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/ 3 December 2010
Trevor Manuel jetted into Cape Town to help ANC leaders unify.
Less than a month before the ANC Western Cape provincial congress, the party in the province is still being torn apart by factionalism.
Calls are growing within the Western Cape ANC and among opposition parties for Zuma to withdraw Ebrahim Rasool’s candidacy for ambassador to the US.
Allegations of brown envelopes to journalists may cost ambassador-designate job.
A former political reporter on the <i>Cape Argus</i> has revealed that he took payments to write articles promoting former WC premier Ebrahim Rasool.
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/ 26 February 2010
The Western Cape ANC has dropped charges against its former provincial chief whip Max Ozinsky and ANC MP Ebrahim Rasool.
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/ 19 February 2010
The Western Cape African National Congress (ANC) has brought new charges against its "recalled" provincial chief whip, Max Ozinsky.
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/ 13 November 2009
A shareholder in a top media services company has alleged that Cape Town journalists are being paid cash “in brown envelopes”.
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/ 10 November 2009
The ”public spats” that were played out in the media by Ebrahim Rasool and Max Ozinsky have led to their temporary suspension from the party.
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/ 6 November 2009
Ebrahim Rasool has found himself relieved and vindicated by the admission that there had been some collusion between the DA and some ANC members.
Leonie Joubert chats to former provincial environment minister Tasneem Essop after her sudden departure from politics
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/ 29 September 2008
One faction claims to have been left out, the other sees it as having defected.
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/ 5 September 2008
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has accused cellphone giant Vodacom of helping the ANC-controlled Western Cape government to illegally spy on her.
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/ 3 September 2008
DA leader Helen Zille is planning to have Judge Nathan Erasmus hauled before the Judicial Service Commission.
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/ 1 September 2008
Two senior ANC officials in the Western Cape are being investigated for allegedly doctoring and then leaking a party audit.
Former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool has been appointed one of two special advisers to Minister in the Presidency Kgalema Motlanthe.
Former Western Cape minister for finance and economic affairs Lynne Brown was on Friday officially sworn in as premier of the province.
Lynne Brown is inaugurated on Friday as the Western Cape’s first female premier. She told Pearlie Joubert about her journey to her new corner office.
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool’s removal from office is bad for the provincial government and the City of Cape Town, mayor Helen Zille says.
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool will resign with effect from Friday, African National Congress chairperson Baleka Mbete has announced.
The ANC will announce a successor to embattled Eastern Cape Premier Nosimo Balindlela as soon as she returns from China, media reports say.
The imminent sacking of Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Eastern Cape counterpart Nosimo Balindlela has heightened tensions in ANC structures.
The ANC has proposed a number of possible candidates to replace Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Eastern Cape Premier Nosimo Balindlela.
”The theme for tonight is betrayal,” Ebrahim Rasool told about 800 family, staff and supporters gathered for a surprise birthday party in Cape Town.
The ANC has certainly been nettled by media reports that it intends replacing its premiers in the Western and Eastern Cape.
The ANC retracted a statement on Tuesday that it would make an announcement on the reported axing of two premiers.
The African National Congress is expected to make an announcement on the reported axing of two premiers later on Tuesday, its spokesperson said.
The African National Congress in the Western Cape has confirmed that Premier Ebrahim Rasool will be asked to resign.
The African National Congress would not be drawn on Monday on whether it planned to replace the premiers of the Eastern and Western Cape.
Opposition parties reacted on Sunday to the apparent firing of the Eastern and Western Cape premiers by the African National Congress.
Media reports say the African National Congress has fired the premiers of the Western and Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela and Ebrahim Rasool.
Refugees want to tell Ebrahim Rasool that they are terrified of being forced to reintegrate, despite camps being scheduled to close on July 23.