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MK party president, Jacob Zuma. (Busi Lethole)

One year on, parallel leadership, financial battles threaten Zuma’s MK party in KwaZulu-Natal

Provincial convener Willies Mchunu says the party needs to start building its structures from scratch

The MKP’s Mervyn Dirks led its MPLs out of the legislature chamber in Pietermaritzburg in protest against the election of the whips and committee chairs going ahead. Photo  supplied

MK Party walks out as KwaZulu-Natal Legislature elects committee chairs

Influential committee posts are shared among the members of the province’s governing coalition

The MKP’s Mervyn Dirks led its MPLs out of the legislature chamber in Pietermaritzburg in protest against the election of the whips and committee chairs going ahead. Photo  supplied

ANC expels Mervyn Dirks for cosying up to MK party

Dirks is the first ANC member to be expelled for aligning himself with former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party

ANC KZN MPL Mervyn Dirks

‘Rogue’ cadre Mervyn Dirks sworn into KZN Legislature

Dirks previously irked the ANC when he demanded that president Cyril Ramaphosa be investigated for ethical violations

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Ramaphosa escapes impeachment inquiry

ANC MPs voted down the Ngcobo report that recommended he face further inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal

The president may not have the support of the entire ANC caucus should a vote of no confidence in him take place. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ramaphosa survives internal challenge, but impeachment storm awaits

The president may not have the support of the entire ANC caucus should a vote of no confidence in him take place

President Cyril Ramaphosa on the campaign trail in October 2021. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa denies knowledge of abuse of public funds for party elections

The president, in a letter to a watchdog parliamentary committee, confirmed the authenticity of a leaked recording in which the problem is discussed, but said he was talking only…

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Lindiwe Sisulu. ((Photo by ER Lombard/ Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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

Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)

Public protector to investigate president

ANC MP Mervyn Dirks has asked Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate Ramaphosa’s ‘failure to report corruption’

Cynical: Will the investigation into national police commissioner Khehla Sitole for stonewalling the probe into the assassination of Charl Kinnear be conducted thoroughly, wonders our columnist. Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo

Cyril the Bullet Dodger

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

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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.