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The Central Energy Fund (CEF) faces financial ruin when Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi hands the state’s mining company, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation, to the department of mineral resources. This will take place in the few months left of this financial year. Sources in the department have told the Mail & Guardian it will..
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Makhosi Khoza has denied she insulted ANC colleagues following a boycott of a meeting she chaired last week, saying she was responding to their initial taunts. Khoza was sacked as chairperson of the portfolio committee on public service and administration last Thursday, August 17, after ANC MPs wrote a letter demanding she be removed two..
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The South African government has received legal advice indicating that, despite travelling on a diplomatic passport, Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe does not qualify for diplomatic immunity and may be arrested for allegedly assaulting a Johannesburg woman. The Mail & Guardian has learned that frantic behind-the-scenes negotiations are underway between Zimbabwe and South Africa in..
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The South African Communist Party (SACP) is hosting celebrations to mark its 96th anniversary in Galeshewe in the Northern Cape on Sunday morning. General Secretary Blade Nzimande will be the key note speaker at the event. The party says the rally will also be addressed by representatives from alliance partners and the Young Communist League…
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that Grace Mugabe has handed herself over to local police after she was accused of beating a Joburg model with an extension cord. The Zimbabwean ruling party has taken to twitter to provide an alternative version of the alleged assault. They say it was the model who assaulted Mugabe,..
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Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe and a possible successor to his throne presidency, has been accused of assaulting a woman in an apartment in Johannesburg. She is due to be formally charged in connection with the incident on Tuesday in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. Zimbabweans, all too familiar with their first lady’s erratic..
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What matters inside the African National Congress, the party that governs South Africa, is not necessarily what matters outside it. This obvious point is missed by much of the commentary on the latest unsuccessful motion of no confidence in Jacob Zuma – and in much discussion of South African politics. One result of ignoring this..
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Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete will soon reveal if MPs will vote by secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against President Zuma. With aspirations of being the next ANC president, and a party that demands loyalty, Mbete may have either an opportunity or be at a disadvantage. Over the weekend Mbete spoke about the..
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As Parliament prepares to debate a motion of no confidence against Jacob Zuma, opposition parties seem assured they will have the numbers to depose the beleaguered ANC leader. Should the vote succeed, both the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), along with some of the leading lights in the ANC, could see their..
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Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown has asked her personal assistant, Kim Davids, to step down following allegations related to the email leaks this week. On Wednesday, amaBhungane reported that three people close to Brown, including Davids, have links to the Gupta family. According to the story, this suggests that the Guptas engineered several channels..
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Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader Julius Malema There was a time – not long ago – when many South Africans would have associated Julius Malema as being one of the most hated figures in South African politics. Even the much compromised ANC ended up booting him out of the party in 2012 over his escalating, radical statements. He..
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Police Watchdog Can’t Keep Up With Crooked Cops There are a range of issues “beyond the control of Ipid,” which could affect legal proceedings. Thousands of cases of police brutality are reported in South Africa each year but only a fraction of them ever result in criminal charges. This was revealed in the Independent Police..
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Whilst it is hardly a fair comparison, given that ANC had the whole world, the mass media and all its money behind them, and NP had all the world and its money and mass media against them, Ed Herbst, using his 49 years of covering the South African story, makes some telling comparisons and observations on..
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JOHANNESBURG — During the twentieth century a range of African countries fought hard to win their well-deserved independence from European powers. The era was characterised by much hope and in the 90s, South Africa followed by disbanding Apartheid. But since then, Africa has become a disappointing continent, ravaged by poverty and plagued by nasty dictators. Robert Mugabe is one such..
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Veteran journalist Ed Herbst There’s never a dull day in this land we call South Africa. You could probably fill a number of newspaper broadsheets, on an hourly basis, with interesting (and weird) things people say here. Subsequently, Ed Herbst is at his best again as he’s put together a series of interesting recent quotes by..
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