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Late former deputy president David Mabuza. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Court orders interim curator to manage Mabuza’s R44.7m pension amid family dispute

Last year Mabuza’s daughter, Tamara Silinda, filed an urgent application to stop Alexforbes from paying the money to Nonhlahla Mnisi, who was the country’s second lady when…

Late former deputy president David Mabuza. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mpumalanga High Court reserves judgment on Mabuza pension appeal until 30 September

Mabuza’s daughter Tamara Silinda wants the court to stop Alexforbes from paying R44 million to former second lady Nonhlahla Mnisi

President Cyril Ramaphosa with late former deputy president David Mabuza.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa’s office says DD Mabuza’s pension saga is a family matter

AlexForbes said it would not oppose the application by Mabuza’s daughter to have the R44 million pension pay out stopped

Grave debate: Former deputy president David Mabuza died on 25 July this year. Photos: Defence Corporate Communications

Battle over DD Mabuza’s estate

The former deputy president’s daughter from a previous marriage has gone to court to lay claim to funds from his estate in a battle with his widow

Late former deputy president David Mabuza. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Former deputy president David “The Cat” Mabuza has died

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula announced Mabuza’s death in a post on social media platform X

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images

Mbalula’s ambitions are ‘sowing divisions’ in the Free State

Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists

The governing party has identified KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as the battlegrounds for votes ahead of the elections. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

ANC marshalls its forces to KwaZulu-Natal in final push for votes

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

Korner Talk: Pravin Gordhan is Dr Evil

The public enterprise minister would rather iron his penis than campaign for the ANC

The Gauteng ANC, in a bid to raise its paltry 2019 numbers, has approached former provincial premier Tokyo Sexwale to strengthen its campaign for the upcoming elections.

Former Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale called to bolster ANC election campaign

ANC Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi said the party was bringing out its heavyweights to with the province by more than 55%

Complicated political minefield on how to approach coalition-forming

The instability of hung local governments is driving the ANC’s new-found need to get to grips with coalition politics

File photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images

Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each

The claim is based on the R500 000 each veteran was promised in 1994, which they say today works out to be R4.2 million.

The Democratic Alliance insists that crucial state-owned enterprises such as Eskom should report to related ministries. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ANC proceeds to sue De Ruyter for defamation

The ruling party wants a retraction and apology from the former Eskom CEO for implicating it in crippling corruption at the power utility

The Mbombela high court has ordered activist Joel Pompies Letwaba to apologise to former deputy president David Mabuza for making defamatory statements about him on national television in 2021.

Court orders activist Joel Letwaba to apologise to former deputy president David Mabuza

Judge Brian Mashile found Letwaba’s statements about Mabuza defamatory and ordered him to pay his legal fees

Power-sharing: A DA billboard erected in Johannesburg in February suggests an adversarial political relationship, but in reality coalitions may be on the cards. Photo: Mduduzi Ndzingi/ Sowetan/Gallo Images

Hard choices over coalitions loom as DA chooses new leadership

Will the official opposition consider doing business with the ANC after the 2024 elections?

Former Eskom chief executive Andre De Ruyter. Photo: Supplied

De Ruyter ready to appear before parliamentary committee

The former Eskom chief executive has accepted an invitation to make submissions to the standing committee on public accounts

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)

ANC votes against Eskom corruption probe

The party said parliament’s oversight mechanisms and the appointment of an electricity minister were good enough to deal with Eskom issues

Late former deputy president David Mabuza. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Steenhuisen a political charlatan desperate for attention – Mabuza

The former deputy president has lashed out at the Democratic Alliance leader, who accused him of being involved in Eskom corruption

Truth to power: The M&G’s columnist has strong words for Police Minister Bheki Cele who he says is visible but ineffective. Photo: Morapedi Mashashe/Gallo Images & Darren Stewart/Gallo Image

Reshuffle: Ramaphosa forced to play a game of thrones

The shifts were not about improving government’s efficiency but about securing political futures

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Patel to be sworn in as MP just hours before cabinet reshuffle

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that Ebrahim Patel becoming a member of parliament will make way for a non-MP to become a cabinet minister

Like a candle in the wind: Eskom has turned 100 but it’s lights are hardly blazing. Photo: Getty Images

Is reticent Ramaphosa ready to reshuffle?

DD the Cat, like André de Donker, has finally got his Don’t Come Monday – which both of them had been waiting for