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latest news & developmentsWhy ANC dumped council of churches
The ANC has marginalised the SACC in favour of Pastor Ray McCauley’s National Interfaith Leaders’ Council because it refuses to cosy up to the ANC.
Zuma’s bulldozer
Jeff Radebe is emerging as the Essop Pahad of Jacob Zuma’s administration: a bullying fixer who is deployed to push through crude solutions to politic
ANC task teams to tackle North West, Western Cape
The ANC’s NWC has set up teams to tackle problems in the North West and Western Cape after the executives in both provinces were disbanded.
‘Stop squabbling,’ say Cope youth
Call for early conference as young leaders grow impatient with party infighting. Mmanaledi Mataboge reports.
Time to close the gap
Nelson Mandela is 91, his athlete’s body is frail and he has all but disappeared from public life. As an icon, Mandela is more robust than ever.
Who’s whispering in Jacob Zuma’s ear?
The debate in the media on who really runs the country has caused unnecessary consternation and much teeth-grinding among some in the ruling elite.