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In KwaZulu-Natal, the votes of next week’s by-election will be a test of whether the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is able to consolidate — at local government level — the electoral gains made on 29 May, when it took 45% of the vote in the province. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BARNABAS XULU

Electoral court to hear MK party’s election challenge on 29 July

The IEC set a hearing date despite the party’s bid to temporarily withdraw the case

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
2024 ELECTIONS

MK’s court challenge is public incitement, says IEC

The party’s failure to provide evidence of election fraud suggests it went to court with the aim of ‘inflaming the passions of the public’, the commission argues

  • Emsie Ferreira
8 min read
Former Police Minister, Nathi Nhleko. File photo
ANC

Nathi Nhleko resigns from ANC, calls out ‘lunacy’ of Fikile Mbalula

But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
With just 531 criminal convictions from the 42 365 complaints, either South Africans are going out of their way to tell a whole bunch of outrageous lies or the state isn’t all that interested in doing something about police brutality.
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE AND RECONCILIATION

Police brutality is government policy

For 20 years ministers in charge of the police have been telling them to beat up or kill criminals

  • Tristen Taylor
5 min read
Minister of Public Works Nathi Nhleko David Harrison
LEADERS LOSERS

M&G Cabinet Report Card 2017: Nathi Nhleko

The M&G Cabinet Report Card has become a respected barometer of government performance. Here are the scores for 2017.

  • Staff Reporters
2 min read