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/ 24 February 2009
At the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s critical thinking forum in Cape Town two weeks ago, the president’s state of the nation address scored mixed reviews.
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/ 24 February 2009
Rapule Tabane puts tough questions to Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa.
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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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/ 23 February 2009
A significant portion of municipal employees owe their jobs to political deployment.
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/ 22 February 2009
As ANC MPs clear up their offices this week, ending their five-year term in Parliament, many fear what the future holds.
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/ 21 February 2009
On a hot Saturday afternoon in Thabong, Welkom, ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe was approached by a visibly disgruntled 85-year-old woman.
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/ 20 February 2009
The Congress of the People (Cope) on Friday confirmed Bishop Mvume Dandala as its selection for presidential candidate.
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/ 20 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks to Ebrahim Harvey on the recent media splurges about his personal life, the Carl Niehaus affair and more.
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/ 20 February 2009
The M&G has been vindicated in its findings about a multibillion-rand Eskom tender involving former minister Valli Moosa, reports Sam Sole.
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/ 20 February 2009
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Triomf</i> and adaptation from a novel of the same name by Marlene van Niekerk.
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/ 20 February 2009
What really matters about the Niehaus story is the chaos within the ANC and the deep structural pathology of its political culture.
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/ 20 February 2009
Matuma Letsoalo interviewed Fikile Mbalula, head of campaigns for the ANC and a former leader of the ANC Youth League.
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/ 15 February 2009
Mpumalanga could have its first woman premier since 1994 if a lobby group within the provincial ANC has its way.
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/ 14 February 2009
Expelled councillors say they do not recognise their expulsions and will continue to do their work for the municipality.
Instead of spouting more platitudes, perhaps Kgalema Motlanthe could spit it straight in his State of the Nation address.
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/ 10 February 2009
Director General in the Presidency Frank Chikane will not take up a position in the Congress of the People (Cope), he said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Ignoring the axe over her head, Cope’s youth leader builds her ‘brand’.
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/ 10 February 2009
The denouement of the ‘second transition’ is greatly anticipated, but it may contain elements of brutal ruthlessness.
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/ 10 February 2009
Does Jacob Zuma’s polygamous lifestyle reflect the fundamental values of our Constitution?
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/ 8 February 2009
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) expects to meet its registration goal of 22-million voters by Sunday, the final day of registration.
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/ 8 February 2009
SA’s former deputy president, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, is preparing to leave the ANC and join Cope, it was reported on Sunday.
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/ 6 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance and the Freedom Front Plus have launched similar cases in the Pretoria and Cape Town high courts respectively.
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/ 6 February 2009
In South Africa, we fire nobody, leading to a culture of deep intolerance and impunity.
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/ 5 February 2009
Leaders of three of the most popular political movements talk about how they are planning to get their constituencies to the ballot box.
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/ 4 February 2009
Researchers say it’s high time that political parties begin to better understand the next generation.
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/ 4 February 2009
The youth will get a whole new government agency this year. But will it be just more of the same, asks Mandy Rossouw.
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/ 3 February 2009
In the past politicians would go after voters with rah-rah rallies and door-to-door campaigns, but not anymore…
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/ 2 February 2009
Plans are afoot to launch a trade union movement, which will have strong links with the Congress of the People.
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/ 31 January 2009
The implication is that voters still prefer the ANC, despite councillors having rejected the party.
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/ 30 January 2009
Housing Minister and ANC NEC member Lindiwe Sisulu on Jacob Zuma being the party’s presidential candidate despite having to juggle
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/ 28 January 2009
Cosatu on Wednesday vowed to distribute its anti-Cope booklet to as many places as possible.
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/ 28 January 2009
Plea of a conspiracy and personal vendetta after saying ‘Charge me’.