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A Public Feud at the Heart of the ANC African National Congress Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has threatened to take former African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to court after she publicly accused him of distributing money to delegates during the party’s…
More than 80 people are currently being held for questioning at a police station in Greytown, South Africa, after an anti-illegal immigration march in KwaZulu-Natal descended into violence on Monday, leaving three foreign nationals injured and several shops looted. The…
An anti-corruption investigator is now turning the spotlight on his own colleagues. And the fallout could shake one of South Africa’s most powerful law enforcement institutions to its core. Mantsha Raphesu, an investigator at the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC),…
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has drawn a hard line in the sand. By Wednesday, August 5, any party wishing to oppose the urgent application to overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling that paused President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment inquiry must…
A Battle Over Who Holds Power Accountable South Africa’s ongoing impeachment saga has reached a critical inflection point, and the central question it raises cuts to the heart of how democracy actually functions: can a sitting president use the courts…
Justice Deferred, Justice Denied Hundreds of apartheid-era crimes referred for prosecution after South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission have never seen the inside of a courtroom. That is not an accident — it is the result of deliberate decisions made…
Cape Town’s Council Chamber became the centre of a political storm this week after the Democratic Alliance allegedly used the official municipal venue for an internal party gathering — while the city’s actual council meetings remain virtual. The GOOD Party…
What is this impeachment process even about? If you’ve been seeing the name Cyril Ramaphosa and the phrase “impeachment inquiry” trending and wondering what’s actually going on, here’s the breakdown. South Africa’s Parliament has set up a special committee —…
A court just hit pause on what could have been a historic moment for South African democracy. On Friday, the Western Cape High Court issued an interdict blocking Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee from continuing its public hearings into the…
Who is Angelo Agrizzi and why does his name matter? If you followed South African politics at all during the Zondo Commission hearings, you know the name. Angelo Agrizzi, former chief operating officer of Bosasa, became one of the most…
