Matthews Phosa
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The ANC’s national executive committee has heard how the guidelines call for members to abide by recommendations of the integrity commission as calls for Magashule to step aside…
Mkhize rejects Zuma proposal, warns against branch bullying
The ANC treasurer says it would be wrong to give the losing presidential hopeful a consolation prize
Phosa: What the butler ‘heard’
Vicious accusations and countercharges abound in Mathews Phosa’s domestic and political life.
R1-billion in ‘illegal’ party payouts
Provincial legislatures have already paid out huge amounts to South Africa’s political parties, despite warnings that it might be unconstitutional.
Phosa encourages members to donate salaries to ANC
The ANC wants members deployed in government to help raise more funds and donate part of their salary, according to the financial report.
ANC cadres cash in on Mangaung bed squeeze
Some in the ANC have inflated room prices in the Free State for the Mangaung conference, but the leadership has rented school and university hostels.
Road to Mangaung: Zuma set for victory
It’s all pointing to a Jacob Zuma victory come December, and those outside the president’s camp are mulling over their futures.
Phosa and Sexwale: Bankrolling their way to the top
Cash and cars are allegedly being used to get into the youth league’s upper echelons, writes Charles Molele and Matuma Letsoalo.
Tokyo’s tax cuts Absa BEE benefit
Tokyo Sexwale’s company will score up to R150-million from Absa Bank’s Batho Bonke ‘broad-based’ scheme.
Editorial: Party funding reform overdue
Mathews Phosa, the man likely to lose control of the ANC’s purse strings come Mangaung, is now one of the proponents of party funding reform.
Phosa: We (still) won’t nationalise
ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa has moved to assure the international community that the ANC doesn’t intend changing policy on nationalisation.
ANC denies anger over centenary bash budget details
The ANC has taken issue with a news report that its chairperson Baleka Mbete has been slated for giving details about the cost of its centenary party.
Smoke and mirrors in Wild East
Another politician’s sudden death adds to the madness in Mpumalanga’s politics.
ANC-linked company gets Sishen rights
A company with deep links to the ANC has emerged as the key factor in the row between steel giant Arcelor Mittal, and mining house Kumba Iron Ore.
Names are just so problematic
Personality politics is so painful to watch when politicians assume their personalities are anything other than unbearable.