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Mkhwebane will not oppose Mabuyane’s application to interdict remedial action

In papers filed on Tuesday, Mkhwebane said that she would abide by the court’s decision in the matter.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
No bite: Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede (left) has stepped aside but is standing for election. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
ACE MAGASHULE

Gumede accepts step-aside rule — and nominations as ANC chairperson

Corruption-accused ANC members will stand for election at the impending regional conferences

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Winding his neck in: Ace Magashule. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ACE MAGASHULE

Duarte claps back at Ace in court

The suspended ANC secretary general toed the party line in his address to Zuma’s court rally as further disciplinary charges loom

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

Duarte: Magashule’s court challenge to his suspension is premature

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s claims that he is the victim of a factional purge with the governing party are false, says his deputy, Jessie Duarte.

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has sought to debunk claims made against it by former Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku, calling his words misleading. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC NDC lambasts PEC in ruling reinstating Masuku, Diko

In April the M&G reported that the two were ordered to step aside from all party positions and to desist from speaking on behalf of the organisation until the SIU investigation…

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule defied KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial leaders by speaking to Jacob Zuma’s supporters after the former president appeared in court on Monday despite an agreement not to do so. By doing so he also broke his suspension orders.
ACE MAGASHULE

Magashule defies suspension order and KZN leaders’ advice that he not address Zuma’s supporters outside court

A strategy by the KwaZulu-Natal ANC to control the narrative coming out of former president Zuma’s court appearance for arms deal corruption and fraud was thwarted

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said some leaders of the Radical Economic Transformation faction in the party had made statements which were an “assault” on the party leadership’s attempts to hold the party together.
ACE MAGASHULE

ANC resolute over its step-aside decision: Duarte

The governing party has identified 40 members charged with serious crimes who will have to step aside

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The governing party was defeated at full council when its allies voted against it to stop the appointment of Maxwell Mbili. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)
ACE MAGASHULE

ANC eThekwini branches want Magashule reinstated immediately

ANC branches in Durban want all accused of corruption, and not just the criminally charged, to step aside

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
101 VETERANS

101 party elders dominate appeals body presiding over Magashule appeal

That the majority of those who form part of the ANC’s appeals body will come from 101 elders – which faction will have the upper hand

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
War cry: It was at the 2017 Nasrec conference that a decision was taken for those charged with corruption must voluntarily step aside and those alleged, reported and accused of corruption face the integrity committee. (Wikus de Wet/AFP)
ACE MAGASHULE

The ANC’s step-aside rule explained: past, present and what’s next for Ace & co

The ruling party’s attempt to clean house was prompted by personal protective equipment tender corruption

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read