Mbeki’s voice of reason resonates beyond Luthuli House walls
Critics of former President Thabo Mbeki tell a story that during his tenure as head of the ANC and the country, he was intolerant of criticism from his predecessors.... Read more.
Mbeki ‘ashamed’ of Mashatile’s majoritarian blind spot
When Deputy President Paul Mashatile told MPs last Thursday that the ANC would use its numbers in the house to vote as it pleases, his colleagues cheered, but elsewhere... Read more.
Phala Phala saga could cost ANC during elections, Mbeki warns
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the illegal Phala Phala dollars scandal and the ANC’s reaction shows that the governing party remains at the forefront of... Read more.
More Denel ‘rogue intelligence’ claims as e-mail charge added against Ntsihlele
State arms manufacturing company Denel is piling up charges against suspended Denel Dynamics CEO Sello Ntsihlele, the latest relating to an e-mail he allegedly sent... Read more.
Modise would have been queen, but now has a target on her back
Defence Minister Thandi Modise’s presidential campaign failed to get off the ground because she was reluctant to nail her colours to the mast regarding her ambition... Read more.
ATM roasts Gcaleka for ‘shoddy’ probe into CR’s Phala Phala dollars
Deputy Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s draft report into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala scandal carries the smell of a cover-up where officials are... Read more.
Send soldiers to Hillbrow and Sunnyside to justify costs – ATM
The state’s R167-million expenditure to deploy SA National Defence Force (SANDF) for the national shutdown on Monday would be a waste if soldiers stayed idle... Read more.
ANC MPs block another Phala Phala dollars probe in parliament
Once again, the ANC MPs have kicked to the curb a proposal for a parliamentary investigation into the alleged theft of illegal US dollars stuffed into a leather... Read more.
EFF’s attempt to remove Mapisa-Nqakula as speaker fails
Speaker of parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula cannot be trusted to hold President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC accountable because she has an “agenda”... Read more.
Most successful shutdown in history of struggle – Malema
EFF leader Julius Malema took credit for the unusual uninterrupted electricity supply throughout the country on Monday, saying that was the most accurate indicator of... Read more.