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
The former president is probably correct in believing he will never serve another day in prison but he has shaken faith in the justice system
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There is irony in Msholozi being forced under the heel of the monstrous correctional services system he propped up – will he return behind bars?
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader has urged the president to do this to avoid further civil unrest and violence similar to the July 2021 riots
The former president will return home once his treatment is complete, his foundation said after a concourt decision made plain he must return to prison
The resignation comes at the height of renewed attacks on long-haulage trucks
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And of Belarus, for representing that country in Zimbabwe by offering carbon credits from a Russian forest in Siberia
The court said there was no reasonable prospects of success for an appeal on the judgment finding that his release on medical parole was unlawful
The high court found that Zuma’s bid to criminally charge his successor was tainted by ulterior purpose and an abuse of process
The governing party should have realised that a message of fear is far more profitable and successful than one of hope
Recalcitrant ANC MPs had previously enabled state capture, and nothing had changed, according to the chief justice
The past week has been a good week. All three have suffered serious setbacks, as they have once again been exposed as the cowards they truly are, for all the bravado
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Ace’s departure is just but a drop in the ocean of what’s needed for the party to renew itself and be relevant to a country that is drifting away
Former secretary did not provide the party with reasons why he should not be expelled, as requested