But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation
Fikile Mbalula and other ANC officials are now at pains to say that his words were ‘a joke’ and ‘political rhetoric’
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Civil group #NotInMyName says the admission is a reason for citizens to ‘vote better’ in the upcoming elections
The party’s top six leaders agreed with the former president’s letter at a meeting, saying they had not received a proper brief on Phala Phala from Cyril Ramaphosa
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The ANC’s top seven officials are expected to meet former president Thabo Mbeki after he wrote a scathing letter to deputy president Paul Mashatile
Former president says closing ranks around Ramaphosa alienates the masses
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The minerals and energy minister could be the de facto prime minister of Cyril Ramaphosa after aiding the president through turbulent times
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Julius Malema is all grown up since the days he was expelled from the ANC but Paddy Harper still feels like a rookie after almost four decades on the job
Malibongwe Dubazane is contesting all 14 of the IFP-run Nkandla local municipality’s wards
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The chief justice we didn’t know we needed protected the independence of the judiciary through dark days but leaves an ambivalent legacy
Minenhle Makhanya was apparently waiting for the result of a Covid-19 test on Friday, forcing the postponement of the case in which the Special Tribunal seeks to recover R155-million until early 2022
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
Jacob Zuma successfully used an appeal to tribal identity for his ascent to the presidency. And he tried to use it again to avoid being sent to jail
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
But the ANC’s national executive committee also said the interests of an individual cannot take precedence over the rule of law
The Zondo commission is arguing that the high court has no jurisdiction over the warrant for his arrest or his claim that his constitutional rights have been violated
In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals
ANC leaders’ negotiations with Zuma fall flat causing party leaders to call on presumptive Zulu monarch to take action
ANC leaders are to ask deputy secretary general Jesse Duarte discuss his 15-month sentence and to call on his supporters to return to their homes
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Many ANC leaders and officials have been implicated in allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing; Zuma’s is merely the most prominent case
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
The commission has given up hope the former president will appear before it, and says the court must now protect the constitutional order
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The president says the message to Jacob Zuma will be a simple one: respect the rule of law
The EFF’s top brass have spoken out about Malema’s engagement with Zuma, calling it ‘a disappointment’
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The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector
SANDF officials considered launching a probe into the ‘doctored’ certificate
In the Ramaphosa vs Mkhwebane case, the court has been asked to rein in the public protector
The bank’s liquidator has gone after two more people who allegedly profited, as well as former president Jacob Zuma
The South African Communist Party’s deputy secretary general has a history of attacking the office of the public protector
At the heart of the debate about Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s conduct is how to ensure that the office she holds is protected
The unit believes Minenhle Makhanya authorised and oversaw the implementation of improvements and the installation of security measures at Nkandla