african content movementlatest news & developments
The ANC is considering legal action after a turbulent Maluti-a-Phofung council meeting in which mayor Malekula Melato was removed, amid claims of a flawed process and a leaked EFF recording.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that councillors must come to council even if they were sick

6 min read
The hole nine yards: Pothholed roads and a fallen electric pole, which took more than a month to be repaired. (Lunga Mzangwe/M&G)

No services, no jobs, as businesses flee Free State municipality

Wrangling in the ANC, incompetence and corruption have brought the council close to collapse

  • Eyaaz
10 min read
Hlaudi Motsoeneng. File photo

Hlaudi mulls joining forces with Ace after elections

The disgraced former SABC boss also has ambitions of becoming premier of the Free State

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read