Lebogang Maile – The Mail & Guardian

/ 22 October 2024

Mbalula targeting Lesufi in ‘proxy battle’ ahead of 2027 ANC conference

Sources say Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi is not a threat to the ANC secretary general, but could be collateral damage

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By Lunga Mzangwe

Politics

/ 7 September 2022

Murmurs of Makhura in ANC top six are ‘smoke and mirrors’

A national position is a flickering light for Gauteng Premier David Makhura, whose province is the firm turf of Paul Mashatile

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 25 June 2022

Gauteng ANC conference likely to produce mixed bag of leaders

No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way

By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 24 May 2022

Can Panyaza Lesufi save the ANC in Gauteng come 2024?

With the Gauteng provincial conference around the corner, West Rand regional secretary Sanele Ngweventsha argues that Lesufi might give them the edge in 2024.

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 27 May 2020

Coalition politics and law: The fight over Tshwane

With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common

By Franny Rabkin

Politics

/ 18 May 2020

Battle for control of the City of Tshwane is back on

The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services

By Nation Nyoka

Article

/ 29 April 2020

High court overturns decision to place Tshwane metro council under administration

Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 23 April 2020

No more evictions — for now

But City authorities vow to stop the erection of new shacks during the national lockdown

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 10 March 2020

Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract

Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 5 March 2020

By-election woes for DA as Tshwane council is binned

The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 31 January 2020

The learners who live in a church

Despite promises of relocation, two months after floods people in Mamelodi are still living in a church. Bongekile Macupe and Delwyn Verasamy went to talk to the learners who are trying to get on with school while living in a loud and alien environment

By Bongekile Macupe

Article

/ 24 August 2018

Gauteng agriculture department to ditch security firm

The Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development intends to terminate its contract with a controversial security services company

By Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 10 August 2018

ANC eyes youth and minority voters

The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 27 July 2018

Makhura’s problem: His provincial committee

Makhura reportedly supported a group that backed former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau as his deputy

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 27 July 2018

Mr Nice Guy boosts ANC’s Gauteng race

Panyaza Lesufi’s focus is on the poor, and on what the ANC needs to do to win back unhappy voters

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 23 July 2018

No Cabinet shake-ups because of leadership contest — Makhura

‘There shall be no MEC who is changed because they have a different view from me’

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 21 July 2018

Lesufi elected to ANC Gauteng’s second most powerful position

Lesufi narrowly defeated economic development MEC Lebogang Maile to become the ANC in Gauteng’s deputy chairperson

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 20 July 2018

Mabuza had better watch his back

The ANC deputy is seen by some provinces as a turncoat, rendering his position precarious

By Matuma Letsoalo Author, Dineo Bendile and Paddy Harper

Article

/ 13 July 2018

SIU probes Pule Mabe’s associates

Net widens as investigators find evidence of fraudulent activity conducted in three provinces

By Thanduxolo Jika

Article

/ 13 July 2018

Officials want ‘secure storage’ for scooters

The Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development insists on holding on to the karikis

By Thanduxolo Jika and Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 6 July 2018

ANC regions get behind Makhura

Mashatile’s vacant seat as party chair in Gauteng will be filled by the premier ‘to bring stability’

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 12 June 2018

Parks Tau positions himself to capture Gauteng

The ex-mayor’s supporters believe he will take the post of deputy ANC chairperson and premier.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author

Article

/ 1 June 2018

M&G’s audit article is an attack on me

‘I refuse to allow my name to be dragged through the mud or sacrificed at the altar of political opportunism and factional.’

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 1 June 2018

Kariki carts finally reach the people

The Gauteng government presented 50 of the 200 controversial ‘karikis’ to waste pickers this week

By Mashadi Kekana

Article

/ 30 May 2018

SIU to investigate company associated with Mabe

The alleged irregularities involving the contracting and prepayment made to Enviro Mobi has been referred to the SIU for investigation

By Amanda Khoza News24

Article

/ 25 May 2018

Gauteng audit follow-up heightens ANC split

More than 300 forensic audits have been handed over to the SIU with a view to recover hundreds of millions of rands lost to the government

By Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 4 May 2018

Maile: I’m not a robot for Mashatile

The rising Gauteng ANC star has denied that his political mentor is an ambitious puppetmaster

By Matuma Letsoalo Author

Article

/ 1 May 2018

Battle on for top posts in Gauteng ANC

Panyaza Lesufi, Parks Tau and Lebogang Maile to fight it out for key positions in the region

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 6 October 2016

Maile ready to confront Gauteng’s growth challenges

Gauteng’s MEC for economic development, agriculture and rural development says the department will focus on modernising the provincial economy.

By Thebe Mabanga

Article

/ 22 January 2012

Negative long-term effects feared for youth league

As Julius Malema’s appeal against his suspension from the ANC begins, the youth league says it worries that important issues are being sidelined.

By Ahmed areff

Article

/ 18 June 2011

After the party, youth league gets down to business

The African National Congress Youth League started the third day of its national congress on Saturday with a closed session.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 17 June 2011

ANCYL congress off to a positive start

The ANCYL was taking no risks on security at its national congress yesterday.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge

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