The ambush will take place at an NEC meeting about Eskom. But the real target is Cyril Ramaphosa
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change
Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings
Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings
Collapsed coalitions, a reduced ANC majority, a conflicted ruling party, a self-gutting DA, the ‘same old’ EFF and something new from the IFP
The ANC is stronger electorally but is still too weak to help the president make the decisions the country’s many crises demand
After losing out, Dali Mpofu says he is now focused on what he can do with the law, planning several high-profile cases next year
In his closing address at the EFF’s elective conference on Monday, the party’s leader took aim at delegates for ‘personalising’ their victories
The EFF’s spin doctor reflected on the party’s plans to take on media owners
The party’s new national chairperson takes over from Dali Mpofu, who had to recuse himself to allow him to juggle his schedule as an advocate
After a scuffle between a member of the EFF’s security and delegates on Saturday, Malema warned members not to air security concerns in front of media
A scuffle involving a member of the EFF’s security unit risked spoiling an otherwise smooth elective conference
The broadcaster pulled its coverage to highlight the party’s barring of other media. The EFF claims there were other reasons behind the decision.
The student wing rose to prominence during the Fees Must Fall movement, which was accompanied by the call to end outsourcing at universities
The party by to increase its voters five times by 2023
The EFF leader however says that the 24-hour news channel is unwelcome to cover any of the party’s events further
Regina Mohlomi says she never saw herself as a parliamentary bouncer
Sources say the student command will be backing the “contestation” slate, which seeks to disrupt the centralised power of the leadership.
The party’s Gauteng chair and the only woman provincial leader reflects on her feminism and the possible establishment of a women’s command
Despite fielding a candidate tainted by a R30-million scandal, the ANC managed to take over from the former DA-led alliance running Jo’burg
The ruling party hopes to woo the Inkatha Freedom Party and win back the city from the Democratic Alliance coalition
During the hearing the justices of the ConCourt grappled with some of the legal questions posed by its earlier decision in the infamous Nkandla case
People living on Ingonyama Trust land continue to wait for their rights to be restored
Rules on the removal of a chapter 9 leader came after adverse judicial findings against Mkhwebane
The decision, made public by EFF president Julius Malema at a briefing in Johannesburg yesterday, effectively ends the coalition
And their travails strengthen the scoundrel hand of the anti-Ramaphosa wing of the ruling party
Volkswagen SA has turned to the courts to prevent former employees and the EFF from picketing at the Eastern Cape plant
Liberalism in South Africa has endured, and the party will continue to seek to establish a market driven democracy
Talks with smaller parties haven’t been concluded and the EFF is silent on its coalition with the DA
But the court has choice words for the EFF leader, saying his reference to loss of life was an extravagant juvenile rant
The ruling party is taking advantage of the DA’s meltdown and wooing other parties in a bid to grab back municipalities it lost in 2016
Because it’s a blend of political influences the transition it is facing has, inevitably, had an existential effect on the opposition party