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Amcu’s union official says the union does not see why it should be part of the Marikana peace pact.

Deep Read: Commission Impossible

After the Hefer, Ginwala, Donen or Ngoepe inquiries, any hope of the Farlam Commission getting to the bottom of the Marikana tragedy is naive at best.

The Editorial: Arms-deal players put on terms

What’s wrong with President Jacob Zuma? He keeps doing the right thing!

Mbeki suspends prosecutions chief

President Thabo Mbeki has suspended Vusi Pikoli, the National Director of Public Prosecutions, it was announced on Monday. Mokotedi Mpshe was named as acting director. The move…

High stakes in Hefer sequel

Bulelani Ngcuka makes a public apology for ”losing his cool” but refuses to apologise to Lawrence Mushwana personally: Ferial Haffajee, Sam Sole …

‘The battle is not over’

Now that the Hefer probe is over, the focus shifts to the president’s dilemma over what to do about his deputy.

Ngcuka vs Zuma: Inside the spy wars

A new twist in the Ngcuka-Zuma saga highlights the battle lines in a bitter information war that has drawn in spooks past and present.

Shooting fish in a barrel

Last Monday should have been formally named ”National Corruption Day” or perhaps, better, ”Corruption Awareness Day” — which has the advantage of an appealingly apt acronym. But…

Shaik: It ended in tears

Mo Shaik on Thursday told the Hefer commission that he would be happy to concede he had been wrong about Bulelani Ngcuka, as long as he could be shown to be wrong.

Mac and Mo are down but not out

At the end of his testimony this week Maharaj told the Mail & Guardian that he had overwhelming grassroots support in the ANC.

It all went horribly wrong

It all went horribly wrong

Mac Maharaj tragically pawned his legacy as a leader of the struggle.

The tragic fall of an icon

This week Maharaj again cut a tragic figure, but for a very different reason. There he was, on the witness stand at the Hefer commission, bumbling his way through what he must…