The Economic Freedom Fighters is on Sunday set to open a criminal case against the Gupta family and their company directors after “suspicious” transactions were revealed in a court application by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. EFF spokesperson Fana Mokoena said their case was based on prima facie evidence in Gordhan’s[…]
The EFF is approaching the high court to force Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to release her report into “state capture”. The party wanted to stop the interdicts by both Local Government Minister Des Van Rooyen, due to be heard on Friday morning, and President Jacob Zuma’s application on Tuesday. The[…]
After the recent local government elections produced 27 hung councils, there was a matchmaking fest between political parties to see who would swipe left and who would swipe right in the scramble to hold sway in the council chamber. Parties have a number of options available to them, ranging from[…]
The African National Congress is likely to face tougher challenges in the 2019 elections if it does not restore support among supporters, according to research by the University of Johannesburg released on Thursday. The ruling party was still enjoying substantial support from the older generation, while younger people were split[…]
The EFF’s refusal to enter into coalitions with the ANC or DA will give it extraordinary power in local government, but could slow down decision-making, political analysts say. “It will get the two bigger parties to do the dirty work for it, effectively getting to do what governments do without[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has not yet decided which political party it would partner with to form a coalition government in various hung municipalities, but the removal of President Jacob Zuma is a non-negotiable condition if the ruling party wishes to partner with it, EFF said on Monday. The[…]
As political parties discuss the possibility of forming coalitions following the 2016 Local Municipal Elections, the victory of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane has analysts questioning the impact of the elections on the economy. Speaking to VOC, political economist Mustoffa Khan explains that the African[…]
OPINION by Molifi Tshabalala By now, less than a week before the 2016 local government elections and more than two months since The Conversation had published Co-Pierre Georg’s article, Why Julius Malema’s EFF Doesn’t Offer South Africans a Way Out of Poverty, I had hoped that someone, especially from the[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema has insisted his visit and meeting with former president Thabo Mbeki was a sign of mature leadership on the latter’s part, considering Malema’s role in his recall from high office. Malema took his overtures to Mbeki since being booted out of the ANC to another level[…]
Police had to diffuse the situation when members of the anti-drug group Pagad shouted at Irshaad Laher in a hall way at the Bellville magistrate’s court on Friday, accusing him of murdering innocent children on the Cape Flats. The Cape Town businessman and his co-accused appeared on charges of gun[…]
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