President Jacob Zuma survived the most serious challenge to his leadership yet, after a contingent of top officials failed to force him from office during a meeting of the ruling party’s national executive committee. The committee, which
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Jacob Zuma’s future as president of South Africa hangs in the balance as an increasing number of his governing party’s national executive committee members backed a motion for him to step down. The move to oust Zuma has significant
ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu has filed a defamation suit against SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng, demanding R1m for making “malicious and defamatory” remarks about him
South Africa’s embattled president, Jacob Zuma, is staying put. The writing appeared to be on the wall for Zuma, 74, as recently as last week, with more than 100 ANC veterans joining labour unions, civil rights groups and opposition parties
A parliamentary ad hoc committee, which will investigate instability at the SABC and its board, will be established in the near future, following a motion put forward by ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu on Thursday. In a plenary session in the national
ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu on Thursday denied ever meeting former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng in an attempt to “capture” him. “The chief whip states for the record that he has never at any
Splits are widening in the ANC over President Jacob Zuma’s leadership and a decision by prosecutors to charge finance minister Pravin Gordhan. The depth of the unease in the party was revealed on Sunday when
Hlaudi Motsoeneng, in an open letter on Sunday, dismissed allegations that he lied about having obtained a matric as an “untruth” and called for a stop to a “politically motivated assault” on him
A split inside the ANC over how radio frequency spectrum should be allocated – a split that risks retarding South Africa’s ICT sector – has now erupted into open warfare, with communications regulator Icasa and telecommunications
The ANC has refused to comment on Tuesday on the axing of eight SABC journalists. When asked to comment on the shocking revelation that the SABC had fired its employees for “disrespecting