Supporters have stood by Jacob Zuma through scandal after scandal. Some have stayed loyal to him and others have turned their backs
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This weekend’s NEC meeting comes as the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal struggles to maintain order as Zuma supporters allegedly barricade roads, torch trucks and loot in protests against his incarceration
The ANC has resolved that Niehaus’s conduct at Nkandla was in contravention of rule 25.17 of the party’s constitution and warrants disciplinary action
This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
The structure will consider taking the ANC to court if it does not agree to its demands on disbandment, says MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe
Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal allies
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A defiant MKMVA has vowed it is business as usual, after a meeting with the top six ended with the military veterans being kicked out of the virtual platform
The SANDF is the only legitimate military force allowed to operate in the country, says Jessie Duarte
Maphatsoe said the decision was surprising, given that it deviated from the MK unitary process the MKMVA and the MK Council had been working on
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
The ANC chairperson has instructed its caucus ahead of the vote to establish a committee to investigate the public protector’s fitness to hold office
Magashule has received at least five letters from ANC caucus members unhappy with the chief whip’s backing of a vote against the public protector
The deputy chief justice says he has to act because Zuma’s defiance risks inciting lawlessness
His lawyer says the summons was not in line with the Constitutional Court order
Ace Magashule’s move to distance himself from Carl Niehaus signals a rebalancing of influence and authority at the top of the ANC
The MKMVA spokesperson has been asked to give reasons why he should not be fired from his position at Luthuli House after attacking Jesse Duarte last week
Amid protests by the ANC’s MK Military Veterans, distressed foreign nationals have shut their stalls at a Durban flea market
The MKMVA strongly asserts former president Jacob Zuma’s inalienable right to be presumed innocent until, and if, proven guilty.
This is not the first Gupta-related finding by a Public Protector against Van Rooyen.
Sub-committee chairperson David Mahlobo said, in particular, the ANC would look at creating industrialisation opportunities.
Maphatsoe lashed out at the courts, accusing the judiciary of planning to sabotage the ANC’s national conference.
The ANC branch of MKMVA treasurer Des van Rooyen, who also backs Dlamini-Zuma, nominated Ramaphosa.
The Veterans’ League says the executive is trying to fob off its job of tackling the Zuma mess
The president of the vets is accused of illegally using state funds and fake members to get himself elected
Maphatsoe accused Ramaphosa of being factional and of lying when he claimed to have attended the conference to forge unity within the MK.
Ramaphosa was speaking on Saturday at a joint MK conference held by some MKMVA members and the MK National Council.
Former combatants gathered at the Nasrec Expo centre on Friday for an inclusive conference.
The ANC is in a double bind since Zuma presided at a conference that elected the MKMVA’s leadership
The organisation said this after allegations surfaced in an amaBhungane Gupta email leaks report.
"the security service industry is lucrative: South Africans spent in excess of R45-billion on private security last year alone."
Foreign security companies involved in ‘problematic’ activities
Kebby Maphatsoe has launched a blistering attack on the South African Communist Party (SACP)