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Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. (File photo)

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resigns from EFF

His departure follows verbal attacks from Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema

In the race: Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, the former Economic Freedom Fighters spokesperson. Photo: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images

Showdown for EFF secretary general post as supporters lobby for Mbuyiseni Ndlozi

Supporters are backing Ndlozi to challenge incumbent Marshall Dlamini as the battle hots up

(John McCann/M&G)

‘You are ordinary, even as a minister’

We should hold SA’s politicians to account and not just offer them our unthinking deference

FF Plus party leader Pieter Mulder.

​Mulder steps down as FF Plus leader

He had been in Parliament this year for an uninterrupted 28 years, making him the MP with the longest continuous service period.

Dysfunctional: Ashley Westaway argues that poor schools are failing their students because they have

SA schools are ‘sites that enable the dispensing of state patronage to the members of Sadtu’

It’s no coincidence that the poorest black schools with the worst outcomes are under Sadtu’s dominion.

The targeting of large buildings appears to be part of a new military tactic by Israel.

Analysts divided on Zuma’s fate

His fate lies between whether his ANC political opponents can oust him or if economic pressure and public opinion will push the ruling party to act.

Campus a ‘battleground for politics’

Politics is playing a "devastating" role on campus and has made universities the terrain where "comrades and racists struggle".

Traditional weapons out for IFP chair

Traditional weapons out for IFP chair

When is a disciplinary hearing not a disciplinary hearing? When the Inkatha Freedom Party calls it an inquiry, it seems.

Cope to ‘discuss’ Dandala’s resignation

The resignation of Cope’s parliamentary leader Mvume Dandala will be discussed at a meeting of the party’s congress national committee on Friday.

Lekota: Cope not ‘party of my dreams’

Sources said while he pretended in public that he was over the shock, his anger is still being felt in Cope.

Cope man double-crosses to ANC

Instead of coming up with an original strategy for selling Cope to the voter, Mlungisi Hlongwane brought ”a carbon copy of the ANC’s elections manual”

‘Black bag man’ sticks to his guns

Former Cosatu president Willie Madisha and former SACP treasurer Phillip Dexter both lost their positions after supporting Charles Modise’s claim.

New Mpumalanga ANC chairperson David Mabuza. Photo: Sunday Times

By Mpumalanga, for Mpumalanga

The election of David Mabuza as ANC chairperson in Mpumalanga two weekends ago has sparked fear and despondency among the province’s top civil servant

Eyeing the top spot: John Block

Northern Cape’s Nintendo politics

In one corner, ”members of the Hidden Hand” who moonlight as the ”demonic forces of the dark”. In the other, ”Mugabe and his evil warriors”.

De Lange happy to take top crime-fighting job

Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Johnny de Lange has effectively put his hand up for a cabinet role in a Zuma government.

Zuma-ites grab union

Zuma supporters sweep out leaders of Mbeki-aligned chemical union, writes Matuma Letsoalo.

ANC suspends six staff members

Six managers in the parliamentary office of the ANC have been suspended over allegations that they misappropriated money and created fictitious posts.