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Vol 62 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Although the ANC agreed on this 'step-aside' rule three years ago Magashule and his allies all close to ousted President Jacob Zuma are contesting its implementation...
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Vol 62 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It will be a highly politically charged vote due to Magashule's status as leader of the faction opposing ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa, and close ally of ousted President Jacob Zuma...
He was referring to Parliament's failures to hold Jacob Zuma's presidency (Ramaphosa was his deputy at the time) to account over state capture...
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Vol 62 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The charges against him date back to 2008 when he was accused of trying to stall the corruption case against then African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma...
Vol 62 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
That shows the political muscle of the beneficiaries of these rackets backed by ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule and ousted President Jacob Zuma...
The President also wants to sack several of the numerous deputy ministers many of whom remain loyal to his predecessor Jacob Zuma...
Vol 62 No 7 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Zwelithini was one of the three big 'elephants' of volatile Zulu politics alongside the former IFP leader Buthelezi and former South African President Jacob Zuma...
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The insurgency comes at a difficult time for the region: Zambia and Zimbabwe are locked in their own politico-economic tribulations; Angola a fellow Lusophone state with its own multiplying economic woes has tried to keep its distance; and South Africa's government trying to rebuild after the serial disasters of Jacob Zuma's presidency has little appetite for a complex regional intervention...
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Vol 62 No 7 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It was a stern test of President Cyril Ramaphosa's authority as he won a provisional majority for his position against Magashule and he berated his predecessor Jacob Zuma and his allies for their attacks on the country's judiciary...
The third Jacob Zuma fully supports Magashule's defiant stand...
Hlophe's personal lawyer Barnabas Xulu founder and convener of the Friends of Jacob Zuma is himself the subject of an action by the state to reclaim R20 million ($1...
Chief Justice Mogoeng due to step down later this year began his 10-year term on the back-foot after then President Jacob Zuma failed to extend the term of his predecessor Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo in the face of litigation and protest from civil society and judicial watchdog groups...
Vol 62 No 6 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Former President Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress Secretary-General Ace Magashule who are both facing multiple corruption charges have launched an open brazen campaign to unseat President Cyril Ramaphosa from the presidency of the party and then the state...
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Vol 62 No 6 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
On 16 March parliament in Cape Town will debate launching a committee to investigate Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane who is accused of working covertly with the Jacob Zuma and Ace Magashule faction of the African National Congress against President Ramaphosa...
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Vol 62 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
All that effort was shredded when Jacob Zuma became President and tried to hand over control of the Treasury to his business allies...
The Jacob Zuma-Magashule fightback depends on ousting Ramaphosa as leader of the ANC as a prelude to quashing the corruption charges against them and their allies...