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Zondo comes out of retirement to talks about Zuma
Clebrity judge and former Chief Justice who failed JSC interviews Raymond Zondo has publicly questioned the legality and integrity of former President Jacob Zuma's release from prison on medical parol...Published: 07 May 2025 at 14:32hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
LPC led by Pule Seleka weaponised to deal with Dali Mpofu SC?
The Pan-African Bar Association of South Africa (PABASA) issued a stern warning to the Legal Practice Council (LPC), cautioning the regulatory body to resist attempts to weaponise disciplinary proceed...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:46hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa Protector rubbishes ATM's victory claim
The Office of Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has accused the African Transformation Movement (ATM) of shameless bravado and disinformation following its claim of a supposed "court victory" regarding...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 13:16hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Gayton McKenzie being investigated for financial abuse
The Economic Freedom Fighters confirmed that the Public Protector will investigate Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie's alleged financial misconduct. This was after he reportedly spent ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 16:07hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
SA ConCourt reserves judgment in Phala Phala case
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on an application filed by the EFF challenging Parliament's decision not to proceed with an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa's P...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 19:41hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
King Dalindyebo's wife quits EFF
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has suffered another blow with the resignation of prominent member Nolubabalo "Babsie" Mcinga, who has stepped down from her position in the National Council of Pro...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 15:08hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Zuma arms deal persecution is weird, says Thuli Madonsela
Former public protector Prof Thuli Madonsela has dropped a bombshell that former president Jacob Zuma's prosecution regarding the controversial arms deal is a mystery. Her remarks came during ...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 09:30hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Another EFF MP has called it quits
Fana Mokoena has resigned four months after he was sworn-in as an MP in the seventh parliament."He has resigned," confirmed parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo on Thursday.Mokoena d...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:52hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will not be prosecuted for Phala Phala
President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be prosecuted for Phala Phala, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced on Thursday.The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Limpopo, advocate ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 18:16hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala scandal back to haunt Ramaphosa
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has expressed strong approval of the Constitutional Court's recent decision to hear the Phala Phala farm matter, a significant step in an ongoing saga that ha...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:24hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordhan kicks the proverbial bucket
Pravin Gordhan served as a minister during the state capture years. But he will also be remembered for being among those who pushed back against its architects.Gordhan passed away on Friday at...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 06:34hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Ngcukaitobi says Mkhwebane 'not entitled to R10m gratuity'
There is no legal basis on which former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is entitled to receive a gratuity payment as she was removed from office before her term expired, advocate Tembeka Ngcukaito...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:31hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Malema and EFF will survive
Since its inception, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has waged and survived many political battles with Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu side by side, until last week when Shivambu dumped the EFF ...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:03hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
SA opposition parties not letting go of Phala Phala
Opposition parties are warning President Cyril Ramaphosa not to get too comfortable in the Government of National Unity.The MK Party, EFF and ATM are vowing to pursue the 2020 Phala Phala farm...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:52hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1732 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala farm scandal refuses to go away
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm scandal refuses to go away.This comes after the Constitutional Court issued directives in the EFF matter to challenge Parliament's decision in 2022...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:45hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
ANC members set to picket in protest against possible ANC-DA deal
ANC supporters who voted for the party "in good faith" in the general election on 29 May are expected to picket in Johannesburg on Thursday morning, demanding its leaders reject going into a coalition...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa wipes out political opponents
President Cyril Ramaphosa seems to have wiped out his political opponents by what many deem is the use of state organs to fight political battles. Arrests seem to have dampened the energy of the "RET ...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's decision to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on
POLITICAL analysts say the decision by the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on as it sends a message of defiance and wil...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 06:03hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's two-thirds backdoor plot intensifies
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is persistently pursuing a Zanu-PF two-thirds majority in Parliament by announcing elections in constituencies left vacant after the recall of several CCC legislators by S...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Chapter 12 institutions not independent'
Public researchers have asserted that so-called independent institutions, including the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and other constitutional Chapter 12 entities, lack genuine independence and ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 11:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Captured PP clears Ramaphosa in final Phala Phala report
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been cleared of any wrongdoing by acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka in her final report released on Friday regarding the theft of US dollars in cash from his Phala ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rise of fake degree phenomenon
