This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
The brutal murder of an Eastern Cape ANC member puts political killings in the province, and in the country, into sharp focus just before the local government elections
SA’s lockdown regulations are tightening to better curb the spread of Covid-19, amid concerns that the Delta variant could drive a surge of infections
The 2020 lockdown meant tourism took a dive, but according to Libstar subsidiary Cape Herb & Spice, many people chose to ‘travel via their taste buds
The land reform minister bans Ingonyama Trust chair from taking court ruling on appeal
The dairy’s Lichtenburg factory, which is being closed due to service delivery issues, employs about 380 permanent and 40 temporary workers
With income cut by 40%, operators fear the move back to level 2 of lockdown
ANC branches in the Farth North region in KwaZulu-Natal want an intervention from above to ensure a fair process
Workers mobilise over unfair labour practices and failure to recognise their trade union
Poverty forced her to drop out of school in Zimbabwe, but now she is helping children in her neighbourhood learn to read and write
Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term
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SA’s agriculture department has established a FMD task team to prioritise the outbreak, and a veterinary operational committee is also dealing with it
The party’s top officials are scheduled to meet on Sunday, when Magashule is expected to give a middle finger to the NEC’s decision to implement the contentious resolution
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Zandile Gumede won’t step aside from being nominated ANC regional chair in KwaZulu-Natal
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Outraged provincial secretaries called for a meeting with Luthuli
House after the ANC secretary general broadened the NEC’s step-aside resolution
The KZN government has closed for a week to mourn the monarch
Ingonyama Trust Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya has challenged the audit process in the face of a series of unfavourable ratings
In the frantic pursuit of patriarchal ideas of manhood, boys often lose their ability to love — this paves the way for cruelty and violence
The resignation of the North West director of public prosecutions comes as Panday goes to trial and Booysen sues the state
The eThekwini branches say they will engage the party’s regional and national structures to prevent Magashule and Zuma’s ‘persecution’
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The governing party elite seems to have different rules for its members than the regulations imposed on citizens — and the trust deficit continues to grow
In December 2020, scientists announced that a new variant of the Covid-19 — called 501Y.V2 — had been identified in South Africa. Here’s a look at what we’ve learnt in the past month about the new variant that is driving the country’s second wave of infections
Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water
The number of admissions drastically increased in the first two weeks of January, showing the highest numbers since the pandemic reached SA across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal
Despite dozens of appeals, the South African government is determined to give Sasol and its partners the go-ahead. But activists will not stop the fight
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The popular SUV continues its push to compete alongside the other big German boys
The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches
KZN’s premier has tried to intervene by offering South Africans preferential access to jobs, but foreign drivers say locals don’t want the work
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In a single day, temperatures in northern KwaZulu-Natal climbed to a lethal 45°C, causing a mass die-off of birds and bats
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In the book, The Indian Africans, academic Kiru Naidoo explores the society of colonial Natal in the late 1800s to early 1900
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule is ignoring party policy on corruption-charged officials and taking his battle to branch level, where his ‘slate capture’ strategy is expected to leave Ramaphosa on the ropes
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