The presidency has confirmed that former president Nelson Mandela is breathing on his own after being admitted to hospital due to a lung infection.
The presidency has hit back at Free State University rector Jonathan Jansen for claiming it had been lying about Nelson Mandela’s health.
President Jacob Zuma has undergone medical tests at a hospital and was given a clean bill of health, the presidency announced.
Lulu Xingwana and her delegation have been lambasted by MPs for failing to deliver documents on her department’s turnaround strategy on time.
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A discussion on new corruption evidence implicating presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj, to whether the Blackberry 10 is competition to the iPhone.
It is unfortunate that some leaders in the ANC have dropped the moral code and collaborated with greedy state bureaucrats and tenderpreneurs.
President Zuma should suspend his spokesperson Mac Maharaj, says the DA after allegations that he had benefited from a driver’s licence contract.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj and his wife Zarina have denied allegations that they took bribes for a 1990s tender for new drivers’ licences.
In an interview with the M&G, Shirene Carim, Zarina Maharaj’s sister, expands on her reasons for coming forward now.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj’s sister-in-law has spoken to the M&G about her knowledge of a secret Swiss account.
Mac Maharaj’s lawyer, Rudi Krause responds to questions by the Mail & Guardian.
Mac Maharaj is getting his own spokesperson to help him to deal with the increasing instances of "rhetorical overreach" by President Jacob Zuma.
The presidency has renewed its plea for the media and public to respect Nelson Mandela’s privacy, hours after he was discharged from hospital.
Nelson Mandela may have to stay in hospital over Christmas, Mac Maharaj said on Sunday, declining to give any update on his current state of health.
President Jacob Zuma this morning visited Nelson Mandela in hospital in Pretoria where the former president continues to respond to treatment.
Nelson Mandela has undergone surgery to remove gallstones and is recovering from the successful procedure, according to the president’s office.
The presidency says former president Nelson Mandela is still receiving treatment in an unnamed hospital in Pretoria.
The ANC has declined to comment on the M&G report claiming Jacob Zuma had more benefactors than previously thought to cover his debts and expenses.
In just over a week, delegates sent to Mangaung by ANC branches will vote whether or not to retain President Jacob Zuma.
The French defence company that paid bribes to Schabir Shaik, allegedly funded Maharaj’s bid to stop Scorpions from getting his wife’s bank records.
The Nkandlagate controversy deepens and Tokyo Sexwale gets dumped by the ANC Youth League.
Mac Maharaj did his best to spin President Jacob Zuma’s withdrawal of his legal action against Jonathan Shapiro.
South African political language can be baffling, but the most recent utterances on "Nkandlagate" surely mark a new level of tortuous sophistry.
If referring to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead as a "compound" is racist, then all three arms of government are racist too.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has defended the party’s decision to visit President Jacob Zuma’s homestead in Nkandla.
The claim to records based on public interest is outweighed by the need to fight corruption, says the National Prosecuting Authority.
Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi will investigate how City Press obtained documents revealing the R203-million budget for Zuma’s Nkandla upgrade.
Mac Maharaj has raised an important point about the NPA. Certainly, if members are acting outside the law it is hugely worrying.
It should also be noted that Maharaj’s apparent concern about confidentiality is highly selective.
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The Mail & Guardian did not break the law by publishing parts of NPA transcripts as Mac Maharaj contests, says the Right To Know (R2K).
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj says the key part of his case against the Mail & Guardian is that the newspaper broke the law.
M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes and investigative reporters Sam Sole and Stefaans Brummer have been told they are suspects in a criminal investigation.