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Zuma’s desire to remain an ANC member can’t be going down all that well in the MK party, especially in the Kingdom, its stronghold and the source of its national political presence. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Fish swim, birds fly, Zuma litigates

Is Zuma trying to rain on Cyril’s January 8 parade, or is uBaba feeling politically homesick?

Mboweni said Sanral must “reverse that decision immediately”. (David Harrison/M&G)

Mboweni opposes Sanral stance on e-tolls

The finance minister has come out contradicting his ANC colleagues, saying he was unhappy about Sanral’s decision

Wind of change: The land issue raised people’s emotions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The land: SA’s unifying and divisive issue

The land hearings of 2018 were fraught, emotive discussions of a matter of national importance

Lekota said that the current electoral system for the National Assembly and provincial legislatures is one in which political parties, and not individuals, contest elections. (David Harrison/M&G)

Cope’s Lekota to introduce bill to allow independents to run for Parliament

The Electoral Laws Amendment Bill will seek to amend the Electoral Commission Act, 1996, to provide for and to regulate independent candidacy

Lekota and AfriForum on Monday announced that they would join forces to ask the South African public and the international community to apply pressure on the ANC. (Gallo Images)

Lekota joins forces with AfriForum to ‘protect property rights’

​Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota will join AfriForum in asking other countries to put pressure on South Africa not to amend the Constitution

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy (Die Burger/Francois Nel)

Changes to the Constitution may boost, not weaken property rights

Steven Friedman argues that the constitutional amendment is likely to clarify the Constitution’s current provisions on land expropriation

While many expressed admiration for EFF leader Julius Malema saying he had been instrumental in pushing for the debate on land

Hard day for Lekota at land hearings

Lekota endured a difficult day, getting stick from members of the public for his opposition to proposed amendments to Section 25 of the Constitution

Malema lost his cool and appeared to be chastising Lekota while members of the public were making oral submissions.

Juju and Lekota tiff mars Limpopo land hearings

Proceedings were brought to a halt as security intervened between the two MPs.

Former defence minister Mosioua Lekota.

Cope’s Lekota: Give us a chance to do what we promised

Is Cope back from the dead or is its first elective congress another non-starter, asks Sarah Evans from the sidelines of its Boksburg assembly.

About-face from a key State witness

The little-publicised treason trial of 22 men at Delmas took a surprise turn this week when a young state witness said that she fabricated her evidence after being sjambokked in…