Magashule fails to meet former presidents Mbeki and Motlanthe as he runs out of options
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The arms manufacturer has argued that there was no evidence to show that it was aware of hundreds of indirect payments to Jacob Zuma, but the court was not convinced.
Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for equality her entire life, she says. And she’s scared of no one
Reverend Frank Chikane has just completed six years as the chairperson of the Kagiso Trust. He speaks about corruption, his children’s views and how churches can be mobilised
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A new book draws on the secret archive of NP justice minister Kobie Coetsee to paint a detailed picture of the lead-up to Nelson Mandela’s release. Shaun de Waal spoke to co-author Riaan de Villiers
The pattern is now well established: crisis, intervention, promises by the Zanu-PF regime to behave, and then relapse after a decent interval to the sort of behaviour that prompted the latest crisis in the first place.
The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together
Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses
The coronavirus pandemic places moral, economic, and political questions before us. Only two answers remain: socialism or barbarism
This debt should be deemed a subsidy, an external cost that the government must bear for inadequate service delivery.
From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity
Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside
The former president’s lawyers say they do not know how where Parliament obtained the information about his attendance
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Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
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The former president has laid out to a to-do list for the department of international relations
The former president says that South Africa needs clearer foreign policy positions on a range of continental and global issues
The former president pays tribute to the late Zimbabwean leader in his first address to an ANC event since he was infamously recalled
Politicians depend on our ability to forget their worst transgressions in order to manipulate the public discourse
Doors have opened for the Timol, Simelane and Aggett families but doubts still linger about the NPA’s behaviour and culpability
The president may have kept his cards close to his chest but now he has to make bold moves
The supporters that usually crowded outside the court and in the public gallery were absent at Jacob Zuma’s bid to get off corruption charges
ANC’s Tressurer General Paul Mashatile, former president Thabo Mbeki and President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the media after voting.
‘A genuinely secret ballot helps to prevent intimidation, blackmail and voter fraud’
Our yearning for good news lets our critical faculties fly into exile, so we need to be grounded
Government interest in the pollution claims appears to have been aroused by Constitutional Court action launched against President Thabo Mbeki
He needs to keep the power on to woo voters with the ANC’s achievements since 1994
Of all Sona speeches, Motlanthe spoke the most, while Zuma spoke the least
Corruption has gone too far in SA to be eradicated but other nations have used it to their advantage
President Cyril Ramaphosa did, however, hint at the strain that has mired the ANC in recent years