Politics

King Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini's new queen is an enthusiastic Jazz singer from Newcastle who has already sung for the Royal Family.

Zandile Gumede might be prepared to step aside, but her future at the ANC still looks bleak.

Already suspended and recently booted out of the ANC National Executive Committee, Ace Magashule is still trying to cling on.

Siyabonga Kunene, a former IFP Nquthu mayor who was charged with attempted murder in 2017 has resurfaced as a member of the Abantu Botho Congress.

Shortly after the axe fell on Ace Magashule on Wednesday afternoon, there was an extraordinary twist.

Queen Regent Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu’s journey back to her ancestors started this morning from the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre in Johannesburg where she took her last breath.

Adam Habib will return to the role of Director at SOAS University of London, the university’s Board of Trustees has announced.

Through a suspension letter dated 3 May, signed by his deputy Jessie Duarte, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule is suspended with pay and barred from making any public statements.

Ace Magashule and his allies will go to this weekend’s NEC meeting ready for a war.

Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana has derailed any attempts by President Cyril Ramaphosa to make the ANC look innocent.

Eighty-year-old Mlindelwa Mtshali, who lives near King Zwelithini’s palace in Nongoma, may be echoing the nation’s sentiments when he calls for the Royal House to end the fighting.

ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has dodged the party’s step aside bullet - for now - but his excitement could be short-lived.