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Former president Jacob Zuma. (File photo)
ARMS DEAL CORRUPTION TRIAL

Jacob Zuma must pay back R28.9 million

The former president has 60 days to pay back the state money inappropriately used to fund his arms deal case

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
Afrika Mayibuye Movement leader Floyd Shivambu Photo: Lunga Mzangwe
ANC

Shivambu: I was fired as MK secretary-general over false plot against Zuma

Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
MK party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela. (@NhlamuloNdhlela/X)
ANC

MK party’s ‘December 16’ faction pushing for spokesperson Ndhlela to be secretary general

The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
Former MK party secretary general Floyd Shivambu. (File photo)
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Calls for Shivambu’s head a result of ‘tribalism’, say his supporters

A faction in the uMkhonto weSizwe party aligned to traditional leaders is calling for a leadership change that could affect not only Floyd Shivambu

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
The MK party has removed Mzwanele Manyi as its chief whip in the National Assembly, less than a year after his appointment.
COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

MK party sacks Manyi as chief whip, replaces him with Makhubela

Jacob Zuma’s party has removed Mzwanele Manyi, replacing him with former Joburg speaker Colleen Makhubele amid calls for leadership restructuring

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has replaced its long-standing president, Vuyolwethu Zungula. (@ATMovement_SA/Twitter)
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

No plans to merge with MK party or deregister ATM, says leader

Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party

  • Lunga Mzangwe
5 min read
The MK party has removed Mzwanele Manyi as its chief whip in the National Assembly, less than a year after his appointment.
ANC

‘Incompetent’ Mzwanele Manyi faces MK party revolt

Some members believe the chief whip is out of his depth, which has left the EFF’s Julius Malema dominating as the voice of the opposition

  • Lunga Mzangwe
8 min read
Leader of the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and former South African president Jacob Zuma waves to supporters during the party’s first anniversary celebrations at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban on December 15, 2024. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
ANC

Zuma tells ANC to reverse his expulsion and reinstate him immediately — or else

The former president’s lawyers say Tony Yengeni is being “persecuted” for representing Zuma at his disciplinary hearing

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Red rag: Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema uses the chant to mask that the party has no coherent vision for undoing injustice, (File photo)
ANC INFLUENCE

Malema unmoved by Mpofu’s defection to MK party, anticipates more exits 

The long-time legal representative for Jacob Zuma said his decision came after ‘a lot of soul searching’

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Former Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe (Oupa Nkosi)
BRIAN MOLEFE

State capture suspects sworn in as MK party MPs

Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama have taken up their seats just weeks before they are due back in court on corruption charges

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
The MK party has removed Mzwanele Manyi as its chief whip in the National Assembly, less than a year after his appointment.
COLUMNS

Korner Talk: Manyi the political sex worker

The former EFF MP’s list of political parties is longer than self-proclaimed prophet Mboro’s dirty nails.

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
Doing a Pep Guardiola?: The DA could have a pre-season wishlist and R500 million for the moonshot team. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT

Is it moonshot or money shot in South Africa’s coalition land

Will Manchester City, like Mzwanele Manyi, pull off a treble this weekend?

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Cantankerous: Julis Malema argues with police at the presidential guest house in Pretoria. Photo: Emmanuel Croset/Getty Images
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment

Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ARMS DEAL

Zuma to seek another postponement as he approaches SCA, again

Zuma will seek to stall his trial next week as his lawyers ask the head of the SCA to reconsider its refusal to allow him to appeal the dismissal of a special plea

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Unmasked: Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands over the first report into state capture to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: TK Kopano/GCIS
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Parliament fire: Truth is stranger than fiction

Zandile Mafe took a nap outside parliament. Does that make him a sleeper agent?

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Loyal ally: Mzwanele Manyi has remained a staunch supporter of the former president.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Mzwanele Manyi: The Zindzi Mandela of our time

If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Deputy President David Mabuza has offered to resign. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)
CORONAVIRUS

I’m all Pfizered up, but still broke

Paddy Harper isn’t the only one who’s broke: everyone from Zuma to Luthuli House, never mind the chronically unemployed, is feeling the pinch these days

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
In sickness and in health: Former President Jacob Zuma waves at his supporters outside the Pietermaritzburg high court. (Photo by Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe)
ARMS DEAL

Zuma in hospital for observation

The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The court strongly criticised last month’s statement by the department of correctional services that Zuma was a free man.
ARMS DEAL

Zuma wants to go to jail. Perhaps

After all, it would be hard to appear on the arms deal corruption case if he were serving time for contempt of court and the Zondo inquiry

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Supporters of former president Jacob Zuma have expressed shock over the 15-month jail sentence imposed on him by the Constitutional Court for his failure to appear before the Zondo commission into state capture.
ANC

Shock and outrage as Zuma gets 15 months in jail for contempt

Former president’s supporters say they reject his custodial sentence

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read