The presidential posture has deteriorated, somewhat, since the heady days of Thuma Mina
The reputation of the judiciary could suffer in the political repercussions of the process
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Student debt is growing quickly and, if something doesn’t change, it could jeopardise the country’s already struggling economy
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For Brian Molefe and Ajoj Singh, the Transnet locomotives are coming home to roost
The ANC doesn’t want to give trust land to the people who live on it and Dr John L Dube House may end up housing royalty again
The former ANC MP and activist had been ill since June
Legal teams argued that the only remedy was for Zuma to return to prison, but his advocate countered that at this late stage, it would amount to a fresh sentence
The supreme court of appeal asked how it could accept this when the medical reports had been redacted
The injustices of the apartheid era have survived and expanded, and human rights flouder, in a state that was supposed to be founded on the rule of law and constitutionalism
Mere forgiving and forgetting based on a lack of political will, incompetence, laziness, corrupt motives or even universal love, is not on
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It can neither hold the centre nor lead society. The recent policy conference was bereft of new ideas
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Judge Piet Koen has postponed the arms deal case again pending a pronouncement from the constitutional court on Zuma’s application for leave to appeal
The province’s leaders are calling for mob rule and will try to convince their comrades at this weekend’s national policy conference to support their untenable position
Dealing with patronage and abuse of resources is central to turning the party’s fortunes around
President is expected to deliver the opening address on Friday morning
Plans to convert the forum into a national general council meeting to review and scrap the regulation will probably be thwarted by the ANC’s top brass
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The president appeared before the group of elders on Tuesday, with sources saying he remained mum on the allegations
The head of state is in for a heated weekend — De Ruyter permitting — when the ANC holds it national policy conference
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The Judicial Services Commission has finally recommended that the Western Cape judge president be suspended, but he is preparing appeal to overturn a decision that he should face impeachment
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There was a strong view, according to the report, that the judiciary was overstepping, undermining other arms of the state and using the law based on feelings instead of facts, especially in the jailing of Zuma
Several would-be candidates for chairperson failed to make it onto the ballot or declined after being nominated from the floor
The dominant faction in the eThekwini region resolved to support Emalahleni chair Ntuthuko Mahlaba for provincial treasurer, replacing Zandile Gumede who is affected by the step-aside rule
The KwaZulu-Natal executive committee has kept Jacob Zuma up to date about plans for its conference
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The suspended public protector did not disclose that she had a copy of a classified intelligence report on a high risk unit in Sars but a recording suggests otherwise
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Impunity is pervasive among the political elite. And it goes back to colonial times and apartheid
The former national director of public prosecutions was a ‘witness bearer’ and a casualty of the ominous trend in the ANC’s increasing cultural aversion to truth
The minister allegedly tried to influence procurement and appointments to key management posts, top cop tells Ramaphosa
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The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
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The underlying causes of the riots persist and all it will take is a spark that could lead to further looting and violence
The ANC has called for constitutional and legislative changes following damning allegations in the state capture report
The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
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