Politics

Lungisa, Mbalula fight over list removal intensifies

The simmering feud between ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and national executive committee (NEC) member Andile Lungisa has escalated, with both men trading verbal blows...

MK Party Free State leaders tear into each other

Two Free State uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) leaders are locked in an ugly leadership feud that has allegedly split the party in the...

Koko demands his Masemola moment

Former Eskom executive Matshela Koko has jumped onto the Madlanga commission bandwagon against disgraced ex-Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) boss Adv Andrea Johnson, demanding...

The cop who pressed for Masemola to halt Medicare before award

Before the Medicare24 police health contract became a major controversy, one investigator was already pleading with police generals to stop the deal long enough...

Police probe if Mchunu misled Parly over Mogotsi

Police are investigating whether suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu crossed the line from political contradiction into a criminal offence when he spoke to Parliament...

How Medicare deal survived Masemola’s order to stop it

Suspended national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola wanted the R360-million Medicare24 health contract stopped after being warned of possible corruption, yet the deal survived...

Mkhwebane perjury win opens new legal fronts

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she agrees with parts of an anonymous legal opinion circulating on WhatsApp that argues her perjury acquittal could...

Zulu King’s royal tantrum: Demands president’s subservience

AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s demand to be treated as the president’s equal — or his superior — has plunged his relationship with government to...

Eritrea cuts ties with Ethiopia over Asmara embassy closure

Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata on Thursday, prompting Asmara to sever all diplomatic ties with its

Mkhwebane discharge reopens Dyantyi’s key dishonesty findings

Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s acquittal on perjury charges has reopened the factual foundation of one of the most damaging findings in Parliament’s report recommending her...