The political project around Jacob Zuma is violent, predatory and socially toxic, but it does speak to real lines of exclusion that liberalism cannot address
Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
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But spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the party will only elect its officials after the 29 May national and provincial elections
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The president said the minister of finance was consulting with social development about possibly increasing the social relief of distress grant
The former president is hoping that it will be third time lucky for him in this election round of their battle
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The NEC has finally agreed that exceptional circumstances warranted the former president’s suspension, but it hasn’t yet told him personally
ANC president says the party fears no new or existing party going into this year’s historic poll
No decision from the ANC party leadership yet on how to how to handle the former president
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The South African National Civics Organisation has said it will not act against its provincial chairperson for his actions
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Her photos focus on SA’s forgotten Umkhonto weSizwe veterans
The former soldiers want the state to pay them R4 million each in reparations
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The secret headquarters of the anti-apartheid struggle and the events that took place there in the early 1960s hold stories well worth sharing
Military veterans from Umkhonto weSizwe, Azanian People’s Liberation Army and Azanian National Liberation Army have sought legal advice in a dispute over payments
Bhamjee’s selfless dedication to the struggle against injustice is an inspiration for us all
Reconciliation requires hard work to create restitution and atonement. But it can only happen on an individual level, not a national or group level.
The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot
Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS
Magashule fails to meet former presidents Mbeki and Motlanthe as he runs out of options
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Kgalema Motlanthe paid tribute to ANC struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, who died on Tuesday, at his 95th birthday celebrations last month
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
Denis Goldberg was a forthcoming, funny, angry, brutally honest and impressive man who never stopped fighting for what he believed in
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
These 18 stories from members of MK’s Ashley Kriel detachment teach the meaning of sacrifice
How Moe Shaik went from ANC spy to boss of the secret service in the democratic South Africa
A former SB operative, Paul Erasmus, talks about the torture of a young trade unionist, Neil Aggett, and the machinations at John Vorster Square
Those involved in the distribution of government houses in Gauteng fear for their lives
The construction entrepreneur died in a head-on collision on the N14, as she made her way to a funeral in the North West province
Doors have opened for the Timol, Simelane and Aggett families but doubts still linger about the NPA’s behaviour and culpability
THE LIFE STORY OF A GUERRILLA: PART II
On the streets of Jo’burg, old military habits die hard
The first in a two-part series by Thami Mkhwanazi.
This week: Life in the camps
With a weaker ruling party and more numbers in the more vocal opposition parties, her work will be cut out for her.
Protests and strike action hamper IEC start to election