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Hot stuff: Now the executive chef at the Radisson Red Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, Keegan Maistry
learned about cooking curry from his grandfather and his mother.

Love, curry and resistance: The culinary support behind SA’s political prisoners

Food is about so much more than mere physical sustenance, it is chock-full of feelings too

Order: Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s fightback is underway. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC parliamentary list includes leaders implicated in state capture

Only candidates with criminal records barred, ANC secretary general confirms

Uproot

Step out of the grooves of those who robbed you

New and welcome is McKinley’s meticulous marshalling of evidence to prove the point.

In September this year the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered Acsa to honour a much-contested 2009 tender award to Big Five Duty Free

Does ANC really push equity?

The sudden push for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to become the ANC president seems disingenuous.

Former GCIS head, Mzwanele Manyi. (David Harrison/M&G)

Jimmy Manyi’s foundation targets Sipho Pityana and AngloGold Ashanti for ‘promoting anarchy’ in SA, operating illegally

It will lay formal complaints against Pityana and AngloGold Ashanti for ‘regime change’ tactics and failing to comply with mining licence provisions.

National Union of Mineworkers

NUM wants Ramaphosa to lead the ANC, saying a KZN boss would be ‘tribalistic’

The union is strongly in favour of not stopping the tradition of the deputy replacing the party leader.

Power utility has 4 588MW on planned maintenance, while another 16 142MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns

Editorial: SA in crisis: Now we need leaders

The neglect in a number of areas is glaring apparent as the rand reaches new lows and economic growth shrinks into negative territory.

President Jacob Zuma

Under Zuma, the ANC has finally lost it

The never-ending political scandals are ultimately killing the hopes of the poor majority.

ANC wants land cap of 12 000 hectares or two farms

The ANC top brass have proposed limiting the amount of land South Africans can own and the party won’t wait for the law to be tested constitutionally.

The interim order granted by the court is subject to part B of Sakeliga’s application where they want Eskom’s decision to interrupt electricity supply to the town reviewed, set aside and declared unlawful. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Power to the people: ANC seeks enlightenment

As the ANC executive gather for its bi-annual lekgotla, the energy crises gripping the country will be at the top of the ruling party’s agenda.

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan should be given a chance to explain himself

Ben Turok: Pallo Jordan’s strength lies in his history

Despite Pallo Jordan’s resignation following reports of falsifying academic credentials, he is not history, writes the anti-apartheid activist.

Dikgang Moseneke led a sizeable minority in the Constitutional Court.

No more ‘business as usual’ for MPs and the state

The controversial practice of powerful politicians and their families doing business with the state is soon to come to an end.

Ronnie Kasrils gives his views on Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and Thambo Mbeki. (Gallo)

Bonds of tribal loyalty loosen

Ronnie Kasrils names his comrades in the fourth edition of his book about the struggle. Other than that, not much is new.

Patrice Motsepe owns more than 40% of African Rainbow Minerals. He is one of the most visible beneficiaries of Black Economic Empowerment in the country

Waiting for the Rainbow: Villagers lament Motsepe’s empty promises

Poverty-stricken villagers wait in vain for development promised to them by African Rainbow Minerals, which pledged to provide houses and roads.

Jacob Zuma’s lobbyists have called for support from the provinces on the premise that his re-election will revive the ANC.

Road to Mangaung: How Zuma won Mangaung votes

Provincial support has been garnered as part of a key strategy to win votes at the crucial conference.

Zweli Mkhize, Jacob Zuma inspired to contest for ANC leadership points to a party stuck in a vortex of bad governance and stale ideas

Campaign to kick Mkhize upstairs

KwaZulu-Natal insiders say Zweli Mkhize, once a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, is aware of the campaign to kick him out of the province.

Disgruntled ANC North West branches have filed an urgent interdict to stop the province’s 234 delegates from attending the ANC’s national conference.

Editorial: ANC purges won’t bring stability

The run-up to Mangaung has seen vicious infighting, organisational chaos and accusations of fraud and manipulation at ANC branch level.

Supporters of Jacob Zuma want Tokyo Sexwale and others axed.

Road to Mangaung: After the party heads will roll

ANC supporters of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe believe Zuma’s supporters are planning a purge during the ANC’s national conference next week.

Jacob Zuma looks set to be re-elected as ANC president.

What will seven more years of Zuma mean for SA?

Indications are that Jacob Zuma will secure another five-year term as ANC president – but what will this mean for our politics, asks Nickolaus Bauer.

ANC president Jacob Zuma.

KZN women’s league picks Zuma, Gauteng backs Motlanthe

The ANC Women’s League in KZN has nominated President Jacob Zuma for re-election, while Gauteng’s Liliesleaf Farm branch favours Kgalema Motlanthe.