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ANCYL President Collen Malatji

Youth league president Malatji warns SACP against breaking alliance with ANC

He also said Jacob Zuma was a ‘counter-revolutionary’ who ‘sold his people for nothing’

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read
Zuma’s desire to remain an ANC member can’t be going down all that well in the MK party, especially in the Kingdom, its stronghold and the source of its national political presence. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Fish swim, birds fly, Zuma litigates

Is Zuma trying to rain on Cyril’s January 8 parade, or is uBaba feeling politically homesick?

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
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MK party claims computer expert is the subject of another ‘politically motivated attack’

The party says the alleged harassment of Vusi Mhlongo caused delays in it filing court papers in its electoral case

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
The EFF has instructed its lawyers to attach Zuma’s home in Nxamalala village in northern KwaZulu-Natal to recover money owed to the Red Berets (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty) Images)

It’s war as Zuma, MK party try to ‘strategically’ strip Malema and EFF of autonomy

ATM president Vuyo Zungula believes the so-called progressive caucus will survive the tensions between the two parties

  • Des Erasmus
10 min read
The ANC and SACP have agreed to continuous consultation and to strengthening the broader ANC-led alliance

ANC, SACP plan talks to rebuild alliance ahead of January lekgotla

The parties have agreed to continuous consultation and to strengthening the broader ANC-led alliance

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)

National Freedom Party secretary general Teddy Thwala fired — again

Thwala was dismissed at a hearing held in his absence

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has asked the electoral court to hear oral evidence in its application to have the results of last year’s national and provincial elections set aside. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

IT expert faces dismissal, death threats over role in MK party election challenge

Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli

KwaZulu-Natal unity government politically stable, but lean financial times lie ahead

Premier Thami Ntuli says the province will have to cut spending by R150 million a year to get out of the red

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)

Mbalula: No decision yet on dissolving ANC KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial executive committees 

The party will take a decision at the end of October, its secretary general said

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Storm dies down: Former judge John Hlophe, who was impeached in February last year, has resigned from the Judicial Service Commission. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Getty Images

MK party deputy president John Hlophe quits as JSC commissioner

The decision was in protest at the legitimacy of process, the party said as the Judicial Service Commission proceeded with interviews in Hlophe’s absence This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

  • Emsie Ferreira
1 min read
National Freedom Party president Ivan Barnes. (National Freedom Party/ Facebook)

KwaZulu-Natal unity government under threat from renewed infighting in National Freedom Party

The party’s single seat holds the balance of power in the province This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

  • Eyaaz
1 min read
Bheki Mtolo accused Nehawu members of being responsible for service delivery failures earlier this year. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC’s Bheki Mtolo apologises about Nehawu slur, alliance partners paper over GNU cracks

Fikile Mbalula said differing views about unity government members were fine, but ‘personal attacks and labelling’ were not

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
The ANC’s alliance partners in KwaZulu-Natal have been publicly critical of its provincial executive committee — led by chairperson Siboniso Duma and secretary Bheki Mtolo — over its failure to meet them for more than a year and to consult them regarding key decisions. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

ANC’s alliance partners call for intervention as relations in KwaZulu-Natal sour

The South African Communist Party says the alliance secretariat has met once or twice in two years

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Not in the pipeline: Many people living in Limpopo’s Vhembe district have no council-supplied water. Photo: Lunga Mzangwe

Life in VBS land: residents of the Vhembe District face long daily walks – and risk attacks by crocodiles –  in their struggle for water

Residents blame councils, not the national and provincial government, for their plight

  • Eyaaz
9 min read
MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Zulu king calls for unity, greater involvement of amakhosi in economic and political life of KwaZulu-Natal

The monarch said members of the provincial legislature ‘represent all of us’ and not just their parties This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

  • Eyaaz
1 min read
The ANC has confirmed that it has finally expelled its former president, Jacob Zuma. (Oupa Nkosi)

ANC expels Jacob Zuma as a member of party he once led

The former president wanted a ‘movie’ at a live hearing at Luthuli House

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Mmabatho Mokoena, has been found guilty of extorting 60% of the salaries of at least three of the party’s parliamentary employees and according to a source, she claimed it was for party leader Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

MK party takes legal action against KZN legislature over its defeat in portfolio committees 

The party also wants to be given the position of chief whip

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KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli. Photo: Mbuso Kunene

ANC to join DA, IFP and NFP to form a government in KwaZulu-Natal

Parties will back Inkatha Freedom Party provincial chairperson Thami Ntuli for premier

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
National Freedom Party members at the launch of the party’s 2014 election manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)

National Freedom Party could be the kingmaker with a single seat in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature

The NF party wants a provincial cabinet seat in return for its support

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
uMkhonto weSizwe’s Jacob Zuma at the IEC results centre in Midrand on 1 June. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty Image)

Election 2024: The centre could hold or things could fall apart

Now that the report cards have been handed out, cynicism and uncertainty rule

  • Eyaaz
11 min read