No sight gratified many people more this week than ANC Youth League president Julius Malema squirming and deflecting — and not in charge as usual.
A colleague this week complained that we were wasting space in our newspaper by dedicating it to historic events, which have no real news value now.
Our politicians often bombard us with fashionable new lines about how they intend tackling corruption, crime, et cetera…
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/ 11 December 2009
Government should honour communicators who understand their role to be publicising government work through the media.
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/ 13 November 2009
Jacob Zuma and minister Barbara Hogan are increasingly at cross-purposes over what control government should exercise over state-owned entities.
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/ 13 November 2009
The ANC should consider firing Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan. Better still, she should resign before she loses all self-respect.
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/ 30 October 2009
The evidence of dysfunctionality at local government level is the service delivery protests emerging everywhere — almost in a coordinated fashion.
The Cosatu / SACP tail is wagging the dog, senior officials complain. Matuma Letsoalo and Rapule Tabane report.
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/ 23 September 2009
It is important to remember that one of the cornerstones of apartheid was the segregation of tribes, as well as races.
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/ 6 September 2009
– for loyal but incompetent leaders in strategic government positions who ignore the needs of communities they are supposed to serve.
The presidency has employed media aides who have not
been in government before, writes Rapule Tabane.
What if President Jacob Zuma appointed John Hlophe as chief justice? Would that mean the end of the rule of law as we know it?
The DG of the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department has quit the department after a bitter falling out with Minister Shiceka.
We are back to watching the familiar spectacle of the ANC and its alliance partners at each other’s throats over this and that.
Getting gender parity on the party lists has become an essential balancing act. Rapule Tabane reports.
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/ 24 February 2009
Wiith Mbeki’s persona no longer clouding the issue, Zuma will still have to answer the question: How much consultation is enough consultation?
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/ 15 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Saturday that burglary and housebreaking should be taken more seriously by the police and courts.
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/ 6 February 2009
As President Kgalema Motlanthe addresses the nation in his first, and possibly last, State of the Nation address, he will be walking a tightrope.
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/ 29 November 2008
Task teams and advisers have been deployed to Cope hotspots to troubleshoot.
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/ 21 October 2008
The season of red herrings, kite-flying and cat-and-mouse games is back with us in the political landscape.
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/ 13 October 2008
Four political leaders have openly associated themselves with moves towards the formation of a new ANC-based political party.
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/ 10 September 2008
What do Jacob Zuma, lion feeder Mark Scott-Crossley and Linda Mti have in common?
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/ 8 September 2008
Numsa chief accuses the federation of playing politics when it should remain above the fray, reports Rapule Tabane.
The business community feels the state had more than five years to put together charges against Zuma.
Willie Madisha has urged ordinary Cosatu members to reclaim the union federation from "dictators" – a reference to its top leadership.
It was a great moment for all of us to see the great man, in our minds lionised for being the first commander of Umkhonto weSizwe.
A fresh court bid by ANC members this week challenging Free State party chairperson Ace Magashule and his executive has thrown a harsh light on infighting among provincial ANC chiefs.
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/ 30 November 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>Key strategists for African National Congress (ANC) presidential frontrunner Jacob Zuma are working to increase his majority at the Polokwane national conference and have vowed not to allow complacency to creep in. They have also blasted President Thabo Mbeki for intentionally dividing the ANC further by continuing to contest the election.
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/ 11 October 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>Politicians and mathematics don’t always go together, but the coming weeks could see campaigners doing the math to determine whether President Thabo Mbeki, businessman Tokyo Sexwale or Jacob Zuma are leading the nominations for the top job in the ANC.
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/ 13 September 2007
The winds of change are blowing in the ANC. On the sixth floor of Luthuli House, secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe has removed all the paintings and decorations from the walls as he prepares to leave his office in three months. Neatly wrapped and folded in the corner, the destination of his decorations is unknown.
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/ 7 September 2007
Recent events and political blunders by the three leading African National Congress (ANC) presidential candidates suggest the race is still wide open. Outsiders such as Cyril Ramaphosa, Kgalema Motlanthe and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma cannot be ruled out.
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/ 22 February 2007
The main feature of Trevor Manuel’s budget for the security cluster was the allocation of resources to help hire more police officials, prosecutors, magistrates, judges, interpreters and court managers. An additional R2,4-billion over the next three years will enable the recruitment of an additional 34 000 police personnel.