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Former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has been expelled from the ANC.Image: Thapelo Morebudi

‘Taste your own medicine’: Reactions to Ace Magashule being expelled by ANC

“It is time he tastes his own medicine.” This is what some people said when reacting to the expulsion of Ace Magashule from the ANC. The ANC confirmed Magashule’s expulsion on Monday after the party’s national disciplinary committee found…

ANC headquarters Chief Albert Luthuli House was renamed “Chief Albert Lootfreely House”.Image: Freddy Mavunda © Business Day

ANC headquarters mischievously renamed ‘Chief Albert Lootfreely House’

The ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg has joined Eskom’s Megawatt Park in getting a mischievous new name on Google Maps‚ being labelled “Chief Albert Lootfreely House”. Chief Albert Luthuli House has been the home of the ANC since 1997…

Former ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. File photo.Image: Masi Losi

‘The time for playing games has ended’: Bathabile Dlamini calls on Ramaphosa to resign

Former ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini wants “compromised” President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. “He must not step aside, he must resign. He has compromised himself, he has compromised the ANC and the country,” Dlamini said…

Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has an idea on how to solve SA’s energy crisis.Image: Eugene Coetzee/The Herald

‘I can do it in five months‚ send me’: McKenzie asks Eskom to let him help with energy crisis

Patriotic Alliance president and Central Karoo mayor Gayton McKenzie says he can help solve the country’s ailing electricity crisis if Eskom allows him to assist. In a plea to the power utility‚ McKenzie shared his ideas on how Eskom…

Duduzane Zuma got his hands dirty during a clean-up operation in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend. File photo.Image: ALON SKUY

WATCH | ‘Future ANC president’ Duduzane Zuma making ‘back-breaking work look easy’

ANC ward 11 branch chairperson Duduzane Zuma traded in his fancy suit for shorts and a black rubbish bag at the weekend‚ getting his hands dirty while helping to clean up a neighbourhood in rainy Newlands East‚ Durban. The…

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. File photo.Image: FREDDY MAVUNDA

Beleaguered Ace Magashule says ‘no need to study judgment’ but believes it is ‘legally wrong’

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule says there is no need for him to read the Johannesburg high court full bench ruling dismissing his bid to reverse his suspension by the governing party. However‚ Magashule said he would appeal…

Jacob Zuma walks alongside Mgijili Nhleko, right, an induna and commander of the Zulu regiments, outside the former president’s home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.Image: Ilanga

Organisers of Nkandla event to be brought to book‚ ANC likens MKMVA to ‘extreme right wing elements’

Organisers of the superspreader event outside former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home will be brought to book‚ the ANC said on Tuesday. Scores of ANC supporters descended on Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday in anticipation that Zuma…

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. File photo.Image: Alaister Russell/Sunday Times

Only a court can ‘unsuspend’ ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa‚ Ace Magashule argues in court papers

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule insists that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa remains “suspended” until a court of law decides otherwise. This was the salvo fired by a defiant Magashule in his responding affidavit filed at the…

EFF leader Julius Malema. File photo.Image: Alon Skuy

Malema breaks his silence: ‘When a person says to me I will kill you‚ I can’t give him roses’

EFF leader Julius Malema has explained the cause of the chaos that erupted during a session of the Pan-African Parliament last week‚ saying he was reacting to a threat allegedly made by an MP against him. The fourth ordinary session of…

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has been ordered to make a public apology. File photo.Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

ANC tells Ace Magashule: Apologise or face disciplinary action

Ruling party to tell suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule to publicly apologise for the letter he wrote to party president Cyril Ramaphosa ‘suspending’ him without the authority to do so Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace…

Former president Jacob Zuma has been offered legal representation for free following the Wednesday withdrawal of his legal team ahead of his corruption trial in May.Image: Rogan Ward

‘I’ll represent Zuma for free’: human rights attorney Richard Spoor

Jacob Zuma’s lawyers may have withdrawn ahead of his corruption trial next month but the former president has at least one offer to be represented for free. South African human rights attorney Richard Spoor took to Twitter on Thursday to…

ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte has come under fire for her perceived support for former president Jacob Zuma.Image: ANC via Twitter

‘Jessie Duarte must face disciplinary action by the ANC’ – scores respond to leaked pro-Zuma audio

A leaked recording of ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte advising former president Jacob Zuma against appearing at the state capture inquiry has triggered mixed reactions on social media. The leaked audio clip is from last month’s…

Former president Jacob Zuma met police minister Bheki Cele in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday.Image: Supplied

Still plenty tea in Nkandla for those who want to visit‚ says Jacob Zuma

Former president Jacob Zuma on Sunday said there was still plenty of tea available for those who wanted to visit his Nkandla homestead. This as a long list of high profile politicians have in the past weeks visited Zuma. Among the most…

DA leader John Steenhuisen says South Africans need to know what President Cyril Ramaphosa’s role was in the capture of the state, and where he stands on the policy today. File photo.Image: WERNER HILLS

IN QUOTES | From vaccines to Zuma & Ramaphosa: DA’s John Steenhuisen on ‘true state of the nation’

DA leader John Steenhuisen says there is no good or bad faction in the ANC, but rather South Africans have been misled to believe there are two factions in the ANC and the “good” one is righting the wrongs of the “bad” one. Steenhuisen…

WORK WITH DIGNITY: Abraham Lincoln has many lessons for the modern dayPicture: Gage Skidmore/CREATIVE COMMONS

Abe Lincoln’s lessons for modern politicians

Anyone remotely interested in American politics will know by now that, in spite of the best efforts of incumbent president Donald Trump to overturn the legitimate result of their November general elections, Joe Biden of the Democratic…