ANC veteran Pallo Jordan believes former president Thabo Mbeki’s 30-page paper on land expropriation does not enrich the land discourse
The former president is arguing that the ruling party is deviating from its commitment to non-racialism in the land debate
The comments were made in a leaked 30-page memorandum intended for internal use by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation
South Africa and the DRC have enjoyed a cordial relationship for years but things seem to be on shaky ground
The ANC’s new KwaZulu-Natal leaders want the NEC to let the former president campaign
Our readers write in about the issue of the ‘national question’ raised by the EFF
Until the court rules otherwise, the state will continue to cover the former president’s legal fees
The canned KwaZulu-Natal conference exposes a uniquely ANC attitude to enmity
The Arusha Accords, led by Thabo Mbeki, have been eroded and Cyril Ramaphosa needs to restore peace
The former president could get the African Renaissance he wished for
In a statement, the DA said it noted Balindlela’s "misguided" decision to join the ANC again.
The department of international relations is attempting to reclaim the country’s position as a major force on the continent
The cheerful doorman has been collecting badges to serve as an ice-breaker with guests who stay at the Hilton Durban
Current land reform policy is so bogged down by bureaucracy that there’ll be no quick-fix solution
‘The pressure on Mahumapelo to step down is also not the first time attempts to unseat him have been made’
Some leaders were booed and old rivalries were hashed out in tribute speeches to the global icon.
It was surely the years spent in exile that engendered such a degree of paranoia in the ANC’s leadership of those years
President Joseph Kabila’s opponents want Cyril Ramaphosa and SADC to take a much stronger line
Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders
The party that is now giving her a special official funeral once shunned her as a ‘wayward charlatan’
Former president Jacob Zuma’s comments were markedly different from those made by Thabo Mbeki
No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics.
An IRR report alleges that the budget allocated to VIP Protection Services exploded from R353-million in 2008/2009 to R1.5-billion in 2018/2019.
The relationship between former president Jacob Zuma and the ANC veterans had become acrimonious and tense
In a bid to halt its slide at the polls, the ANC wants its former presidents and other big guns to campaign for the party
Ramaphosa can rely on the ex-ANC spokesperson to sniff out any shenanigans by Zuma diehards
The president’s walkabouts symbolise a new political order, but is there more to his regimen?
Will the ANC-led government honour Jacob Zuma the way it ought to have honoured Thabo Mbeki?
The new president’s plans for a better future must include ending party proportional representation so that citizens can have a say and drive change
What kind of president will Ramaphosa be? He is self-evidently a private and reserved human being.
He worked his way up from poverty and imprisonment to become the country’s leader but he will be remembered for a presidency that hurt the people
In an interview with the Mail & Guardian this week, The EFF leader said he felt vindicated by Zuma’s exit from the presidency