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One of the problems facing immigrants in South Africa is to confront the reality of adapting to racialised identity categories and to find their place in the racial classification system. (John McCann/M&G)

Will a poor transfer window give Manchester City the edge?

The new Premier League season kicked-off on Friday night after this summer’s English transfer window closed three weeks earlier

Last week

ANC commission lock horns on monopoly capital

The ANC’s Strategies and Tactics Commission for the most part stuck to the resolutions it took at its national policy.

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has made sweeping changes to the government. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP)

Lamola praises Mabuza’s ‘Damascus moment’

Deputy president DD Mabuza’s ascension to power is comparable to the apostle Paul’s Damascus moment, says former ANC Youth League leader Ronald Lamola

In an interview with France Football magazine

“Unity” votes still up for grabs, says Mpumalanga SACP leader

“Unity” is reportedly an instruction from ANC Mpumalanga chairperson DD Mabuza for branches not to pick an individual

Lubisi claimed Mokamu and some of the party members were forcing others to participate in a meeting with national leaders over the Thuma Mina campaign. (DW)

Naswreck: Bogus ANC delegates threaten conference

Delegates from disqualified branches are intent on barging into the ANC’s leadeship election

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Reuters)

Bobani accused of violating coalition agreement by voting with the ANC

Tense relations between the DA and smaller opposition parties have threatening the opposition’s hopes of assuming power nationally in 2019

CR17 lobbyists in the province are disputing the result saying that the nomination process was plagued by irregularities.

North West ANC nominates Dlamini-Zuma as preferred candidate

The ANC in the North West has nominated Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as its preferred successor to President Jacob Zuma.

Athol Trollip. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Athol Trollip survives motion of no confidence

EFF councillors voted with the DA-led coalition as Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Athol Trollip survived a motion of no confidence.

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Reuters)

‘Trollip possesses an old apartheid mentality style of rule’

Former deputy mayor of the municipality Mongameli Bobani says mayor Athol Trollip must willingly relinquish power or be forced out.

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has made sweeping changes to the government. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP)

Mayor Athol Trollip confident ahead of motion of no-confidence vote

Trollip says the motion of no confidence against him is going to fail because it is an act of revenge by ousted deputy mayor, Bobani Mongameli

After the meeting

ANC chief whip wants state security minister to be investigated

Bongo allegedly received instructions from Eskom’s Zethembe Khoza to bribe the head evidence leader and collapse the inquiry into the utility.

Several sources have told the Mail & Guardian, the Inkatha Freedom Party is tipped to take the position. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

IFP leadership nomination is ‘not divisive’

The IFP’s presidential hopeful says he is tasked with preserving Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s legacy

IFP pick could backfire

IFP pick could backfire

The party’s veteran leader has backed an outsider to succeed him, sparking possible dissension

Wits students seem to have turned their backs on the ANC

EFF’s rise at varsities ‘bodes well’ for 2019

The EEF’s success at the Wits student representative council elections shows how little influence the ANC has in student politics

Save our souls: Refugees need President Cyril Ramaphosa to uphold South Africa’s Constitution and laws so that the rights of asylum seekers are protected.

Communists red-faced over Blade

The SACP is on the back foot after being shafted by the president it once vocally backed

Reject: Blade Nzimande calls a story by Rapport ‘mischievous’ when it said the minister indirectly gained from Seta money.

After axing Blade Nzimande, SACP says Zuma has declared war

​President Jacob Zuma has declared war, says South African Communist Party (SACP) first General Secretary Solly Mapaila.

Unions such as Numsa accuse Cosatu of trying to delay the Vavi debate.

Malema celebrates axe falling on Blade Nzimande

The Economic Freedom Fighters says the organisation welcomes his removal as higher education minister.

Bantu Holomisa

The General takes tough line on DA

Veteran politician Bantu Holomisa says the official opposition can’t take on the ANC alone

Bantu Holomisa

Holomisa: Opposition parties should be aware of super-organiser Cyril

Ramaphosa and Dlamini-Zuma have the potential to be strong leaders and to make a stronger ANC, if the party doesn’t spilt.

Shaun de Waal reviews Richard Poplak’s ‘Until Julius Comes’

Bantu Holomisa on the future of SA politics

The United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa speaks about the achievements of the UDM, the future of South Africa and his retirement.