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Forecast: EFF leader Julius Malema says there will be no outright winner in any of the metros, except in Cape Town, opening the way for no party to win decisively in the national elections either. Photo: EFF

Where to from now for Malema after guilty verdict

EFF leader Julius Malema faces a major setback in his presidential ambitions after he was convicted on firearm charges, threatening his political future

Racism and moral superiority: The left’s latest contribution to confusion

The very idea that BEE can empower most — let alone all — Africans in a capitalist country is a nonsense that ought to have been subject to instant and constant exposure by the…

Letters to the editor: March 29 to April 4

Letters to the editor: March 29 to April 4

Our readers write in about Azapo, Islamophobia, the elections in the wake of Eskom’s woes and failing state-owned enterprises

Mzwanele Manyi at the Zondo commission where he was cross-examined this week. (Felix Dlangamandla/ Netwerk24/Gallo Images)

Manyi fails to flip the script

The former GCIS head bungled his chance at unmasking white monopoly capture

Manyi referred to the newspaper’s coverage of treasury’s failed integrated financial management system, which reportedly cost government R1.7-billion as evidence of his assertions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Downfall of The New Age a sign of white collar state capture says Manyi

According to former GCIS head Mzwanele Manyi, the New Age newspaper was a casualty of white-collar corporate capture of the state

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ANC commission lock horns on monopoly capital

The ANC’s Strategies and Tactics Commission for the most part stuck to the resolutions it took at its national policy.

Photo: John Hogg / World Bank

Letters to the editor: October 20 to 26 2017

Readers write in about freeing minds, calling auditors to find ethics and asking SA to say no to NDZ

In the “open letter” – Zuma

Edward Zuma: Gordhan’s ‘crew of smurfs’ on tour to degrade ANC leaders

The president’s son said he would go against the "factional notion" of respecting one’s leaders, claiming it was being used to gag people.

Unisa chancellor Thabo Mbeki says police have an obligation to act on complaints brought to them by communities.

Mbeki warns against use of ‘white monopoly capital’ phrase

“Let us understand properly what is happening to this capitalist economy so that we can intervene to do the right thing,” said Mbeki

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‘We are not for sale’ – MK vets deny Bell Pottinger links

The organisation said this after allegations surfaced in an amaBhungane Gupta email leaks report.

Joel Netshitenzhe was attacked by Jacob Zuma’s backers. The commission outcome was changed to read that although the ANC does not believe that monopoly capital is limited to white people

Netshitenzhe accused of misrepresenting ANC view on ‘white monopoly capital’

The national executive committee member and former key policymaker refused to apologise for saying monopoly capital was not restricted to white people

NEC member Joel Netshitenzhe briefs the media at the ANC’s national policy conference.

White monopoly capital allegation finds little favour at ANC conference

The ANC national policy conference has proposed that the term white monopoly capital not be used in its vocabulary

Straight talker: Investec’s Stephen Koseff warned against populist phrases such as ‘white monopoly capital’ on the sidelines of the ANC policy conference.

Implement the NDP now, say leaders

Business, government and labour need to find common ground to grow the economy

ANC Gauteng chairperson Paul Mashatile.

Gauteng ANC: ‘White monopoly capital’ used to deflect attention from state capture

The province will also define the meaning of ‘radical economic transformation’ when it releases its list of strategy and policy proposals.

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa slams abuse of ‘radical economic transformation’ to defend state capture

Ramaphosa says the term has come to gain a negative reputation because of a carefully-crafted narrative to vilify anyone who questions wrongdoing

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White monopoly capital: Good politics, bad sociology, worse economics

The debate about white monopoly capital in post-apartheid South Africa is good for the country’s politics but it tends to come with bad sociology

Russian journalist Babchenko smokes a cigarette during an interview in Kiev.
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Andile Mngxitama goes head to head with Joanmariae Fubbs, Yunus Carrim

The Black First Land First leader says Carrim has an ‘Indian superiority consciousness just like Gandhi’.

A young boy takes care of his siblings at home in a village in Komatiepoort while his parents are out working.

​Zuma’s plan for radical economic transformation is just BEE on steriods

The president is explicit: white monopoly capital causes black poverty, justifying the black elite being the only beneficiaries of economic change.

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Bell Pottinger cuts ties with Gupta-owned Oakbay

The British PR company has lost two major South African clients because of their concerns about its contract with Oakbay.

Zuma thought the court erred by holding him personally liable for the legal costs, as he was not cited in his personal capacity or given an opportunity to explain his conduct to decide on punitive ruling. (Reuters)

ANC top brass reject JZ’s ‘badly written’ spy files on Gordhan

The president reportedly presented the name of Brian Molefe as the new finance minister but the ANC’s top leaders rejected the president’s choice.