The ‘Big Three’ are not far apart on their plans for the poorest of the poor

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Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe had to leave the national executive committee meeting where only five NEC members supported the adoption of the integrity commission report

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The ruling party seems to have failed to remove tainted people from its parliamentary lists

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The ANC in Ekurhuleni is finally ready to sever its frosty relationship with the EFF once and for all, after a dramatic council meeting last week.

The government has filed an application arguing that mass starvation is looming and asking the court to order an end to hostilities and the provision of humanitarian aid

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Malema sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview

Following a stir caused by the public apology of an EFF MP who failed to attend a parliamentary sitting due to her 4-month-old baby being ill, EFF leader Julius Malema has said the organisation must take priority over any member.

But spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the party will only elect its officials after the 29 May national and provincial elections

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Dirty “chocolate” water, load shedding, potholes, and high unemployment – all waiting for the president’s perusal.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has spoken out after uMkhonto weSizwe Party political figures called for attacks on it and the courts if the former president Jacob Zuma-backed party is kept off the ballot.

The ANC leader, who was implicated in the commission on state capture chaired by the chief justice, said Zondo had the ‘serious weakness’ of thinking the report was about himself

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ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has asked the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban to force the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party to pay reasonable damages for its illegal use of a logo resembling the ANC’s former armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe.

But the ANC say it will not allow the EFF to threaten it

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ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list

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The president maintains the opposition party was trying to fashion evidence that he flouted the executive ethics code by twisting his public statements on the subject

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DA strongwoman Helen Zille rejected pleas to go back to Parliament, but one of the party’s tainted leaders, Bonginkosi Madikizela, decided to put his name high up for a seat in the National Assembly.

But governing party says there is ‘nothing special’ about the former police minister’s resignation

Paul Mashatile and Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are understood to be included in the discussion of who should be barred from the party’s list of candidates

The DA will provide the Public Protector with more information concerning Police Minister Bheki Cele’s trip to the Rugby World Cup in Paris, France last year.

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) will reintroduce voluntary national service in the army and other state institutions should the party win the upcoming elections.

The party also wants lower personal and company taxes and a fiscal commission to oversee public spending