The ANC secretary general says they are aware of rumours the former president is forming a new party
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Zondo is distrusted by the government, inevitably so because of his finding that the ANC was complicit in state capture
Fikile Mbalula and the Luthuli House crew may find themselves working from home in the next elections
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Instead of prompting us to recapture our past, our current economic plight suggests we should break from it
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The ruling party has reduced the number of implicated members, meaning two-thirds get off scot-free
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The ANC is unlikely to act against the two leaders despite calls by senior members for them to be disciplined
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The prosecuting authority should proceed according to the evidence, regardless of a perceived reluctance on government’s part to jail the former president
The party’s braai stand betrayal is forgiven as uBaba is brought in
to rescue the party
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The National Prosecuting Authority countered that the courts had confirmed the former president’s line of defence in the arms deal trial deserved this epithet
The former president is again seeking the prosecutor’s removal from the arms deal trial, in doing so reviving old claims he leaked information to the media
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The former president said the ANC was the only party able to bring ‘real change’ to South Africa
The court said the former president’s application was part of continuing Stalingrad tactics
Did God send Mogoeng a WhatsApp, or did He use a burning bush?
Nxamalala really does love a lawyer’s letter — as long as it’s not addressed to him
The presidency says it is another spurious legal bid to harass Ramaphosa
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A Social Research Foundation poll has found the former president is favoured by 80% in the province’s ANC
Policymakers at home and abroad failed to see the 2008 crisis as an opportunity to break from the past and imagine the world anew
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With most of the NDP targets way off the mark, our fiscal path defers the NDP goals by another decade, if we are lucky, while an incapable state will spell its death
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer, Dali Mpofu said the former president’s criminal trial would not proceed soon, because he would again ask for the removal of state prosecutor Billy Downer
The former deputy international affairs minister helped develop South Africa’s foreign policy in the post apartheid era
In a polarised world, Ramaphosa’s administration dodged some fatal bullets in the past five months that carried some hard long-term risks
Ramaphosa said that the IFP leader had helped end the violence which had gripped the country ahead of the 1994 polls.
The former president sought to challenge the court’s finding that his private prosecution of the president was unlawful and invalid
The ANC in KZN has declared a week of mourning in tribute to Buthelezi
The earth shook in Jozi but Magashule’s party is no seismic event, politically speaking
The governing party’s former secretary general said Cyril Ramaphosa was endorsed by the DA and ‘neoliberal handlers’
The former president spent spent just an hour at the prison while paperwork was done to release him from the remainder of his 15-month sentence for contempt of court
Submissions are being considered and a decision will follow by Thursday
Julius Malema is no Barry White, but the United Nations won’t stop him singing
Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party
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With both in Russia, will Jacob Zuma present his sick note to Cyril Ramaphosa?
The president is in the middle of a tug-of-war between party and national interests