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First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. The next seven days will be crucial for the ANC as it decides the future of various leaders charged with corruption, including Secretary-General Ace Magashule. This weekend the ANC’s Top Six officials are meeting to consider submissions from provincial structures as to which party members should step aside from their positions. The 30-day window period for Magashule and other corruption-accused ANC leaders to step aside expired on Thursday, 29 April. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika on Friday morning, ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatil...

One rule for some and another for the rest. End the hypocrisy and penalise England’s Shameless Six Docked points, hefty fines and governance changes should be on the cards at home but Uefa hold the greatest power Following their acquisition by Sheikh Mansour, Abu Dhabi United Group and their practically limitless funds, Manchester City have gone from largely parochial top-flight also-rans who had been playing in English football’s third tier as recently as 1999 to being one of the biggest clubs in the world. 12 trophies later and on course to add at least one more before the end thi...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. We have seen it many times in democratic South Africa: the ANC as a party and its leaders individually using the victim card as a “look away from our own failings and illegality” tactic to obfuscate their own misdeeds. What follows is just a snippet of a list of many of the ruling party’s political and business leading lights – there’s simply not enough space or time for a complete  catalogue. In his own words, Ace Magashule is the very embodiment of the ANC. Never corrupt, never incompetent, he is the greatest fighter fo...

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president, Floyd Shivambu claims certain judges belong in the pockets of politicians. Shivambu was speaking outside the Hillbrow Police station after laying a criminal charge of corruption against Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan. The charge was laid following the revelation by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the Judicial Service Commission interviews – claiming that Gordhan had called his office in an attempt to inquire how Judge Dhaya Pillay performed at the previous commission interviews. The party will also take the matter to Public Pro...

Former SANDF general Mojo Motau speaks on ANC division By Ntombi Nkosi Share Johannesburg - Lieutenant General Mojo Motau has again called for the ANC national executive committee (NEC) to go. Motau is a retired SANDF general, former military intelligence chief and uMkhonto we Sizwe member. Speaking to Independent Media, Motau said the call for the entire NEC to dissolve is the right approach to dislocate counter revolution. “We are aware that the NEC might resist that. But reality is that our people cannot bear their marginalisation and oppression any longer. They will force change and the...