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Lindiwe Sisulu

Why everybody wants to be Cyril Ramaphosa
Opinion
/ 21 October 2022

Why everybody wants to be Cyril Ramaphosa

The number of comrades wanting to stash cash under their mattresses is growing faster than Zuma court case postponements

By Paddy Harper
No backing down as presidential hopeful Mkhize goes for broke
Politics
/ 20 October 2022

No backing down as presidential hopeful Mkhize goes for broke

Disgraced former health minister wants the ANC to revert to normal disciplinary processes instead of the step-aside rule to curb corruption

By Paddy Harper and Lizeka Tandwa
ANC’s most powerful women conclude on backing Sisulu ahead of NDZ during weekend meeting, say insiders
Politics
/ 9 October 2022

ANC’s most powerful women conclude on backing Sisulu ahead of NDZ during weekend meeting, say insiders

Some leaders said that Dlamini-Zuma had received her due support from women and it was now Sisulu’s turn for a position in the presidency

By Lizeka Tandwa
Back to the future as Dlamini-Zuma squares up to challenge Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency
Opinion
/ 13 September 2022

Back to the future as Dlamini-Zuma squares up to challenge Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency

One would have hoped the ANC had made it out of its 2017 trenches – or dug some new ones

By Paddy Harper
Zuma also deserves a song and dance
Opinion
/ 9 September 2022

Zuma also deserves a song and dance

uBaba should have the full black, green and gold treatment with all the trimmings for his next court appearance

By Paddy Harper
ANC Women’s League stands firm on chemical castration for rapists
Politics
/ 30 July 2022

ANC Women’s League stands firm on chemical castration for rapists

The idea was rejected at the governing party’s last policy conference in 2017

By Paddy Harper
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, this is why South Africans question your integrity
Opinion
/ 12 July 2022

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, this is why South Africans question your integrity

Your political ambitions and material interests need a long, hard look. Why are you still with the ANC when it has failed South Africa?

By Andile Zulu
ANC’s key eThekwini conference deadlocks over which delegates can vote
Politics
/ 10 April 2022

ANC’s key eThekwini conference deadlocks over which delegates can vote

ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Sihle Zikalala lays down the law, warning factions to stop destroying the party.

By Paddy Harper
Umgeni Water’s board members get R4.3-million windfall
Politics
/ 1 March 2022

Umgeni Water’s board members get R4.3-million windfall

The axed board members have been paid out for the 14 months they spent sitting at home.

By Paddy Harper
Sisulu vs. Ramaphosa: the ANC’s war of (stolen) words
Opinion
/ 9 February 2022

Sisulu vs. Ramaphosa: the ANC’s war of (stolen) words

We need robust and open discussion about South Africa’s transformation. What we don’t need is ham-fisted attempts at political posturing and calling our judges names

By Ian Siebörger
Sona 2022: Tell us what’s happened, Mr President
National
/ 7 February 2022

Sona 2022: Tell us what’s happened, Mr President

The president needs to report back to South Africa on what his government has – and hasn’t – achieved since 2018

By Rebone Tau
We need to think critically but honestly about our legal future
Opinion
/ 5 February 2022

We need to think critically but honestly about our legal future

To survive our many problems we require creative thinking, with integrity; not vulgar populism as a blunt tool to capture power and glory

By Johann van der Westhuizen
Chief justice interviews: Mlambo laments toxic politicking around judiciary
National
/ 3 February 2022

Chief justice interviews: Mlambo laments toxic politicking around judiciary

The Gauteng judge president’s words turned prophetic as he came under sustained political attack in his interview for the post of chief justice

By Emsie Ferreira
What will it take to halt institutional decay and defend the rule of law?
Opinion
/ 28 January 2022

What will it take to halt institutional decay and defend the rule of law?

Selfless leaders and engaged citizens must protect their nations from seeping into failure during their transition to democracy

By Mzukisi Qobo
Cyril the Bullet Dodger
Opinion
/ 27 January 2022

Cyril the Bullet Dodger

The presidential bobbing and weaving over ANC campaign funding is about to come to an end

By Paddy Harper
Editorial: Please choose the chief justice judiciously, Mr President
Editorial
/ 27 January 2022

Editorial: Please choose the chief justice judiciously, Mr President

The judiciary is under attack from populists – again – and needs a leader who can balance tensions between rights in the Constitution brilliantly and bravely.

By Editorial
Why lawyers argue the case for a Madlanga constitutional court
National
/ 27 January 2022

Why lawyers argue the case for a Madlanga constitutional court

The brilliance of Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s mind and his transformative judgments can prove salutary at a time when the judiciary is under populist attack, his peers hope.

