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/ 21 November 2011
Mass demonstrations against the Protection of Information Bill will be held today, as it is put to the vote in Parliament’s National Assembly.
The SA National Editors’ Forum has come out in support of the bid to get permission to publish information that shows Mac Maharaj lied to the NPA.
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/ 21 November 2011
News that Mac Maharaj’s attorneys laid charges against the <i>M&G</i> and two of its journalists comes as a surprise, writes <b>Pierre de Vos</b>.
Mac Maharaj, President Zuma’s spokesperson, has refused during an on-camera interview to deny lying to the Scorpions and and taking bribes.
Mac Maharaj has shrugged off allegations of unlawful conduct that he and his wife Zarina received millions of rands from French arms company, Thales.
President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson Mac Maharaj stands accused of receiving millions in bribes from French arms maker Thales.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj’s attorneys have laid charges against the Mail & Guardian and two of our senior journalists.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj’s attorneys have laid charges against the Mail & Guardian and two of our senior journalists.
M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes explains why we blacked out the Mac Maharaj article and what our next steps will be to publish the story.
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/ 18 November 2011
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> relays how her dreams were dashed when the <i>M&G</i> was forced to black out parts of its report on Mac Maharaj.
Mac Maharaj is spokesperson for President Jacob Zuma, but that job description doesn’t begin to capture his true influence.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj has accused the <i>M&G</i> of seeking to ‘hide its complicity’ after a report about him was suppressed.
The <i>M&G</i> has been compelled to suppress a report about presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj, following a threat of criminal prosecution.
Some observers believe this week’s Cabinet shuffle was the moment when Jacob Zuma finally showed that he was a decisive leader.
President Zuma’s action against Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, Sicelo Shiceka and Bheki Cele was "for the good of the nation", says Mac Maharaj.
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/ 5 September 2011
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> readers weigh in on Julius Malema, Mac Maharaj and more.
Jacob Zuma does not hold any personal or financial interest, in any business or corporate entity, his spokesperson Mac Maharaj says.
President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson, <b>Mac Maharaj</b>, responds to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s editorial.
President Jacob Zuma’s supporters and advisers are not amused by ongoing questions about his choice of chief justice.
President Jacob Zuma presents little material for spin, so what really is Mac Maharaj’s task?
‘Mac Maharaj is the new prime minister. Mac is a Zuma loyalist brought in to consolidate the Jacob Zuma alliance before the Mangaung conference.
The South African government says it will not pre-empt negotiations on Libya and prescribe the future of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The appointment of Mac Maharaj as President Jacob Zuma’s new spokesperson caught many in the government and the ANC by surprise.
Former transport minister Mac Maharaj is taking over from Zizi Kodwa as President Jacob Zuma’s new spokesperson.
Remember the days when, as inaugural transport minister, Mac Maharaj insisted that he would continue to drive his beat-up old Jetta? It struck a chord, for it spoke of a government that would live comfortably yet simply. Those days died quickly as the new democrats dusted off old protocol books designed for a venal order.
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/ 14 February 2008
The Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions) did not act improperly as suggested by the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana said on Thursday. The ANCYL lodged a complaint with his office stating that the Scorpions held an ”inappropriate” meeting.
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/ 19 December 2007
Jacob Zuma, the populist politician, humiliated President Thabo Mbeki with a sweeping victory in the election for leader of the African National Congress on Tuesday night. Zuma, who survived a rape trial and his dismissal as the country’s deputy president by Mbeki over corruption allegations, took 60% of the nearly 4Â 000 votes at the party’s national conference.
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/ 15 December 2007
Delegates to the African National Congress’s Polokwane conference, some of them weary after driving through the night from other parts of the country, began registering shortly after 10am on Saturday. Registration is taking place in a cavernous and hot aircraft hangar at the Gateway Airport north of Polokwane.
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/ 15 October 2007
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) plans to ask the Public Protector to investigate whether the Scorpions’ investigating unit has a political agenda and is abusing its power, the league said on Monday. Spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said the ANCYL was in the process of making an appointment with the Public Protector to discuss its concerns.
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/ 21 November 2003
At the end of his testimony this week Maharaj told the Mail & Guardian that he had overwhelming grassroots support in the ANC.
Mac Maharaj tragically pawned his legacy as a leader of the struggle.
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/ 21 November 2003
This week Maharaj again cut a tragic figure, but for a very different reason. There he was, on the witness stand at the Hefer commission, bumbling his way through what he must have known was nonsensical testimony. It was inevitable that under relentless cross-examination by the country’s top lawyers, he would wilt.