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Jabulani Khumalo banks on captured ConCourt to unseat Zuma

Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jabulani Khumalo has launched an urgent Constitutional Court application seeking to reclaim the party's top leadership position from former President Jacob Zuma.Filed on August 12, 2025, the bid ai…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 16:18hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter

Dr Mncwango appointed as new secretary general

Jacob Zuma led uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has appointed Dr Bongani Mncwango, a former executive at insurance giant Sanlam, as its new secretary-general, replacing Floyd Shivambu.The party also named Nomsa Dlamini as the new deputy secreta…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

The reality of '9 wasted years' - A decade WMC failed to capture Zuma

For too long, South Africans have been bombarded with a dishonest narrative coined by the very architects of our economic servitude, that the period of President Jacob Zuma's administration represents "9 wasted years." This phrase, repeate…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 756 | by Mzwanele Manyi

Mbeki was misled on Zuma claims

Former President Thabo Mbeki's widely reported gratuitous claim that former President Jacob Zuma - who was jailed for 10 years on Robben Island Prison -  was an apartheid spy is outrageous and unbefitting of a person of his stature, e…

Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 15:03hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Zuma cracks down on Duduzile

South African opposition MK leader Jacob Zuma has intervened in the public feud between his daughter, Duduzile Zuma, and party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu, demanding that she retract her insults and issue a formal apology.Duduzile Zum…

Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 08:12hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter

Helen Zille and her fellow travellers are victims of their propaganda

Helen Zille and her fellow travellers are victims of their propaganda. They undermine and underestimate the MKP at their own peril. With ANC on an irreversible decline, MKP has become a key player in black politics, writes Prof. Sipho Seep…

Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 11:58hrs | 1306 | by Prof. Sipho Seepe

Zuma rejects expulsion from ANC by Ramaphosa

Former President Jacob Zuma has rejected his expulsion from the African National Congress (ANC).The party's National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal (NDCA) upheld Zuma's removal from the party, it announced on Friday.In a statement issued…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

What is the probability that those who poisoned Jacob Zuma poisoned Paul Mashatile?

The recent health scare involving Paul Mashatile, South Africa's Deputy President, has reignited discussions about the troubling pattern of alleged poisonings among top South African politicians. With former President Jacob Zuma and former…

Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:09hrs | 2257 | by Askari

ANC of Ramaphosa must brace itself for a messy implosion

For over six months, everyone argued about whether there would be consequences for former state president Jacob Zuma's action to support the Umkhonto WeSizwe Party (MKP) in the last national and provincial elections while still an ANC memb…

Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:00hrs | 177 | by Nkosikhulule Nyembezi

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 general elections.They claim the preside…

Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1732 | by Staff reporter

Death threats issued against Zuma, culprit still not arrested

PhD holder, Dr Simamkele Dlakavu, this weekend purportedly took to â€˜X' and demanded the death and assassination of uMkhonto weSizwe Party president Jacob Zuma.Dlakavu, in a series of tweets, purportedly coming from her account, immediate…

Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zuma calls out 'snakes' in Ramaphosa's ANC

LEADER of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Jacob Zuma says the formation of the party was to protect the ANC against President Cyril Ramaphosa.Zuma used a snake as an analogy, saying a man of the house must do everything even without a wea…

Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zuma and Ramaphosa must find each other

IT'S time for political leaders in South Africa particularly the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) to bury their differences and defend not only the legacy of the revolutionary party but also the aspirations of the …

Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

South Africa has a Zuma problem

Here's a copy of the intellectually embarrassing judgment handed down today by the Constitutional Court of South Africa, politically disqualifying former President Jacob Zuma from standing for election to the National Assembly in South Afr…

Published: 27 May 2024 at 15:59hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Why Jacob Zuma is now winning court cases

On Tuesday, 9 April 2024, the electoral court set aside the IEC's decision to bar former president Jacob Zuma from running for a parliamentary seat. The IEC had disqualified Zuma due to his criminal record, including a 15-month jail term i…

Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 15:26hrs | 11 | by Siyabonga Hadebe

nZondo Commission 'a useful distraction' from South Africa's pressing problems

Many South Africans have already drawn their conclusions regarding the judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, corruption and fraud in the Public Sector, including Organs of State. The inquiry was meant to be broa…

Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 19:50hrs | | by Sipho Seepe

