The anti-apartheid leader implementing structural changes to dismantle the patriarchal nature of parliament
Ginwala served the ANC and the anti-apartheid struggle in exile for three decades
The former president’s lawyers say they do not know how where Parliament obtained the information about his attendance
Former NPA boss Menzi Simelane said that he did not determine what documents made up the government’s submission to the Ginwala inquiry.
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.
Frene Ginwala spoke to Sarah Evans about the trials of being an advocate for women at the birth of the new South Africa.
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.
This may be the year in which, on the corruption front, South Africa faces its "TRC moment" writes <b>Richard Calland</b>
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> wonders about the dearth of young women leaders in our country’s politics.
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/ 11 December 2009
The DA filed papers in the High Court on Friday opposing the appointment of Menzi Simelane as the national director of public prosecutions.
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/ 7 December 2009
The ANC was ”utterly disappointed” in Frene Ginwala over comments she made to the Sunday Times bemoaning the lack of leadership in South Africa.
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/ 7 December 2009
Frene Ginwala did not only criticise President Jacob Zuma in an interview with a journalist, but also had some praise for him, she said on Monday.
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/ 6 December 2009
Frene Ginwala’s comments on salary hikes for government officials displayed ”blinding pettiness”, the office of the ANC chief whip said on Sunday.
Problems in the organisational structure of the ANC have led to a lack of accountability by councillors, ANC veteran Frene Ginwala said on Monday.
The High Court in Pretoria is likely to hear an urgent application by axed prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli on Thursday, his attorney said on Monday.
Lawyers for axed prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli were filing an urgent interdict in Pretoria on Thursday to prevent the appointment of his successor.
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/ 18 February 2009
Vusi Pikoli is challenging his sacking as NPA head in an effort to defend the rule of law, according to papers prepared for submission to court.
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/ 27 January 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.
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/ 20 January 2009
Vusi Pikoli insisted on Tuesday that the report of former speaker Frene Ginwala into his fitness to hold office vindicated his integrity.
Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has requested President Kgalema Motlanthe to replace suspended police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi.
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/ 12 December 2008
Thabo Mbeki’s choice of Frene Ginwala to lead the inquiry on Vusi Pikoli was always likely to deliver two things.
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/ 9 December 2008
Cope on Tuesday joined in the chorus of opposition criticism of President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision to dismiss prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 8 December 2008
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Monday convene a special sitting of Cabinet to discuss the findings of the Ginwala inquiry.
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/ 7 November 2008
Suspended National Prosecuting Authority boss Vusi Pikoli is expected to have his name cleared by the Ginwala commission of inquiry.
What qualifies Baleka Mbete for her new job as deputy president? Her record as National Assembly speaker suggests she can get things done.
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/ 26 September 2008
Cabinet releases policy review that came after hoax saga. Sam Sole and Nic Dawes report.
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/ 16 September 2008
The DA has threatened to consider private prosecution of ANC leader Jacob Zuma if the NPA declines to act further against him.
The Ginwala commission of inquiry has exposed massive trust gaps between the cops and prosecutors.
Prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli lacked judgement in his work, the state claims in closing arguments during the Ginwala inquiry.
Suspended prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli said he did not intend turning SA into a ”wasteland” due to a backlash caused by arresting Jackie Selebi.
Suspended national prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli was ”bitterly disappointed” at a two-day delay in the inquiry into his fitness to hold office.
Justice department director general Menzi Simelane had been ”blatantly dishonest” with the Ginwala inquiry into suspended head prosecutor Vusi Pikoli.