Influential committee posts are shared among the members of the province’s governing coalition
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Dirks is the first ANC member to be expelled for aligning himself with former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party
Dirks previously irked the ANC when he demanded that president Cyril Ramaphosa be investigated for ethical violations
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
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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 to allegations made publicly by others
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
ANC MP Mervyn Dirks has asked Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate Ramaphosa’s ‘failure to report corruption’
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The presidential bobbing and weaving over ANC campaign funding is about to come to an end
The judiciary is under attack from populists – again – and needs a leader who can balance tensions between rights in the Constitution brilliantly and bravely.