Zuma wants Zondo probed

Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma has instructed his legal team to take the State Capture Commission report on review. According to JG Zuma Foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi, Zuma will also be reporting Chief Justice Raymond Zo…

Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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 elective ANC national conference. In other w…

Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 5 | by Clyde Ramalaine

Zuma's life is at 'significant risk'

A high-level military doctor has told prison and prosecuting authorities that Jacob Zuma suffered a "traumatic injury" late last year and now needs "extensive emergency treatment" and six months of care to restore his health.But, in an as …

Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Malema more closer with Ramaphosa than Zuma

EFF leader Julius Malema says he was "never close" to former president Jacob Zuma - contrary to popular belief.Instead, Malema said during an interview on Kaya FM, he is "more close" to current head of state Cyril Ramaphosa.Malema's relati…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 09:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess

At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't blame Zuma for the mess.Zuma may be a bad guy,…

Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka

Zuma roars loudly from the cells

The system of imprisoning former leaders in the world was the prerogative of the French from the time of Napoleon to Sarkozi. France has become accustomed to putting former leaders on trial, but the world is welcoming a new kid on the mark…

Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 16:57hrs | 14 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Is the South African rainbow on the cusp of disarray?

Events are unfolding very fast in the rainbow nation, South Africa. And just like the previous week, the country is in suspense as the Free Zuma campaign gathers momentum in KwaZulu Natal province. It is clear that the ruling African Natio…

Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

Jacob Zuma is receiving the politics of justice

In South Africa, we have three arms of government, that is, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. Everyone seems content with allowing criticism of the legislators and the executive, but not the judiciary.The extraordinary and …

Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:26hrs | 5 | by Bathabile Dlamini

Apartheid leaders in SA must be prosecuted for 'crimes against humanity and genocide'

Former Apartheid regime President De Klerk and his Colleagues must also be prosecuted for Crimes against Humanity and Genocide. These crimes have no statutory limitation or they are not time-limited or they are not statute-barred. De Klerk…

Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 21:41hrs | | by Njabulo

Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act [Xenophobia]

When Mandela became the first black South  African  President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government, many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born. In Europe he was perceived as  a…

Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 09:37hrs | | by Njabulo

Life after the Presidency

Life after Presidency has to be time to relax and enjoy the fruits of hard work, to regurgitate and reflect on the past, to be a role model to the society and not to be an unrepentant nuisance. Interestingly,it also depends on circumstance…

Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira

Zuma's demise

They say when the people have spoken there is nothing that one can relatively do. Even the incumbent president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated this fact as he is very much fond of saying the voice of the people is the voice of Go…

Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai

The Jacob Zuma Dilemma and the options for the ANC

The highest decision-making body in the African National Congress (ANC), the National Executive Committee (NEC) has exercised its authority and has recalled its member and current state president Jacob Zuma. Ordinarily if we are to follow …

Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Msipa

Dr President Mnangagwa sets new world record of cabinet reshuffles!

Just when I thought we had seen it all in terms of shocking cabinet reshuffles; with Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma of South Africa miles ahead in this political comrades marathon, then ED joins the Club!JZ has made about 11 cabinet reshuffl…

Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 10:39hrs | | by Mthokozisi Ndiweni

South Africa is making a 'historic mistake'

Proponents of the mantra of "radical economic empowerment" have found a new argument to the question whether it would destroy the South African economy as has happened in Venezuela and Zimbabwe: black South Africans might suffer for a whil…

Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 18:01hrs | | by Max Du Preez

SA opposition desperate to remove Zuma

To be fair, Zuma deserves to be in that position because he was democratically elected as the President of SA, in line with what is entrenched in the SA Constitution. What the opposition parties are doing is unconstitutional.They are tryin…

Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 11:06hrs | 2 | by Njabulo

South Africa will be better off if the vote to oust Zuma proves to be a damp squib

Relying on one event to change a country usually ends in tears - particularly when you pin so much on it that you endanger your future.The event on which many in the South African mainstream are pinning their hopes is the motion of no conf…

Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 09:40hrs | | by Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg

Politics of our lives

This is cool. In South Africa President De Klerk has found his voice yet during his time as National Education Minister he continued the principle of segregation at universities and in 1993 his government killed callously young people in t…

Published: 05 May 2017 at 17:56hrs | 1 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda

South Africa facing moment of reality

South Africa is currently engulfed in political and economic storms whose magnitude are threatening to tear the governing Tripartite Alliance apart, over and above the threat to the tenure of incumbent president, Jacob Zuma. At the centre …

Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Tererai Danga

Anti-Zuma protesters in London protest at Zanu-PF misrule

The Vigil is to mark the 37th anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence by a demonstration outside the Embassy in London next Saturday in protest at Zanu-PF's misrule.At the same time, Zanu-PF in the UK has invited people to join anniversary …

Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil

You can't continue doing a Mandela on me - Zuma

"Colonies do not cease to be colonies simply because they are independent," Britain's first Jewish Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once noted.Peter Childs and Patrick Williams in their book; "An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory," elab…

Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:31hrs | 3 | by Bishop

To reduce the problems of South Africa to Zuma is being disingenuous

Let's not be naive and assume that Jacob Zuma is going to leave office because a couple hundred thousand people took a day off from work and took to the streets and sang in three part harmony urging him to step down. That's not quite how p…

Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Oliver Dickson

Mbeki should be the last person to preach Zuma about values

That the administration of Jacob Zuma has structural flaws is no longer in dispute. But - having masterminded his accidental elevation to power - the last people to preach to Msholozi about values and principles should be Thabo Mbeki and C…

Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 20:14hrs | 4 | by Khaya S Sithole

White supremacists, blacks join hands in anti-Zuma protests

The continuing mass protests against president Jacob Zuma  could see South Africa sliding into anachy with devastating economic repurcussions across the African continent.The on-going protests have unsettled thousands of African immig…

Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 13:16hrs | 2 | by Thabo Kunene

Beneficiaries of Codesa linked BEE transactions feeling the heat

President Jacob Zuma's plan to take white capital monopoly head-on is starting to bear fruits and more casualties line up for trauma treatment.Although Zuma appears as a victim but the truth is there is more damage done on white capital be…

Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 08:18hrs | 3 | by Social media

South Africa hardly recovered from the race sentiment of apartheid

It is very easy to think it is the flash, not the flame; that burns big logs. The local media excitedly reported on the resignation of an aide of Mujuru's Nats, in the process missing the actual burning flame of the whole story.I mean, doe…

Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru

'SA honeymoon is over'

Preaching democracy and tolerance is easy. Practicing democracy and tolerance is much harder. SA honeymoon is over Preaching democracy and tolerance is easy. Practicing democracy and tolerance is much harder. SA honeymoon is over #AntiZuma…

Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Trevor Ncube

Gordhan or the nation?

The prospects for a genuine revolution, for a radical economic transformation, are not looking good for Zuma and the ANC. The liberation movement is sorely dividedA FEW months ago President Mugabe said South Africa needed another revolutio…

Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi

Ramaphosa's Costly Political Gamble

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa might have shot himself in the foot when he publicly criticised President Jacob Zuma for dismissing finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas in a controversial cabinet reshuffle last wee…

Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 10:38hrs | 2 | by Thabo Kunene

The ANC must bring back apartheid

Since the first and second piece about bringing back apartheid, I've had a lot of (white) twitter commenters say I don't lay enough of the blame for where we are at the ANC's feet.  To rectify this, I'll zoom in on the complicated rom…

Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 14:36hrs | 2 | by Siya Khumalo

Why Zuma need to reshuffle the Cabinet

Why pres Zuma need to reshuffle the Cabinet 1. Pravin Gordhan has too many shares in banks and this will be a conflict of interest.2. There are people protecting white monopoly capital.3. We need Ministers who can bring about Radical Econo…

Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 10:37hrs | 1 | by Social media

Zuma is the first president in SA to directly assault white privilege

Dear editor,Zuma is the first president in SA to directly assault white privilege. That is hella impressive. Some of y'all don't understand what's really happening, you just re-iterating what you are told in the headlines without criticall…

Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by social media

Playing to the gallery at Kathrada's funeral

One of South Africa's anti-apartheid luminaries, Ahmed Kathrada, is gone and he was laid to rest in Johannesburg yesterday.His death and burial occurred when so much is happening in South Africa's body politic. In the ruling African Nation…

Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Hildegarde The Arena

Panicking Zuma takes the Robert Mugabe option

This article first appeared on News24.com titled "Panicking Zuma has thrown caution to the wind"A full-blown bust-up in the ANC cannot be far away. There will be blood on the walls for sure.President Jacob Zuma has thrown all caution to th…

Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Max du Preez

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