In November 2009, Chris Roper and Mandy Rossouw stumbled upon the start of what would become Zuma’s Nkandla home. Chris looks back.
Four years ago, the M&G first exposed the scandal behind multimillion-rand upgrades on Jacob Zuma Nkandla’s home. Today, little has changed.
As we mourn a life lost, we should also remember to celebrate its tremendous success in so brief a period.
Tanya Pampalone remembers her friend, Mandy Rossouw.
Politics reporter Mandy Rossouw will be remembered for her vivid character, razor-sharp wit and insightful articles.
Report says the South African Communist Party is in disarray and its leaders are after government positions.
Cosatu’s membership has grown 3.8%, but its secretariat report shows this is due to an increase in the membership of its public-service unions.
The relationship between Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the ANC Youth League may play a crucial role in Vavi’s political career.
Corruption Watch, the Cosatu-backed anticorruption initiative, will focus on both the private and public sectors, says its executive David Lewis.
Northern Cape provincial leaders are wooing the former secretary general of the ANCYL, Vuyiswa Tulelo, to return to her home province.
Nationalisation is a fait accompli and the ANC is merely looking for the best way to implement it, claims Julius Malema.
Cosatu says it is going to "name and shame" corrupt politicians and government officials in Limpopo next week.
Sicelo Shiceka has been told that he will be removed from Cabinet, senior ANC sources told the <i>M&G</i>.
Missing funds for non-existent T-shirts and shaky coalition deals have left Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota with fewer friends after the local elections.
A probe has been launched into contracts worth R60-million awarded by Limpopo to Tshepo Malema, cousin of Julius Malema.
Lebogang Maile has had limited success so far in his campaign to unseat Malema, who has the support of most of the regions.
The ANC’s Western Cape secretary, Songezo Mjongile, has become the first high-profile casualty of the national treasury’s crackdown on tenderpreneurs.
President Jacob Zuma’s report to the AU about his visit to Libya will highlight the arrest warrant issued by the ICC.
The ANCYL is planning on selling access to ANC and other leaders in a pricey business lounge at its upcoming conference.
President Jacob Zuma will visit Muammar Gaddafi at the request of the Libyan rebels, a senior security official close to Zuma told the <i>M&G</i>
The DA will not court trouble by entering coalitions with problematic parties merely to win control over two small municipalities in the Western Cape.
Coalition rule in Cape Town was the first major step in the DA’s move into government. But the party is treading more carefully this time around.
The ANC’s priority prior to the national elections in three years’ time will be to claw back the minority vote.
ANCYL president Julius Malema lost votes for the ANC in minority communities, the party has said.
A harried week of phone banking and social networking marked parties’ final drive.
Cope was to blame for the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan council remaining in ANC hands, Cope officials themselves conceded.
The first results of the 2011 municipal elections came in at 8:22pm on Wednesday, more than one hour after voting stations around the country closed.
Democracy think-tank Idasa has taken issue with vote-buying practices leading up to the elections, but the IEC has paid their complaints little mind.
Julius Malema doesn’t speak for the ANC in calling Helen Zille and her team as "a madam and two stooges", says ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
The minutes of a Cope election team meeting reveal a devil’s brew of mistakes, failures and mismanagement in the procurement of campaign materials.
The public protector is apparently close to releasing a report about alleged irregularities in the Midvaal council involving two local DA strongmen.
The municipal election campaign is in the toilet, literally — the delivery of the most basic service of all has come to dominate the polls.