Pro-democracy citizens have called for an end Mswati’s absolute rule while the government denies using excessive force against protesters
The ANC is searching for alternatives to end months of negotiations with the EFF on the land question
Good election outcomes for the party will mean Julius Malema’s dangerous racism will again receive airtime
A 827-page register compels members of parliament publicly to declare anything worth more than R500, and it makes for interesting reading
Speaking in the national assembly after Ace Magashule tried to ‘suspend’ him, the president told the DA he keeps quiet when internal strife hits the opposition.
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, who criticised Ace Magashule and Supra Mahumapelo during an interview, said those party leaders who want the NEC to reverse its step-aside resolution used a ‘convenient blackmail argument’
Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall
The official opposition’s leader John Steenhuisen has called its mission to slash the ANC voter share unrealistic during a parliamentary meeting, as the party deals with financial challenges
and a fresh round of staff retrenchments
Minister of State Security Ayanda Dlodlo denied allegations of incompetence over her handling of the Project Justice bombshell
The EFF is going to court in a bid to have the higher education minister’s directive that Unisa lower its first-time student intake overruled
Peter Mbati’s appointment at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria is under the spotlight
The sole remaining witness flounders on the first day of the higher education portfolio committee investigation into SMU vice-chancellor Professor Peter Mbati
The EFF’s top brass have spoken out about Malema’s engagement with Zuma, calling it ‘a disappointment’
The former president is being advised by various leaders to appear before the state capture commission
Parties forced to adapt to the ‘new normal’ as ANC’s anti-corruption drive delivers dividends
Stocktake at the end of a momentous year shows that the ruling party holds all the cards but has little room for manoeuvre
In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction
The Western Cape’s Debbie Schäfer missed the point about racism and the North West’s Mmaphefo Matsemela undermined the dignity of a young man
The president was answering questions before parliament, where he also told the EFF to allow the courts to decide on the matter of the CR17 bank statements
MPs can’t seem to stop the house from degenerating into screaming matches, even during virtual sittings, as exhibited when the deputy president answered questions in the NCOP on Wednesday.
Land ownership and its equitable distribution has floundered. Changes to a section of the constitution and the expropriation act are now before parliament, but do they offer any solution?
EFF leader Julius Malema says the party is preparing to govern in many municipalities from next year. It is also launching a programme to defend the rights of farm workers
The lack of compassion towards Brendin Horner’s family is the failure of identity politics
When employees do not give their best, it is the organisation that suffers the most. In the case of government this directly affects citizens
The party and AfriForum staged protests outside the magistrate’s court during the bail application by two men accused of killing a farm manager in the eastern Free State
In response to Ryno Geldenhuys’s piece Under Mbali Ntuli the DA would offer South Africans a new political home, published in the Mail & Guardian on 13 October
With reference to Eusebius McKaiser “The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit” (Mail&Guardian, September 23)
We’ve tried leftism for long enough and what we have to show for it is corruption and mismanagement, when what we need is jobs and education. Is it time to try out a Mashaba-esque version of right-wing politics?
But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option
Kenny Motsamai, a parolee who is also an EFF MP, could be sent back to jail if correctional services finds he violated his parole conditions
Under the spotlight will be the Economic Freedom Fighters’ behaviour at the State of the Nation address and during the public enterprise department’s budget speech
What we want: Ramaphosa to cough up a hairball, racists in hair shirts and consumer boycotts that don’t turn hairy