A meeting to finalise a Ramaphosa slate was boycotted by some provincial leaders, with those in attendance annoyed by the final list which excluded key allies
The former president, like Lazarus, is back
Political parties say the act is restricting their ability to receive external donations
While he challenges its recommendation that he be suspended, the judge president was allowed to take part in the JSC interviews with candidates in his division
The order was withdrawn three days after the judgment was granted unopposed
But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process
Nearly 50 people were gunned down in another bloody week while implementation of the gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter was delayed by “administrative processes”
The state-owned electricity company is set up as a public entity but it operates like a corporation, an inevitable symptom of our neoliberal age
Food prices are too high for some households to bear but more targeted relief might have a greater impact
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
Mdumiseni Ntuli also believes Zweli Mkhize wasn’t properly assessed before he was endorsed as party president
Eyeing top spot, he dismisses the step-aside rule as punitive and an inadequate tool to fix the ANC
National commissioner Fannie Masemola will finally act on a forensic report alleging misconduct by Semakaleng Manamela
ANC insiders believe it’s unlikely Jacob Zuma will support David Mabuza’s bid to become president
The tone may be more muted than in past years but judges who penned politically unpopular rulings were again accused of ignorance of the law
The Government Employment Pensions Fund said it only informed their members in September because they needed to ‘test’ the data first
Employees, including senior staff members and contractors, have stolen or deliberately broken equipment, which has contributed to load-shedding
Workers are in the throes of a cost of living crisis, which could force the government to fold on its hard line against more spending
The three senior officers used the need to spy on students to allegedly defraud the state
Negotiators are concerned that 80% of the money promised by the UK, US, Germany, France and the European Union is in the form of high interest loans
By bloating its showpiece, Fifa has made single-country bids impossible and dimmed the tournament’s magic
The ANC secretary general contender says former presidents who make public endorsements about ANC leadership contestation risk diminishing their standing and prestige
Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won
Transnet says it can’t afford to pay employees more
While the country’s leaders blamed climate change, a top climatologist has questioned whether this is strictly accurate
In an interview for a position on the SCA, the trial judge in the Zuma corruption case said the then chief justice’s criticism was unfounded
Police report that between January and October last year, there were 922 armed robberies, up from 744 during the same period in 2020
Will the South African Communist Party and the labour federation ever leave the ANC or are rumblings just hot air?
The government should rather consider a targeted approach to reducing inflation
Mail & Guardian Friday editor Lerato Tshabalala chats to ‘The Woman King’ director Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood about working with Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu
Last year, 200 murders were recorded by Global Witness – that’s four every week
The Gupta era exposed the flaws in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and now the government is dealing with the consequences