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Prasa, through the rolling stock recapitalisation programme, procured new rolling
stock for its Metro Rail operations as part of its long-term modernisation strategy.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

Prasa ‘negligence’ leads to damage to R5.1 billion infrastructure

A high court report found that negligence in the rail agency’s integrated security project resulted in widespread theft and vandalism

Spin: Dr Malinga performed at the ANC’s recent elections manifesto review at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, one of several such reviews countrywide. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

More parties than paper as election campaign gets going

The time for sod-turning and ribbon-cutting is nearly upon us

ACT-istic: Expelled ANC secretary general Ace Magashule puts on a T-shirt with the logo of his new party, the African Congress for Transformation, at its launch. Photo: Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images

Acing the one-election wonder

The earth shook in Jozi but Magashule’s party is no seismic event, politically speaking

Former president Jacob Zuma. File photo: Jerome Delay/AFP

ANC in KwaZulu-Natal used Zuma and then discarded him, says Niehaus

The provincial leaders used Zuma’s popularity to further their political careers, according to expelled cadre Carl Niehaus

Cantankerous: Julis Malema argues with police at the presidential guest house in Pretoria. Photo: Emmanuel Croset/Getty Images

EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment

Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals

Teed off: Cyril Ramaphosa gave Judas Mathabatha the cold shoulder at the Presidential Golf Day. Photo: Mlungis Louw/Gallo Images

Ramaphosa stalls post-conference festive gifts

We’re all crying out for a cabinet reshuffle – and Paul Mashatile for his West Wing office – but the post-conference presents will take time

Expelled ANC member Carl Niehaus will launch his Radical Economic Transformation (RET) Movement — which might eventually become a political party and contest elections — by the end of the month. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Carl Niehaus launches RET Movement, says it could become a political party

ANC member who got the boot says he will work with ‘parties on the left’ to transform South Africa

ANC treasurer general Gwen Ramokgopa. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images)

Newly elected treasurer general Gwen Ramokgopa to remain at Luthuli House

Ramokgopa set to stay put following a failed push for the position to be part-time

Wannabe hero: Carl Niehaus’s New Year’s resolution is to ride triumphant  through KwaZulu-Natal, the home of the RET faction, after having vanquished the ANC. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Beeld/Gallo Images

Carl Niehaus, the saviour of black volk

Mpangazitha sets out to devour his enemies, the sell-outs in the ruling party and their leader, the Buffalo

Carl Niehaus resigned a few days after the ANC national disciplinary committee resolved to expel him from the party.

ANC’s ‘radical economic transformation’ faction in KwaZulu-Natal seeks new political home

Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as party president could see RET forces in KwaZulu-Natal ditch the party

Carl Niehaus resigned a few days after the ANC national disciplinary committee resolved to expel him from the party.

Phala Phala vs. Digital Vibes: As the voting kicks off, its anybody’s ANC presidency

Zweli Mkhize has closed the gap between himself and Cyril Ramaphosa in the days leading up to the leadership vote

Carl Niehaus, the spokesperson for the disbanded Umkhonto we Sizwe MIlitary Veterans Association (MKMVA), has been expelled by the ANC. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Carl Niehaus gets the chop as ANC cracks down ahead of conference

Disgruntled would-be national executive committee members are going to court over their failure to make the top 200 names

Former ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule. File photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

How things have changed, Ace Magashule

Five years is a long time, especially in politics, something the Kroonstad Crooner should have remembered

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Wenzeni uCyril?

The head of state is in for a heated weekend — De Ruyter permitting — when the ANC holds it national policy conference

Redundant: Many things can be disposed of. Masks have gone; hopefully corrupt officials will go soon. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/AFP

The gloves (and masks) are off

Facemaskpreneurs and state capture agents are the only ones unhappy about Wednesday’s dual announcements

The Dutch arrived in the Cape to set up a refreshment station. Photo: File

From one disaster to another; from Jan van Riebeeck to Steve Hofmeyr

The best way to get South Africans to do something is to tell them not to do it, which may be good news for football

Former president Jacob Zuma and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu Lindiwe Sisulu during the ANC National General Council on October 11, 2015 at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. (Photo by Gallo Images / Thapelo Maphakela)

Radical economic transformation ‘bullshit’ won’t change lives of poor

Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t

Where there’s fire: Zandile Mafe, who has now been charged with terrorism and is homeless and could be mentally ill, seems an unlikely suspect, leading to the idea that he was used as a patsy by others. Photo: Gianluig Geurcia/AFP

Whispers of insurgency add up to a murky national security situation

Concerns abound about the parliament fire, with insiders saying the timing was suspicious and the truth may never come out, while intelligence and security clusters are worried.

Shrill reactionary: Carl Niehaus seems to be against anything good, including vaccinations. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images

‘Don’t vax or Ramaphosa will stay on’

Conman Carl and his cohort think that taking the jab will boost his re-election

From the West’s perspective the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha by the Taliban in Afghanistan could only be done by beings ‘less than human’. Photo: Aref Karimi/AFP

Insurrection envy in the land of the Taliban’nyana

The ANC’s inability to meet deadlines could have given us more municipal managers with bodybuilding certificates