The former president compared the behaviour of the members to the ANC, saying they should rather ‘face the enemy’
The Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party retained all their wards in the province, while the MK party took one off the ANC
The chamber did not fulfil its legal obligation to make a rational decision because it conceded making no choice at all, Freedom Under Law argues
The Economic Freedom Fighters once used the same tactic against the ANC after Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu left the party
Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama have taken up their seats just weeks before they are due back in court on corruption charges
The former EFF deputy leader has been tasked with restructuring and expanding the party’s influence
The impeached judge and uMkhonto weSizwe party MP said he would turn to the high court to challenge his removal from the bench
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader has reshuffled party roles after his deputy Floyd Shivambu went over to the MK party last week
The former judge said he plans to use his position at the Judicial Service Commission to pursue the transformation of the judiciary
Unchastened after a rebuke from the president, the EFF leader reiterated his claim that Ramaphosa sold mineworkers down the river
The president said the alternative was the desperation of a populist coalition intent on continuing the plunder of state resources
At the same briefing, the uMkhonto weSizwe party’s John Hlophe said the government of national unity would not last
The party also wants to be given the position of chief whip
The commission said the African Transformation Movement’s bid to overturn the outcome of the May election is meritless because it has no proof to back its claims
Rule by coalition government compels parliament to rewrite its rules
John Hlophe was impeached for trying to sway two apex court justices to decide applications linked to the arms deal in Jacob Zuma’s favour
The Democratic Alliance objected but the ANC accepted his nomination on the basis that no law or rule of parliament barred him from serving on the JSC
But there is solace in the fact that the Economic Freedom Fighters and the uMkhonto weSizwe party are unlikely to ever agree with the Democratic Alliance
The party’s failure to provide evidence of election fraud suggests it went to court with the aim of ‘inflaming the passions of the public’, the commission argues
People in the Ekurhuleni area that is named after the MK party’s leader believe it will bring positive change
The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism
The party argues that the May vote was marred by material irregularities and demands a rerun within 90 days
As the political horse trading begins, the fate of the controversial policy is uncertain
The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
Earlier this year, the ratings agency warned that a significant increase in the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio could knock its credit rating
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Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
But spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the party will only elect its officials after the 29 May national and provincial elections