ANC candidate-list row is really about respect for rules
South Africans understand the problem confronting the ANC without knowing anything about electoral software. You can spend an hour writing an email. You can attach... Read more.
Free State MK Party candidates disappear from election lists
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s dispute-resolution structure has found that a rival structure in the Free State had no authority to reopen completed ward candidate-selection... Read more.
Broad-based BEE deal unravels as tender fraud case closes firm
What began as a broad-based BEE ownership deal at Johannesburg engineering company NJM Heat-Treatment and NDE Services ended in tears and a court process that has... Read more.
Free State family seeks answers from daycare after toddler’s death
The family of 20-month-old Naledi Rapuleng is demanding answers and accountability after the toddler died from severe head injuries allegedly sustained while in... Read more.
Expelled MK Party MPs challenge Zuma’s powers in the high court
Two former uMkhonto weSizwe Party MPs have gone to court seeking to overturn their expulsions, arguing that party president Jacob Zuma had no constitutional power... Read more.
Expelled MK Party MPs set lawyers on Zuma, Parliament
Two MK Party (MKP) leaders, Pumlani Kubukeli and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, have sent letters of demand to the party and Speaker Thoko Didiza challenging... Read more.
The midnight Durban meeting that broke the MK Party leadership team
A late-night meeting at Durban’s Maharani Hotel in July, where uMkhonto weSizwe Party president Jacob Zuma and senior officials allegedly discussed a forensic... Read more.
Mbalula halts ANC’s Morero showdown
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has intervened to save Joburg mayor Dada Morero from further humiliation at the hands of his ANC regional colleagues. Mbalula... Read more.
Former BMF man blows whistle on ‘membership fraud, power grab’
The internal fighting and power struggle at the Black Management Forum (BMF) escalated again this week with former board member Papama Mnqandi demanding that the... Read more.
Troubled pasts cast shadow over ANC’s mayoral picks
The ANC’s mayoral selection process has brought back into focus several candidates with controversial political histories, including a former councillor who served... Read more.
