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Zuma lawyers confirm he will not be attending Sona

Article Lester Kiewit - 12 Feb 2020

The former president’s lawyers say they do not know how where Parliament obtained the information about his attendance

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‘No say in Ginwala inquiry’ – Simelane

Article Ahmed areff - 14 Jul 2015

Former NPA boss Menzi Simelane said that he did not determine what documents made up the government's submission to the Ginwala inquiry.

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Zuma shuts down inquiry into NPA boss Mxolisi Nxasana

Article Staff Reporter - 11 May 2015

The inquiry into whether the prosecutions boss is fit for the job has been terminated just as it was due to begin, on the orders of the president.

Speaker for the silent majority

Article Sarah Evans - 28 Aug 2014

Frene Ginwala spoke to Sarah Evans about the trials of being an advocate for women at the birth of the new South Africa.

All eyes fall on Nxasana inquiry

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Jul 2014

Like the Ginwala inquiry, the intended probe into the NPA boss will be the first of its kind, and everyone will be interested in how it functions.

Point of no return

Article Richard Calland - 1 Feb 2011

This may be the year in which, on the corruption front, South Africa faces its "TRC moment" writes <b>Richard Calland</b>

Where are South Africa’s young lionesses?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Jun 2010

<b>Verashni Pillay</b> wonders about the dearth of young women leaders in our country's politics.

The ANC in pictures

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jan 2009

The ANC parliamentary caucus is running its own election campaign and to grace the recent launch it ran a number of ads in Sunday newspapers.

It was touted to be a friendly, "inquisitorial" forum, but had all the elements of a bitter family feud where old comrades squared up in new battles. On the one side: the mandarins of the state and the political party that brought liberation, fighting to protect old networks of solidarity.

Mbeki approves terms for Pikoli inquiry

Article Sapa Author, Mail Guardian Online Reporter & Sapa Afp - 3 Oct 2007

Whether suspended National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli had taken "national security interests" into consideration in decisions he made will be one of the main issues in a hearing to determine his fitness to hold office. President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday approved the terms of reference for the inquiry.

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