an unscheduled visit to John Block in prison this week. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ACE MAGASHULE

Why everybody wants to be Cyril Ramaphosa

The number of comrades wanting to stash cash under their mattresses is growing faster than Zuma court case postponements

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read