By Emsie Ferreira
Andile Zulu: Sisulu obfuscates the true nature of power in South Africa
Opinion
/ 25 January 2022

Andile Zulu: Sisulu obfuscates the true nature of power in South Africa

Power in post-apartheid South Africa lies with the party, the state and capital. The tourism minister masks her complicity with bad governance, and being part of the economic and political elite.

By Andile Zulu
​​Shrewd management of future Covid waves is key to the tourism industry’s recovery
Business
/ 24 January 2022

​​Shrewd management of future Covid waves is key to the tourism industry’s recovery

Stakeholders are cautiously optimistic about 2022, citing relaxed restrictions and discussions with the government as reasons for hope.

By Sarah Smit and Anathi Madubela
Sisulu accuses presidency of ‘deliberate mischief’
Politics
/ 21 January 2022

Sisulu accuses presidency of ‘deliberate mischief’

The minister’s open defiance has raised the stakes in a standoff that points to the looming power struggle President Cyril Ramaphosa faces

By Emsie Ferreira
Sisulu launches ANC president bid, but ‘radical economic transformation’ faction not convinced yet
Politics
/ 21 January 2022

Sisulu launches ANC president bid, but ‘radical economic transformation’ faction not convinced yet

The tourism minister will have to jockey with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Zweli Mkhize for a presidential nomination.

By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper
Sisulu rejects Ramaphosa’s ‘apology in her name’
Politics
/ 20 January 2022

Sisulu rejects Ramaphosa’s ‘apology in her name’

In a public showdown with the president, the minister promptly distanced herself from his statement that said she apologised for her attacks on the judiciary

By Emsie Ferreira
Constitutional democratic order under attack: Ramaphosa
National
/ 17 January 2022

Constitutional democratic order under attack: Ramaphosa

The president said slurs against the judiciary, sabotage against institutions and the findings of the Zondo commission showed the need to protect democracy

By Emsie Ferreira
Radical economic transformation ‘bullshit’ won’t change lives of poor
Opinion
/ 16 January 2022

Radical economic transformation ‘bullshit’ won’t change lives of poor

Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t

By Andile Zulu
Gungubele asks if Sisulu did not cross a line in law
Politics
/ 15 January 2022

Gungubele asks if Sisulu did not cross a line in law

The minister in the presidency said there was a need for the government to do more to protect the judiciary

By Emsie Ferreira and Lizeka Tandwa
Zondo was damned if he did, damned if he did not
Politics
/ 14 January 2022

Zondo was damned if he did, damned if he did not

The attack by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on judges as enslaved to a colonial mentally placed the acting head of the judiciary in an impossible position, fraught with politics, legal scholars say

By Emsie Ferreira
Viva Rastazeneca, viva!
Opinion
/ 13 January 2022

Viva Rastazeneca, viva!

Lindiwe Sisulu’s broadside isn’t the only attack on SA’s supreme law.

By Paddy Harper
Mantashe: Sisulu did not bring the ANC into disrepute
Politics
/ 13 January 2022

Mantashe: Sisulu did not bring the ANC into disrepute

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the minister of tourism and a member of the party’s national executive committee was expressing her personal views when she attacked the integrity of the judiciary and the Constitution.

By Lizeka Tandwa
Sisulu ‘crossed line’ and must withdraw ‘insult’ to judiciary – Zondo
Politics
/ 12 January 2022

Sisulu ‘crossed line’ and must withdraw ‘insult’ to judiciary – Zondo

The acting chief justice accused the minister of breaking her oath to respect the Constitution by questioning the rule of law and branding African judges as slaves of oppressive ideology

By Emsie Ferreira
Bathabile Dlamini one of the axed in major housing entity shake-up
Politics
/ 29 November 2021

Bathabile Dlamini one of the axed in major housing entity shake-up

Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appoints new boards because the structures were ‘wracked with infighting, rapid and frequent leadership changes, poor governance, corruption and loss of technical capacity’

By Paddy Harper
Sisulu to appeal Umgeni board court ruling
Politics
/ 26 October 2021

Sisulu to appeal Umgeni board court ruling

New Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has already started moves to implement the court order and dissolve Sisulu’s interim board

By Paddy Harper
High court reinstates Umgeni Water board
National
/ 23 October 2021

High court reinstates Umgeni Water board

The high court has ruled that the dissolution of the water entity’s board by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu was unfair and unprocedural

By Paddy Harper
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