The SANDF is the only legitimate military force allowed to operate in the country, says Jessie Duarte
Maphatsoe said the decision was surprising, given that it deviated from the MK unitary process the MKMVA and the MK Council had been working on
Impugned prosecutor Billy Downer argues that even if the court agreed he was biased and removed him, this would still not spell an acquittal for Jacob Zuma
The Judicial Service Commission did not near finality on the matter on Friday and the matter was postponed to the next available date
Though it is enshrined in our constitution, the right to differ within one’s political party is not always enacted in practice. Here’s why it’s better to allow dissent
Veteran prosecutor Billy Downer argues the former president is not entitled to recycle arguments dismissed by the high court as he seeks acquittal on arms-deal charges
‘You get people at national level who openly defy the decisions of the NEC, even taking the ANC to court … What is that?’ – Thabo Mbeki
The criminal prosecution and lawful dissolution of the ANC are not only morally desirable but legally justifiable too
The former president failed to file papers or indicate whether he intended to proceed with the matter after his lawyers withdrew
A political trial within a trial is indicated after Zuma’s counsel’s raise the spectre of oral evidence in its move for the prosecutor’s removal and for charges to be dropped
The new counsel for the former president read part of his plea for the prosecutor’s removal and ultimately his acquittal out in court
The former SAA chairperson said her closeness to the former president had caused people to unfairly implicate her in state capture matters
The former eThekwini mayor is one of eight ANC KwaZulu-Natal members who have accepted the national executive committee’s ruling
Evidence leaders said the failure of the former SAA chairperson to appear was part of a pattern of avoiding accountability
The embattled Western Cape judge president readily agreed to recuse himself from hearing the public protector’s challenge of the rules governing the process to remove her from office
The chief justice has effectively vacated office five months early as he appeals an adverse finding on his pro-Israel stance and faces criticism from the legal fraternity over his chairing of Judicial Service Commission interviews
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
The former president argues that if he succeeds in having Billy Downer removed as prosecutor, the charges should be dropped
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it has plans to leverage Zuma’s popularity when it starts its election campaign for this year’s local general elections
The former president’s application to remove Billy Downer as prosecutor comes as he runs out of road in more than one legal battle
Journalists’ voices should be the very loudest in calling for the culling of the corrupt among us
The Zondo commission wanted the speaker to explain why there was no parliamentary inquiry into evidence of state capture
Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede is out on R50 000 bail after being arrested for an allegedly corrupt solid waste tender
A strategy by the KwaZulu-Natal ANC to control the narrative coming out of former president Zuma’s court appearance for arms deal corruption and fraud was thwarted
Judge Piet Koen orders a brief delay to give Zuma’s lawyer time to enter a plea that Downer has no authority to prosecute the matter
The long-running arms deal case is heading for further delays after Zuma’s attorney and senior counsel withdrew at the 11th hour
The suspended secretary general argues that the rules the party relied on to sideline him are invalid but those informing his attempt to suspend the president are lawful
The high court has said it would be in the public interest given the importance of motions of no confidence in the president, to settle whether MPs can vote in secret
The suspended ANC secretary general won’t apologise publicly for his letter to Ramaphosa
Inside sources say the NEC discussed Zuma’s attitude towards the judiciary after the integrity commission ordered him to appear before it
ANC branches in Durban want all accused of corruption, and not just the criminally charged, to step aside
That the majority of those who form part of the ANC’s appeals body will come from 101 elders – which faction will have the upper hand