The players in the weapons scandal involving bribes of about $300 million escaped justice
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The jailed fraudster says his criminal record has been expunged and that the step-aside rule can’t be applied retrospectively
Disgruntled would-be national executive committee members are going to court over their failure to make the top 200 names
The chief justice was acting in a non-judicial capacity when chairing the state capture inquiry, so the complaint probably falls outside the law but underscores the risk of naming sitting judges to investigate political scandals
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The president, in a letter to a watchdog parliamentary committee, confirmed the authenticity of a leaked recording in which the problem is discussed, but said he was talking only to allegations made publicly by others
The EFF president says he has grown — and matured — along with the country’s third-largest party
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ANC MP Mervyn Dirks has asked Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate Ramaphosa’s ‘failure to report corruption’
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In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals
This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
The structure will consider taking the ANC to court if it does not agree to its demands on disbandment, says MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe
Magashule is expected to argue that the step-aside rule 25.7 is unconstitutional and unlawful
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The suspended secretary general is said to be adamant that he would pursue the court action against the advice of his allies in the national executive committee
Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal allies
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A defiant MKMVA has vowed it is business as usual, after a meeting with the top six ended with the military veterans being kicked out of the virtual platform
The party’s secretary general and his two backers face new charges for their comments at former president Jacob Zuma’s court appearance
Journalists’ voices should be the very loudest in calling for the culling of the corrupt among us
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
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, who criticised Ace Magashule and Supra Mahumapelo during an interview, said those party leaders who want the NEC to reverse its step-aside resolution used a ‘convenient blackmail argument’
Refuting lies about vaccines from people in leadership positions may be less about changing their minds and more about protecting those listening
Magashule’s personal assistant is working with prosecutors to reveal how the R255-million cash was moved
Last year, the high court set aside the findings of the commission of inquiry into the arms deal scandal. Now activists are calling on the judicial conduct committee to investigate the judges in charge
Tony Yengeni’s tweet implied Mashaba should be necklaced. He has been widely criticised for this, and the DA has laid a charge.
It is the ANC’s record of corruption that will be weighing on voters’ minds as they go to the polls next year
​The ANC has announced that it will launch manifesto forums across the country to hear what South Africans want from the governing party
An ANC NEC member has not taken kindly to criticism of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Many senior South African politicians have lied blatantly – only to be exposed by the law – so Pallo Jordan marks a break of sorts with the past.
ANC heavyweight Tony Yengeni has made his second appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on charges of drunken and reckless driving.
The drunken driving case against ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni has been postponed until June.
The ANC claims they’re vindicated by a Press Council verdict on a recent M&G headline. Play "Devious, or Dim?". You be the judge.
Despite his flagging influence, Tony Yengeni remains a public persona that people love to hate.
The City of Cape Town says the cops who pulled Tony Yengeni over for drunk driving had reasons to do so and did not target him.
A raid on a German company has revealed a record of a deal signed by ANC heavyweight Tony Yengeni when he headed Parliament’s defence committee.