IN Zimbabwe, there has been a growing distasteful trend of people who have forged their qualifications, especially certificates, diplomas, bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees.With an unem...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 19:29hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 2 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
What Zondo's Commission did not want South Africa to know
An explosive affidavit that turned the state capture narrative on its head never made it to the final report of the state capture commission of inquiry or was even considered by Chief Justice Raymond ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa forced to withdraw new perks for ministers after DA outcry
"The president listened."This was the message from President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson Vincent Magwenya on Monday when he announced the withdrawal of a controversial amendment to the mini...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Theft case laid against Ramaphosa
A charge of theft has been laid against President Cyril Ramaphosa, reportedly by a businessman who claims his energy plan presented to the head of state was stolen and used without his involvement....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka's Phala Phala farm robbery investigator managed by Ramaphosa' people
One of the Public Protector investigators probing the Phala Phala farm robbery is allegedly being managed by two people on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa.The investigator, whose name is k...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 17:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa called a 'criminal', 'gangster' as opposition demand release of Phala Phala report
Opposition political parties described President Cyril Ramaphosa as a "gangster", "thief", and a "criminal" as they demanded acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka release her report into the Phala P...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judges question Ramaphosa's timing in suspending Public Protector
Judges in the Western Cape High Court have questioned President Cyril Ramaphosa's timing in suspending Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.Mkhwebane has accused the president of suspending her...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa thrown under the bus by Wally Rhoode
In his response to the Public Protector, President Cyril Ramaphosa's head of Presidential Protection Service, Wally Rhoode, has revealed the roles allegedly played by the President and his Namibian co...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Captured' SA's Acting Public Protector to withdraw Mkhwebane's court applications
Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka who some sections of the SA society allege is captured by President Cyril Ramaphosa, indicated that the Office of the Public Protector will withdraw the suspend...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 19:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Captured judiciary: No evidence that ConCourt judges, staff leaked info about Mkhwebane's case
There is no evidence that somebody within the Constitutional Court gave confidential information to Ismail Abramjee concerning public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application before that court....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Busisiwe Mkhwebane off to court to challenge unlawful and hurried suspension
The legal showdown between suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to continue.This time Mkhwebane wants the Cape Town high court to set aside her su...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 19:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted Ramaphosa stands by his decision to suspend Mkhwebane
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he stands by the decision to suspend Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, pending an inquiry into her fitness to hold office.The embattled Public Protector on Tu...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa is no James Bond, it will end in tears
Cyril Ramaphosa's silence in the aftermath of his #FarmGate saga is worrying for South Africa's democracy.It's not just that he is on mute but also the manner in which he continues to evade an...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 18:59hrs | 13 | by Ray Solomons
Ramaphosa suspends Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane for investigating his Phala Phala loot
Embattled South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane from the office of the Public Protector.Mkhwebane was suspended effective from 9 June 2022, the pres...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 16:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers ready to fight Mnangagwa's govt
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) says it will face down threats from government, and a court case that could strip it of regulatory powers in a case analysts say has wider implications for other perc...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
What has gone wrong with South Africa's Constitutional Court?
For many years, our Constitutional Court basked in glory. It was lauded worldwide. Its judgments were studied in legal academies around the world. Many of our judges were in demand to teach seminars o...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | 10 | by Ziyad Motala
'I remained with Zuma to end state capture' says Ramaphosa vs Mnangagwa colluded with Mugabe to loot
History will show just how close the late Nelson Mandela's "Rainbow democratic South Africa" came to collapse and become just another African Banana Republic like Zimbabwe during former President Jaco...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Ramaphosa throws Zuma under the bus
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has distanced himself from the former President Jacob Zuma administration's dealings with the infamous Gupta family that is accused of capturing the st...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:52hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyril Ramaphosa appears to be using the ANC's step-aside rule to target, purge political opponents
President Cyril Ramaphosa increasingly appears to be using the ANC's "step-aside" rule to target and purge his political opponents, while affirming his untouchable supporters, before next year's elect...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Clyde Ramalaine
Justice minister challenged to relook into laws regarding wrongful arrest and detention to compensate victims
PAN AFRICANIST and International Coalition Against Coronavirus forAfrican Development (ICAC-AD) South Africa chapter first Vice President Chanda Chose has...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth Perception on Implications of the Constitutional Amendment Bill No2 on elections now and the future.
Zanu pf Youths are totally happy on Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2, while MDC Alliance Youth are totally against the Amendment Bill number 2 for they say they create a one party state in Zimba...Published: 10 May 2021 at 12:20hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
President Mnangagwa makes history as Chief Justice Malaba is saved by the bell
The present Constitution of Zimbabwe became fully operational on the 22nd August, 2013, having been assented to on the 22nd May, 2013, by the President as the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 00:31hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cyril Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:34hrs | 4 | by Piet Rampedi
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