Politics

Former president Jacob Zuma has earned himself another date with the Constitutional Court.

The ANC-run eThekwini Municipality has lost R86 million due to wasteful and irregular expenditure since the Covid-19 lockdown last March.

Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane has fired four MECs from her cabinet.

The Finance Minister of Tanzania summoned a press conference on Wednesday after rumours began to circulate that he had died of Covid-19 after being hospitalised for several days.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize’s personal spokesperson and his former private secretary have made Covid-19 cash as paid consultants working for a communications company hired by the government.

It took less than 10 minutes in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for the date for Jacob Zuma’s pre-trial for his criminal case to be set.

To fashion designer Sonwabile Ndamase, any publicity is good publicity.

The internecine struggle for the control of the ANC played itself on social media at the weekend with supporters of former president Jacob Zuma launching a coordinated disinformation campaign.

After failing to act in time to avoid a gathering of over 1,000 people outside the Bloemfontein High Court on Friday, police say they will not tolerate a similar gathering when Jacob Zuma appears at the Pietermaritzburg High Court tomorrow.

While others drove in cars and busses to Bloemfontein to support Ace Magashule during his court appearance, one man rode half the distance on his bicycle.

ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule was due to give a speech after his court appearance, but he instead drove past the crowd that waited for him.

The controversial ANC step-aside rule claimed a major scalp today when Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane fired Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba.