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AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT

‘I will not resign’, Ramaphosa says

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Hundreds of #UniteBehind supporters sat in a marquee outside Parliament on Tuesday. Imam Rashied Omar told the protesters that they were gathering as citizens who love their country dearly and will not stand by while “corruption robs our children of their future”. He said that Parliament’s code of conduct is a “shield for corruption”.
UNITEBEHIND

Parliament sued for letting corrupt MPs off the hook

The case dates back to 2022, when activist group #UniteBehind laid complaints in terms of parliament’s code of conduct against six ANC MPs implicated in state capture

  • Liezl Human
4 min read
The High Court has overturned a Home Affairs official’s decision to reject the asylum application of a man who fled his home country after he was imprisoned for homosexuality. Illustration: Lisa Nelson
ANTI HOMOSEXUAL LAWS

Judge slams home affairs department for ‘unintelligible, illogical babble’ in gay case

An immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was jailed solely for homosexuality in his home country

  • Tania Broughton
4 min read
Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Phala Phala: The power and the peril of judicial review

The stakes are high in the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF’s) bid to compel the National Assembly to impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa on charges flowing from the theft of…

  • Editorial
2 min read
Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe after its liberation but became its oppressor. Photo: Archive
APPEAL

Court orders that Mugabe’s body be exhumed and reburied in Harare

Zimbabwean court dismisses appeal by former president Mugabe’s three children

  • Chris Gilili
1 min read
Vulnerable: Environmentalists argue that the proposed oil and gas exploration and production will disrupt people’s livelihoods and the marine life following the huge shoals of sardines. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
BARBARA CREECY

Creecy taken to court over oil, gas plan

An environment group says its application is a ‘watershed’ case for stopping deep sea exploration

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
BIAS

Eusebius McKaiser: Zuma’s recusal case is utterly unconvincing

The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent

  • Eusebius McKaiser
8 min read