Search
Welcome
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe here
Register Now
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
                       
Careers & Tenders
Newsletters
Subscribe
The Mail & Guardian
      SUBSCRIBE / Support independent journalism                   CAREERS & TENDERS / Visit careers.mg.co.za                   WHATSAPP? / Follow the M&G WhatsApp channel here            
Login / Register

LOGIN

  • News
    • Africa
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Education
    • Health
    • Motoring
    • National
    • Sci-tech
    • Sport
    • World
  • Thought Leader
  • Politics
  • Green Guardian
  • Friday
  • Features
    • Buthelezi, the King’s Hand
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2023
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2012-2021
    • The Fiscal Cliff
  • Research World
    • Submissions
    • Papers
  • 200 Young South Africans
  • Events
    • 200 Young South Africans
    • Greening The Future
    • Power Of Women
      • 2024 Edition
    • Critical Thinking Forum
    • Youth Summit
    • Webinars
  • More..
    • Partners
    • Podcasts
    • Crossword
    • Digital Editions
    • Register
    • WhatsApp Channel
    • Login
    • Lost Password

           

South African Politics

No image available
Article
/ 29 October 2008

Don’t disrupt our meetings, Lekota tells ANC

Suspended former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota will not resign from the party because that will look like he is running away, he said on Wednesday.

By Jenni Ogrady
No image available
Article
/ 28 October 2008

Zuma: ANC not concerned by ‘angry people’

ANC president Jacob Zuma said ”angry people” would not ”misdirect” the ruling party from its mission to improve lives, it was reported on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 28 October 2008

Shilowa: Insults will not stop us

Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa has called for political tolerance in the run-up for to the formation of the new political party.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 27 October 2008

Lekota, Shilowa extend invitation to SA public

Terror Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa on Monday invited the SA public to attend their national convention to be held on the weekend.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 27 October 2008

The future of the state

Public servants, such as teachers, healthcare workers, policemen and women are (or should be) a valued part of any developmental effort.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 26 October 2008

The second coming

Wednesday afternoon at the Rhema Mthatha Christian Church and people are throwing their ANC membership cards into a box placed in front of the stage.

By Niren Tolsi
No image available
Article
/ 26 October 2008

A rabble-rousing Terror

As Lekota calls for a return to the old ANC, South Africa may just be witnessing the second coming of the old Terror Lekota.

By Niren Tolsi
No image available
Article
/ 24 October 2008

Holomisa condemns ‘kill Lekota’ chants

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa on Friday condemned reports that ANC members tried to disrupt a public meeting hosted by Terror Lekota.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 24 October 2008

ANC tries to rattle Shikota

Efforts to disrupt campaigning by the
breakaway movement are in full swing, writes Mandy Rossouw.

By Mandy Rossouw
No image available
Article
/ 23 October 2008

‘Save us from ANC warlords,’ say Lekota supporters

Ripping up pictures of ANC leader Jacob Zuma, backers of a new breakaway movement sought to drum up support in Gauteng on Thursday.

By Siphiwe Sibeko
No image available
Article
/ 22 October 2008

Impending legislation will empower Parliament

Counterpoint: Power over the budget means power over resources and therefore power over the scope and implementation of policy.

By Len Verwey
No image available
Article
/ 22 October 2008

Free State ‘realigns’ cabinet

Free State Premier Beatrice Marshoff on Wednesday announced four changes to her provincial cabinet.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 22 October 2008

Puppets and purse strings

Point: Will the ANC, mindful of the real power that it is vesting in MPs, be more careful who it sends to Cape Town?

By Nic Dawes Author
No image available
Article
/ 21 October 2008

ANC tensions steal Holomisa’s thunder

Wednesday October 8 was probably the worst day the United Democratic Movement could have chosen to launch its campaign.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
No image available
Article
/ 21 October 2008

Spare us the red herrings

The season of red herrings, kite-flying and cat-and-mouse games is back with us in the political landscape.

By Rapule Tabane
No image available
Article
/ 21 October 2008

The infantilisation of politics

Julius Malema’s rhetoric is mere flatulence unleashed across the land.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Analysis
/ 20 October 2008

Be afraid. Be very afraid

Mature leadership requires the implementation of the post-Polokwane pledge of reconciliation and inclusivity.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 19 October 2008

The message in the song

It was not surprising to see that the two conferences of the ANC this past weekend in Cape Town did their combating through song.

By Mpush Ntabeni
No image available
Article
/ 18 October 2008

Another Mbeki supporter purged from union

Trade union supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma scored a victory this week by toppling one of former president Thabo Mbeki’s most vocal supporters.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
No image available
Analysis
/ 18 October 2008

New traditions in liberation politics

Compelling as it may be, getting too absorbed in the intrigue of palace politics and personalities will lead us away from clarity in this crisis.

By Suren Pillay
No image available
Article
/ 17 October 2008

ANC rebels surge in seven provinces

Seven provinces could be split by the fracturing of the ANC. The three Capes — Western, Eastern and Northern — are ripe to split.

By Mandy Rossouw, Rapule Tabane, Pearlie Joubert Author, Nic Dawes Author, Mmanaledi Mataboge and Matuma Letsoala
No image available
Article
/ 17 October 2008

iBez 4 Prez?

Deputy President Baleka Mbete has a lot on her mind. With Evita Bezuidenhout registering her own political party, Mbete will have competition.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No image available
Article
/ 16 October 2008

ANC denies reports of early election

The ANC has denied a report that some of its members may push for an early election to try to undermine plans by former members to form a breakaway.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 15 October 2008

‘You can’t sell anger’

Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille offers some advice to Mosiuoa Lekota on how to launch a new party.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 14 October 2008

ANC: Lekota will get suspension letter ‘soon’

Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota will receive a letter ”soon” informing him of his suspension from the ruling party, a spokesperson says.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 14 October 2008

I do not believe it, Lekota says of suspension

Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota met the news of the suspension of his party membership with disbelief on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 14 October 2008

You said it, Mantashe

A week is a long time in politics, it is said, and late June already feels like ancient history.

By Franz Kruger
No image available
Article
/ 14 October 2008

‘I’ve lost faith in the ANC’

Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala asked ordinary South Africans to share their views on the possibility of a new political party.

By Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala
No image available
Analysis
/ 14 October 2008

Okay, now I’m panicking

That word recession. We don’t want to hear it. Hairlines recede. Gumlines recede. We don’t recede. Not in the 21st century.

By Lev David
No image available
Article
/ 13 October 2008

ANC suspends Lekota

The ANC has suspended former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota after he threatened to form a breakaway party, it said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 13 October 2008

‘ANC values are being undermined’

In true Cape style, two sharply divergent tendencies have now emerged in one of the factions of the Western Cape ANC.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No image available
Article
/ 13 October 2008

Four disaffected pillars of the split

Four political leaders have openly associated themselves with moves towards the formation of a new ANC-based political party.

By Rapule Tabane
← Older posts
Newer posts →

MAIL & GUARDIAN

ABOUT

About
Contact
Advertise

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscribe
Newsletters

FOLLOW

WhatsApp Channel
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
LinkedIn
TikTok
Threads

FLAGSHIP EVENTS

200 Young South Africans
Power Of Women
Greening The Future

LEGAL & CORRECTIONS

Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Ethics & Social Media Policy

RESOURCES

Mail & Guardian Careers
Property for sale


Mail & Guardian

© 2025 The Mail & Guardian. All rights reserved.

  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }