John Steenhuisen and Velenkosini Hlabisa cast a line in the water to exploit the ANC’s weaknesses
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As South Africa approaches the 29 May national and provincial elections, the narrative has shifted from load-shedding to a crisis that hits even closer to home: water.
Plus, Mapisa-Nqakula in the dock.
Party says the former president was never charged, convicted or sentenced for a criminal offence
If we make God in our image, let it not be the genocidal maniac worthy only of contempt but rather a God of kindness, worthy of our worship
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The former president and his personnel are unscathed after an accident on Thursday
The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
The Democratic Alliance leader says a coalition with the governing party might be the ‘least worst option to prevent the radicals from taking over’
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ANC ‘only has itself to blame’ for missing deadlines to oppose the registration of MK
Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the party’s secretary general, Marshall Dlamini, would replace Shivambu as its national deployee in the province
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The battle between uMkhonto weSizwe party and the ANC will be a fascinating one, whatever the outcome of the current skirmish in the court, with Zuma continuing to haunt the party he once led in the courts, in the streets and at the polls.
Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism
The state’s bid to have a trial date set was stymied by Zuma’s counsel signalling that he was seeking leave to appeal
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Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
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The deputy minister said he would not discuss the list or internal debates
South Africa’s political narrative is mired in a swamp of inadequacy and hypocrisy
The Jacob Zuma-backed party will be facing off in the electoral court on Tuesday against the ANC, which is trying to have it deregistered
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Change starts … just now, as Roger Jardine’s funders pull the plug
Party has fielded a mix of political newcomers and long-time Zuma associates
But spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the party will only elect its officials after the 29 May national and provincial elections
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Vehicles were stoned on Umgeni Road on Monday morning, while reports of workers sabotaging water pipelines were also received
But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation
The EFF leader has said that the door was still open to collaboration with the DA and MK parties after the elections, but not with Ramaphosa
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Dirks is the first ANC member to be expelled for aligning himself with former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party
ANC takes control of the cadre deployment narrative on the eve of its manifesto launch
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ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli believes the president’s approval rating provides an advantageous platform for campaigning
The DA leader delivered the official opposition’s rescue plan for South Africa on Saturday, saying ‘we are in it to win it’
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The lawsuit is the latest example of business entities trying to bar the media from reporting
The ruling party’s head of elections has said the ANC should be worried that members were moving to the new party while the IFP should also be concerned
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The president largely blamed the state of the country on the legacy of apartheid and the Zuma era but said the ANC was not finished yet
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Khoza raised eyebrows after posting a recent photograph of herself and her once stated nemesis, Jacob Zuma, on social media
The figment of his imagination has defined the president’s timid tenure
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