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Top cop trades blows with crime fighter Abramjee

Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale claims he has been defamed and has laid charges against former Crime Line head Yusuf Abramjee.

Ramaphosa starts fight for top job

But the Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma camp is trying to convince him not to oppose her.

Red-baiting fractures ANC

An ANC faction accused the SACP of using Zuma as a Trojan horse at Polokwane. Will the communists survive the onslaught ahead of the 2017 conference?

Misleading narratives are inflaming tensions between Southern African Development Community and East African Community nations.

DRC rebels ‘crying for attention’

The leader of rebel group M23 has warned that the peace deal signed two years ago could fail because of the state’s lack of commitment.

Meokgo Matuba said the league was not reacting to students’ #FeesMustFall protests.

Women put it out there for Zuma

The ANC Women’s League will defend any ANC leader, says secretary general Meokgo Matuba.

Sorry, ANC – SA to remain in ICC

The ANC wants to exit the International Criminal Court, but some in the government are quietly stalling.

Students are pushing for the minister to be fired.

Is Blade safe from the ANC’s knives?

For party youth, at least, the SACP leader is far from the ally they want Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande to be.

ANC in debt but confident of future income

The ruling party is committed to paying off its debt to avoid protracted and expensive court cases.

Shell House sold to pay ANC debt

The historic but dilapidated building where Mandela planned the democratic takeover of the SA government will be turned into affordable housing.

Mantashe bemoans tarnishing effect of corruption on ANC

In his organisational report at the ANC NGC Gwede Mantashe was severely critical of those who have brought the credibility of the party into question.

Chancellor House: R266m for nine years of lies by ANC partner

For nine years, Hitachi told bold-faced lies about its relationship with Chancellor House. A R266m fine later, it will have difficulty doing so again.

ANCYL vies for youth fund control

The ANC Youth League wants closer scrutiny of the National Youth Development Agency’s millions.

ANC’s 2016 headache – retaining the Big 5 metros

The future of South Africa’s politics will be decided on the battlefield of its metros.

Loving: Nola Darling paints in her brownstone studio. Photos: David Lee/Netflix

No support for DA in Zuma impeachment debate

The Democratic Alliance risks being isolated by fellow opposition parties in Parliament because of its motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma.

Taking instruction: Last month

My Chinese dream: ANC brass put ideas to work

Economic and political notions gleaned from the East Asian giant are filtering into South Africa.

Gloomy citizens bruise SA brand

New Brand SA chief wants to be the ‘first pair of eyes to the state’ to warn about the country’s image abroad.

Diplomatic fracas brews over NGO Freedom Now

South Africa says ‘no’ to the United Nations accreditation of a United States organisation that aids prisoners of conscience.

Blight of the second term haunts Zuma

As the ANC and the state lock horns, some in the ruling party are peeved that Cabinet is leaving them in the dark on vital policy issues.

The committee drafted a shortlist of 24 candidates last week, from an initial pool of over 300. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

State’s new propaganda plan to hurt media budgets

President Jacob Zuma’s administration has a new propaganda plan that includes establishing a government TV news channel.

The two-time Olympic gold medallist and Athletics SA is asking the court to declare testosterone regulations that the International Association of Athletics Federations implemented last year as discriminatory. (Getty Images)

Paranoid Cosatu fears disruption

Eight rebel unions who sympathise with Numsa and Vavi are working with them to try to force a discussion about the transformation of Cosatu.