The man frequently tipped to replace current National Prosecuting Authority head Mokotedi Mpshe is former Limpopo premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi.
That the press is out of kilter with the voting preferences of the majority of South Africans is not a bad thing for democracy.
Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa is too close to power and there are systemic problems with any attempt to cut graft, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Zuma tapped into the mood of the poor black majority, but they too will turn against him if he fails to deliver.
When it announced that about 50 ANC MPs would cross to Cope, the ANC went into panic mode.
It has been a brutal campaign, stretching back to the ANC’s Mafikeng conference in 1997, but Jacob Zuma can’t spend too much time taking victory laps.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
Cope has its roots in the liberation movement, its supporters are the same township dwellers that have voted ANC in the past.
A Saturday morning some time in March and my Facebook news feed reflects the passions of South Africans: sport, politics and polemic.
Zackie Achmat unravels the inherent flaws in the drive for a two-thirds majority and tells why he’s still going to vote for the ruling party.
Acting chief’s judgment: an innocent oversight or blatant plagiarism? Adriaan Basson reports.
While Rajbansi remains confident about his hold on the Indian community, rebel ANC members would prefer the cat to be put down.
”Mbeki took the view that the only way South African could regain its stature was to take an intellectual and philosophical lead in Africa.”
The legal fraternity is uneasy after the ANC president’s recent comments.
Free State voters are underwhelmed by Cope, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
Thembelihle Tshabalala tested the reaction on the streets over the decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma.
Zille’s car – an official model on loan since bomb threats against her made driving her own Toyota Prius a security risk — is an unbelievable mess
The conflation of the ruling party with the government and the state is fuelled by the myth of the party as the liberator of a passive citizenry.
Mandy Rossouw and Paul Botes went looking for Thabo Mbeki’s mother in Idutywa and came away feeling there’s only one Cope supporter in town.
‘No anti-Zuma bias’ in complaint against Hlophe, Judicial Service Commission hears. Matuma Letsoalo reports.
A Zuma supporter who was outside the country this week asked me what was happening when I phoned him on Tuesday.
Mmanaledi Mataboge quizzed academic Sipho Seepe, a prominent member of Jacob Zuma’s camp.
The ghost of Cope is now hanging over the premiership race in the Eastern Cape, which is considered to be the party’s heartland.
ANC national working committee member Lindiwe Sisulu led an ANC task team on Zuma’s legal affairs. Rapule Tabane spoke to her.
Jacob Zuma’s victory this week provided more than legal relief. It was also an important political reaffirmation.
The controversial tapes central to the NPA’s reasons for dropping charges against Jacob Zuma are "overrated".
Jacob Zuma’s prosecutor, Billy Downer, is not a happy man. But he won’t be quitting any time soon, he tells Adriaan Basson.
My family’s ritual Sunday lunch at home has not been the same since the birth of the ANC’s half sister Congress of the People.
Membership of Cabinet includes a constitutional practice of acceptance of decisions or resignation.
It is time for the public to take responsibility for choosing the corrupt and dishonest to lead us.
A new federation to rival Cosatu was formed recently. Matuma Letsoalo quizzed its leading light, Cope leader Willie Madisha.
Cosatu general secretary raises concerns about ANC president Jacob Zuma’s assertion that there is no need for a review of monetary policy.