Author: Mawande AmaShabalala

News

Solly Mapaila, Julius Malema, Tony Yengeni give line of march as Conference of the Left takes off

Old friends who cut their political teeth within the ANC have converged under a new banner outside the ANC in what has been billed as a new left alternative to the... Read more.
Manamela and NSFAS
Big Reads

Buti Manamela: ‘NSFAS board members’ phones confiscated to safeguard secrecy’

Beleaguered minister of higher education and training Buti Manamela has admitted under oath that he convened NSFAS board members on April 13 in what has previously... Read more.
Opinion | ANC’s double agenda on immigration question
National, News, Opinion, Politics

Opinion | ANC’s double agenda on immigration question

So, after a long time of silence while the “abahambe” wave has been sweeping through the country consistently for three months, the self-proclaimed “leader... Read more.
EFF blames ANC for shielding Buti Manamela
Politics

EFF blames ANC for shielding troubled higher education minister Buti Manamela

The political escalations around troubled higher education and training minister Buti Manamela have intensified, with the EFF blaming the ANC for shielding the minister... Read more.
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‘Gayton McKenzie is outshining ANC ministers’ – ANCYL

ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji is unhappy about the performance of ANC ministers within President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet. Malatji is more perturbed... Read more.
Youth league backs Ramaphosa
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Youth league shields Cyril Ramaphosa: ‘Phala Phala not Nkandlagate’

The ANC Youth League has moved to defend embattled President Cyril Ramaphosa over the latest development pertaining to the saga of stolen dollars from the Phala... Read more.
News

Tolashe’s ex-helper refuses coercion to fight minister in leaked voice note

Social development minister Sisisi Tolashe on Wednesday dropped a bombshell before parliament’s portfolio committee of her former domestic worker refusing... Read more.
Mbalula defends Ramaphosa
Big Reads, Politics

Fikile Mbalula’s legal retreat exposes crisis of judgment in ANC engine room

The ANC and its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, have filed a formal notice to withdraw from appealing the judgment that halted the Eastern Cape ANC provincial... Read more.