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Van Damme's exit as DA MP a significant loss for party - analysts Phumzile Van Damme announced on Thursday night that she was resigning from Parliament. FILE: DA MP Phumzile Van Damme arrives on the red carpet outside Parliament for the 2020 State of the Nation Address. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN 11 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - Analysts are weighing in on the latest high profile Democratic Alliance (DA) departure, saying that the loss of Phumzile Van Damme would further diminish the party’s attractiveness t...

WATCH: What Ramaphosa told the state capture inquiry Political analyst Daniel Silke talks to Business Day TV about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s testimony at the Zondo commission 29 April 2021 - 07:21 Business Day TV President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at the Zondo commission to testify in his capacity as the president of the ANC. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/THAPELO MOREBUDI President Cyril Ramaphosa told the state capture inquiry the ANC should have done more to prevent corruption. Business Day TV’s Alishia Seckam spoke to

Political Futures Consultancy director and political analyst Daniel Silke told The Citizen on Thursday that it seemed like “there was an effort to discredit the commission” as it slowly approaches its end in June. “As we move closer to the end of the commission and the real possibility of some of the bigger names facing legal consequences… you have seen a pushback from Zuma for example. “It would seem as though as there is an effort to discredit the Zondo commission as it also moves to uncover some of the issues relating to the bigger names. It was always about the bigger names…....

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Jacques Nelles Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been caught up in a cauldron of ANC factions because she is becoming a new weapon in battles for the control of the governing party, say political experts. Various political analysts who spoke to The Citizen said there is no doubt that Mkhwebane was in the middle of the governing party’s political infighting. Any faction that won the tug-of-war over her would have an upper hand. This meant if Mkhwebane was successfully im...

PREMIUM! Outa - the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse - hold a protest against e-tolls on the N1 highway in Johannesburg, 26 October 2018. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark The grand, failed e-tolls scheme – of which less than 20% of users are paying – is rising from the dead, as the ANC struggles to make ends meet in its budget. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said in his budget speech last week vast infrastructure projects would be endangered “if the end user does not pay a cost-reflective tariff for usage”. Even opponents of e-...