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/ 26 September 2014
It can be hard to keep abreast of all the key catchphrases. Here’s an attempt at understanding the latest South African political lexicon.
TB Joshua’s church has turned from attacking potential rescuers to helping them. So has Nigeria’s government but it’s a case of too little too late.
Confusion reigns over the death toll and Nigeria refuses to allow South African search teams access to the site of the collapsed church building.
The DA doesn’t have to be overshadowed by the EFF. But it’s suffocating the spontaneity, ideas and leaders that have seen the party flourish before.
Pansy Tlakula has handed in her resignation over a botched leasing deal, leaving a vacuum at the top of the Independent Electoral Commission.
Mbali Ntuli has resigned as the DA’s youth leader after her relationship with party leader Helen Zille had become increasingly strained.
If he did indeed once sell his soul to the devil, Pallo Jordan has made up for it spectacularly by coming clean and resigning, writes Verashni Pillay.
The league’s already delayed national conference will take place even later than expected amid concerns that the organisation is losing its relevancy.
New leaders will be chosen next month, and the factions are going all out for their candidates.
The facts surrounding a dawn raid on an NPA employee’s house have become even murkier, as competing agendas battle it out.
The search came just hours before President Jacob Zuma questioned NPA chief Mxolisi Nxasana’s fitness to hold office.
Economic Freedom Fighters members say regional leaders are being sidelined in favour of former youth leaguers.
Spooks probed a Dubai offshore account opened in Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba’s name amid claims of a political smear campaign.
The DA has been slow to act to a derogatory tweet, saying it will revisit its social media policy despite the document already prohibiting the tweet.
Jacob Zuma is due to meet the justice minister over Mxolisi Nxasana and other issues. But the president will have a tough time ousting him legally.
Teachers should be in school, on time, Zuma has said repeatedly in previous speeches – except when he’s in town. Now the department is investigating.
An urgent application has been lodged with the electoral court seeking to postpone the May 7 elections and suspend all IEC commissioners.
Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has had a case of foot in mouth syndrome regarding Kenya’s sporting acumen.
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has tackled the issue of social cohesion, but the ANC has fallen far from Nelson Mandela’s non-racial vision.
Little of the province’s riches reach the people, but it remains an ANC stronghold.
Ignore them or attack? Both of the ANC’s responses to criticisms from its former leaders have done the party a disservice as elections loom closer.
A number of struggle veterans and former government leaders are launching a "Vote NO!" campaign aimed squarely at the ANC.
Aspects of Thuli Madonsela’s report on upgrades to Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home are confusing and need clarity, say security cluster ministers.
Gwede Mantashe says the differences between the public protector’s Nkandla findings and that of the interministerial task team are cause for concern.
Government ministers have denied there was any political pressure placed on the public protector in the run-up to the release of the Nkandla report.
The ANC wants its white, coloured and Indian leaders to deliver more.
IEC head Pansy Tlakula should be held responsible for a process that was not fair, equitable, transparent, or competitive, says a treasury report.
It’s hard not to see a co-ordinated campaign against public protector Thuli Madonsela’s office as she takes on her biggest battle: the Nkandla report.
A handful of fringe church leaders have taken on Thuli Madonsela, praying against "demons" in their bid to defend the SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
What does the electoral commission have in common with Hugh Grant and the transvestite? That and more in our guide by Verashni Pillay.
The Oscar Pistorius trial has presented a conundrum for the country’s best journalists, as they’ve been sucked into the hype, writes Verashni Pillay.
The Oscar Pistorius murder trial will get the best treatment by the justice system and media – unlike murder cases involving ordinary South Africans.