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Missing: Members of the Jacob Zuma’s MKP are fighting over alleged looting of funds in the party. Photo: GCIS

Zuma, MKP and the ‘looted’ R70m

The MPs have written to Zuma and Yengeni to demand a forensic investigation of the missing millions

Leader of the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and former South African president Jacob Zuma waves to supporters during the party’s first anniversary celebrations at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban on December 15, 2024. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)

Zuma tells ANC to reverse his expulsion and reinstate him immediately — or else

The former president’s lawyers say Tony Yengeni is being “persecuted” for representing Zuma at his disciplinary hearing

The ANC has confirmed that it has finally expelled its former president, Jacob Zuma. (Oupa Nkosi)

ANC expels Jacob Zuma as a member of party he once led

The former president wanted a ‘movie’ at a live hearing at Luthuli House

Former South African President and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) leader Jacob Zuma delivers a speech at the MK’s last rally in eMalahleni on May 26, 2024 ahead of the South African elections. (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jacob Zuma skips ANC disciplinary hearing because of network issues, sends Yengeni instead

The former president could still ‘technically’ be an ANC member if he appeals the decision to have him expelled

(John McCann/M&G)

The Arms Deal, a gateway to state capture

The players in the weapons scandal involving bribes of about $300 million escaped justice

ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Tony Yengeni. Photo: Supplied

Tony Yengeni appeals ban on standing for election at the ANC conference

The jailed fraudster says his criminal record has been expunged and that the step-aside rule can’t be applied retrospectively

Carl Niehaus, the spokesperson for the disbanded Umkhonto we Sizwe MIlitary Veterans Association (MKMVA), has been expelled by the ANC. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Carl Niehaus gets the chop as ANC cracks down ahead of conference

Disgruntled would-be national executive committee members are going to court over their failure to make the top 200 names

Former MP Tony Yengeni. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Yengeni’s complaint against Zondo is legally uncertain

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…

President Cyril Ramaphosa on the campaign trail in October 2021. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa denies knowledge of abuse of public funds for party elections

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…

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema.

Ten years post-ANC, Julius Malema is in a ‘much better place’

The EFF president says he has grown — and matured — along with the country’s third-largest party

Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)

Public protector to investigate president

ANC MP Mervyn Dirks has asked Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate Ramaphosa’s ‘failure to report corruption’

Former president Jacob Zuma.

Zuma gives his own version of events, detailing why he won’t turn himself in to begin his jail sentence

In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals

Creating instability? Former state security minister David Mahlobo, suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and former president Jacob Zuma are all part of the so-called radical economic transformation faction in the party. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

How Zuma’s 15-month sentence will affect this weekend’s NEC meeting

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 president of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA), Kebby Maphatsoe,

MKMVA threatens court action against top six

The structure will consider taking the ANC to court if it does not agree to its demands on disbandment, says MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe

Determined: Ace Magashule is persisting in his court action against his own party.  (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Allies warned Ace against taking his party to court

Magashule is expected to argue that the step-aside rule 25.7 is unconstitutional and unlawful