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What a drip: Julius Malema’s EFF reneged on a policy position to insource workers in Joburg and Ekurhuleni. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Getty
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Khaya Koko | Ronwen, please save Malema’s nose fluids

An embarrassing nasal malfunction was not all that should cause Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema to lose face This content is restricted to registered users and…

  • Khaya Koko
1 min read
Supporters wearing red clothing during the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Photographer: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ANC

Heads to roll in KZN after EFF leaders fail to meet Malema’s expectations

Julius Malema is allegedly disappointed with the party’s leaders including deputy president Floyd Shivambu and Marshall Dlamini after its manifesto launch This content is…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
(Rajesh Jantilal/Getty Images)
ALBERT LUTHULI

Has the tripartite alliance become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?

  • Benzi Ka-Soko
5 min read
Chris Hani was shot dead in the driveway of his home in 1993. Photo: Supplied
ALBERT LUTHULI

Has the tripartite become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?

  • Benzi Ka-Soko
5 min read
It doesn’t take a pundit to predict that the Seychelles will come to frustrate on Saturday. (Gallo Images)
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Bafana confront their hoodoo

All too often the team panic when they play a lesser nation but the coach is working on that

  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
In the dock: (From left) Nkosinathi Gambu, Skhanyiso Zimu, Sifiso Mbhele, Mlungisi Zumu, Ayanda Ngubane and Gift Zungu were remanded in custody until September 20. (Ian Carbutt)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Deputy mayor’s kin on murder rap

The arrest of six men for the killing of a former councillor has rocked the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Trump and the White House have pressed on with plans to repurpose more than $6-billion from other sources, mostly already-allocated funds in the Defense Department budget. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
ANC

Moses Mabhida misses deadline

Two ANC regions had until August to elect new leadership but only Harry Gwala region did so, amid threats of court action

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
ANC KZN members head to court to stop provincial congress
ANC KWAZULU NATAL

ANC’s Moses Mabhida regional conference postponed indefinitely

A follow-up meeting to address the branch concerns will be held on Thursday or Friday

  • Paddy Harper
1 min read
The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC KWAZULU NATAL

United we stand — and stumble on

The ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal conference was finally held. Ace held up his slate. It didn’t go his way. Cyril’s happy

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
ANC KZN members head to court to stop provincial congress
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

New challenge to KZN elective conference

Three members of the provincial task team appointed to run the conference have confirmed the bid to halt the meeting

  • Paddy Harper
1 min read
Former Zimbabwe finance minister Tendai Biti. (AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Jessie and co bring relief to quarrelsome ANC branches

Court battles between the ANC leadership and disaffected branches claiming gatekeeping have been averted in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Dead end:The Zuma clan dominates local politics in KwaNxamalala
JACOB ZUMA

Dead-end roads and Zuma’s legacy

The Zuma name is key to well-salaried positions of power in an area of grinding poverty

  • Niren Tolsi
8 min read
The ANC’s Lungisani Mnguni was killed in Camperdown on Monday
ANC

Two more hits in KZN bloodbath

Pietermaritzburg has become a killing field for young ANC activists ahead of the party conference

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
MOSES MABHIDA

Stadium scrum is a Test case for Saru

It’s fallen to rugby to ensure 2010 stadiums are used, and Kings Park finds itself the guinea pig as a venue for Tests to which it holds no rights.

  • Andy Capostagno
5 min read
BONGINKOSI MNCWABE

Stadium strike: Light at the end of the tunnel

The two-week strike by construction workers at Durban’s Moses Mabhida 2010 stadium may end on Monday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said. NUM spokesperson Bonginkosi…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BONGINKOSI MNCWABE

Stadium strike: Draft agreement on the table

Negotiations between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Group Five-led consortium building Durban’s Moses Mabhida Soccer World Cup soccer stadium have yielded a…

  • Giordano Stolley
2 min read
CRAIG JESSOP

Strikers gather at stadium as NUM seeks court date

Dozens of construction workers converged on Durban’s Moses Mabhida 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium on Monday to continue their labour protest over wage disputes. The National Union…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CRAIG JESSOP

Stadium consortium interdicts striking workers

The Group Five-WBHO Consortium on Thursday obtained a Labour Court interdict preventing construction workers from entering the site where Durban’s Moses Mabhida 2010 Soccer World…

  • Giordano Stolley
3 min read
DURBAN

Succession unlikely to feature on Mbeki’s Ladysmith visit

African National Congress (ANC) succession battles are unlikely to be a feature of President Thabo Mbeki’s imbizo (meeting) in the Ladysmith this weekend, according to local…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read