The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.
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Former secretary did not provide the party with reasons why he should not be expelled, as requested
The ally of former president Thabo Mbeki could wield the axe over president Cyril Ramaphosa, who is yet to hear what the commission recommended about the Phala Phala scandal
The archbishop was a man of forgiveness who was bravely outspoken during apartheid and in the democratic era persistently asked us to look deeper and be better.
While the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the matter of contempt against Jacob Zuma, groups defending SA’s democracy and pro-Zuma groups take the stage
A former SB operative, Paul Erasmus, talks about the torture of a young trade unionist, Neil Aggett, and the machinations at John Vorster Square
Post-1994 political meddling, lack of will and lost evidence have stymied apartheid-era prosecutions
Chikane says the main objective was to corrupt the 2019 elections.
In the ‘jubilee year’ of the Israeli occupation, the world must refocus its attention on this human rights outrage
Calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down did not feature at the meeting between the ANC’s National Working Committee and the party’s veterans.
SA’s democracy, won by much sacrifice, is in dire danger from the greed and machinations of a few.
Thabo Mbeki says the people who were part of Nelson Mandela’s vision of reconciliation will not allow racial tension to take over the country.
After a Constitutional Court ruling that the eviction of the Pretoria flats was illegal, the residents are finally being given other accommodation.
New details about the investigation into Neil Aggett’s death raises questions about the state’s commitment to justice in the case.
New insight on our leaders past and present gives us a clearer idea about why the rosy future we believed was ours has been lost.
Former director general in the presidency Frank Chikane says South Africa is at a crossroads and needs to change course urgently.
Although fawning, Frank Chikane’s book has shed light on the ANC’s abuse of spy agencies and also goes into the thinking and psyche of Thabo Mbeki.
Do you remember the 21st night of September 2008? <b>Rapule Tabane</b> speaks to Frank Chikane about his book on the last days of Mbeki’s presidency.
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/ 10 February 2009
Director General in the Presidency Frank Chikane will not take up a position in the Congress of the People (Cope), he said on Tuesday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC decided on Friday to enter a unity government with Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF, an opposition party official said.
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/ 28 January 2009
Director general in the presidency Frank Chikane on Wednesday briefed the media in Pretoria and Cape Town on the outcome of the Zimbabwe talks.
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/ 26 January 2009
Bizarrely, ruling party MPs repeatedly suggested that, had Pikoli indulged in a little communist self-criticism, he might have kept his job.
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/ 21 January 2009
The government has denied claims by Vusi Pikoli that former president Thabo Mbeki suspended him to prevent the arrest of police chief Jackie Selebi.
Former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok has applied for a presidential pardon for the attempted murder of Reverend Frank Chikane.
Tony Bensusan’s documentary on the formation of the United Democratic Front 25 years ago is a voyeuristic journey into disparate moments.
Presidency Director General Frank Chikane made conflicting statements about his treatment at the hands of the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), the Ginwala commission heard on Thursday. Chikane earlier told the hearing into whether suspended National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli was fit to hold office, that he had been treated badly by the NDPP.
The public hearings on suspended National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli’s fitness to hold office are an ”inquisitorial” as opposed to an ”accusatorial” process, inquiry head Frene Ginwala said on Wednesday. ”I want to emphasise that this process is not a judicial one,” said Ginwala in an opening statement.
The inquiry into the suspension of National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli, which starts on Wednesday, will see several high-profile witnesses testify, including Reverend Frank Chikane and Scorpions boss Gerrie Nel. President Thabo Mbeki suspended Pikoli as the head of the NPA on September 24.
Debate on the future of the Scorpions gained new steam on Monday as the government released a report from an inquiry it had commissioned into the elite detective unit. The Scorpions still have a role to play in the country’s crime-fighting efforts, states the report that was submitted to President Thabo Mbeki two years ago.
The existence of the Scorpions is ”as valid today as it was at conception”, says the Khampepe report released on Monday. ”Despite indications that crime levels are dropping, it is my considered view that organised crime still presents a threat that needs to be addressed through an effective comprehensive strategy,” states the report.
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/ 10 January 2008
Kagiso Trust announced on Thursday the death of its chairperson, Yunus Mahomed. He was 57. He died on Sunday. Kgotso Schoeman, chief executive of Kagiso Trust, said: "Yunus, or YM as he was affectionately known, was a passionate and consistent leader."
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/ 16 December 2007
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Ministers and aides in President Thabo Mbeki’s government were heckled by delegates on Sunday when the African National Congress opened a conference that could see Mbeki losing control over the party. Some of the delegates booed Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and Essop Pahad, a top aide to Mbeki, as they arrived.