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The MK party has reinstated John Hlophe as its first deputy president and parliamentary party leader with immediate effect

MK Party reinstates John Hlophe as deputy president and parliamentary leader

Hlophe returns to MK leadership roles months after suspension linked to caucus dispute

Missing: Members of the Jacob Zuma’s MKP are fighting over alleged looting of funds in the party. Photo: GCIS

Zuma, MKP and the ‘looted’ R70m

The MPs have written to Zuma and Yengeni to demand a forensic investigation of the missing millions

Former Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda (Photo: Luba Lesolle)

Ousted Joburg MMC Kabelo Gwamanda ‘wasting time and money by challenging his removal in court’

Sources in the city’s executive believe the former mayor has become a ‘liability’ for the Johannesburg council

“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

New faces, old scandals: The familiar staleness of South Africa’s 2024 National Assembly

It’s too early to judge how this parliament will perform, but the notion that 2024 will be a refresh for our politics must surely be declared stillborn

The double standards on Palestine and Ukraine have left white liberalism morally bankrupt in the eyes of many black South Africans, but the emerging alternatives to the ANC are often appalling.   (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

White liberalism and the appalling alternatives to the ANC

South Africa’s political narrative is mired in a swamp of inadequacy and hypocrisy

Department of Finance

The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift

A dearth of consequences: Ajay and Atul Gupta skipped South Africa for Dubai along with brother Rajesh and their families two days after then-president Jacob Zuma stepped down. (Photo by Gallo Images/Business Day/Martin Rhodes)

Zondo commission: 10 unanswered questions

Zuma went to jail rather than testify. Some who did told blatant lies. Who decided Cabinet appointments and how much money was carried out of Saxonwold?

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)

Ramaphosa’s Zondo refrain of ‘I did not know’ rings false

It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa testifies before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 11, 2021. (Photo by Sumaya HISHAM / POOL / AFP)

Ramaphosa confronted with too much evidence of his inaction

The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)

Ramaphosa says he threatened to resign over Des van Rooyen saga

The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.

Former president Jacob Zuma.

The Zondo commission of evasion

Obfuscation, non sequiturs, outright lies, senseless babble, curry breaks — and we’re paying for it all

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Gupta-linked Bobat was hired on merit, Van Rooyen tells Zondo commission

Former finance minister Des van Rooyan said he did not have Mohamed Bobat’s CV when he appointed him as a special adviser

What a giggle! If former president Jacob Zuma was still president of the country he would have definitely made a song about the coronavirus and blamed it on ‘White Monopoly Capital’. (David Harrison/M&G)

Paddy Harper: I’d rather staypozi with Cyril

Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Reuters)

Zuma at the state capture inquiry: How he got here

How Nene’s removal triggered the state capture avalanche, culminating in Zuma’s Monday appearance.

ANC SG Ace Magashule. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ace’s bizarre statements reveal a sinister game plan

That ANC secretary general’s statement on the Reserve Bank this week sent shivers down the country’s spine

On Thursday, Zondo also said Van Rooyen had been given the green light to give evidence himself before the commission. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Zondo grants Van Rooyen leave to cross-examine Fuzile

During his testimony in 2018, former treasury director general said Van Rooyen arrived at treasury with a "pre-appointed adviser" in Mohamed Bobat

South Africa has not run a budget surplus since Nene was given his marching orders, national treasury economist Catherine MacLeod testified before the Zondo commission. (Screenshot via eNCA)

NeneGate: The financial cost of political uncertainty

According to national treasury economist Catherine MacLeod, the axing of Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister had long-lasting effects on the economy

Evidence leader, advocate Vincent Maleka, SC, raised some concerns with Van Rooyen’s application. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Van Rooyen applies to cross-examine Fuzile

Van Rooyen has also indicated his interest in testifying before the commission

The targeting of large buildings appears to be part of a new military tactic by Israel.

Des van Rooyen joins Zuma in applying for interdict against public protector’s report

Public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report was due to be released on Friday, but this seems unlikely.