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There is an urgent need for local suppliers of anti-retrovirals (ARVs), according to people living with HIV/Aids, pharmacies and manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. This was…
Behind-the-scenes negotiations indicate that the South African government is loosening its support for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. This change in stance by one of the…
The Northern Cape provincial transport minister John Block is expected to be asked to resign from his position in the next few days. Block has admitted to having used taxpayers’…
A former member of a precursor to the Scorpions unit has laid criminal charges against national prosecuting boss Bulelani Ngcuka and other former colleagues. The charges were…
At least four prominent African National Congress members are being billed as candidates for posts in the new post-election Cabinet. The ANC is drawing up its list of candidates…
The South African Communist Party has broken ranks with its African National Congress allies in the Northern Cape over their defence of ANC chairperson John Block, who faces…
At the end of his testimony this week Maharaj told the Mail & Guardian that he had overwhelming grassroots support in the ANC.
Jo’burg mayor Amos Masondo is a key member of the ANC’s election brain trust. He spoke to Jaspreet Kindra.
The Western Cape secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Tony Ehrenreich, is seeking President Thabo Mbeki’s help in his battle with the provincial government…
The head of the South African Diamond Board, Abbey Chikane, said he has found no evidence to back a United Nations report citing South African companies, including De Beers, as…
This week African National Congress provincial structures wrapped up their selection of candidates for next year’s general elections. Jaspreet Kindra looks at the ANC provincial…
In an attempt to clear his name, Deputy President Jacob Zuma has launched his own informal investigation into allegations that he was involved in corruption in the government’s…
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Penuell Maduna is receiving little sympathy from — and has even become the butt of jokes in — the African National Congress…
Dialogue between Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF and opposition the MDC has been bogged down by succession battles in the ruling party, says MDC secretary-general Welshman Ncube. No…
Controversial mining tycoon Brett Kebble has launched an extraordinary attack on the Scorpions boss Bulelani Ngcuka for alleged ”slanderous and racist” remarks he made against…
The KwaZulu-Natal legislature is expected to subject Jo-Anne Downs, an African Christian Democratic Party member, to disciplinary action for giving a confidential auditor…
The Scorpions investigative unit is searching for tons of armaments that former Inkatha Freedom Party warlord Phillip Powell smuggled into KwaZulu-Natal in the early 1990s.…
The affiliates of the Congress of South African Trade Unions want to elect their own representatives directly to Parliament, rather than ride piggyback on the African National…
The Kungwini local municipality in Bronkhorstpruit overpaid, by nearly R100 000, for five cars — including a 4X4 for its mayor. It dispensed with calling for tenders ”due to…
A thunderous welcome left little question about the deputy president’s sustained popularity.
