DISPATCHES
Vol 65 No 18 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The defection of Floyd Shivambu to Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe party has dealt a hammer blow to Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) particularly now that Shivambu has been appointed as MK's national organiser...
Should Zuma's MK develop a party infrastructure it has a substantial constituency of votes that it could tap into (Dispatches 7/8/24 Chastened ANC pins the blame on Jacob Zuma)...
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DISPATCHES
Vol 65 No 17 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The African National Congress's (ANC) move to pin the blame for its worst results in three decades on ex-President Jacob Zuma risks whitewashing the failures of President Cyril Ramaphosa's government...
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Vol 65 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
And on 17 June the political vehicle for former President Jacob Zuma uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) also joined...
Vol 65 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The DA on the urging of its business sponsors has made compromises to keep the GNU project alive – but above all to keep Julius Malema's populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party out of government (AC Vol 65 No 13 The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition)...
As a close Ramaphosa ally Mchunu is expected to tackle endemic corruption in the police force over the past decade and clean up residual sleepers in police intelligence from the era of discredited former President Jacob Zuma...
The third faction are those who broadly support ex-President Jacob Zuma and his allies in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and would like to see them back in the fold and strongly oppose the GNU's inclusion of the Democratic Alliance...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Others who played a key role in the unfolding drama include: Jacob Zuma: The election entry of the former President on a populist ticket in December last year siphoned so much of the ANC's support that the ruling party at 40...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party which won 14...
Vol 65 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
A substantial number in the ANC ranks – it's unclear whether it's a majority or not – favour an alliance of sorts with ex-President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe party (14...
THE DANGERS OF A KWAZULU-NATAL EXPLOSION South Africa's security chiefs have mounted a sweeping security operation in KwaZulu-Natal province to prevent post-election violence in the wake of former President Jacob Zuma's stunning election victory...
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Vol 65 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
We hear that Ramaphosa and allies were worried that Mabuza an erstwhile ally of ex-President Jacob Zuma would switch to Zuma's new party uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) which some pollster claim could take half the votes in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)...
Vol 65 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Electoral activists say that Russia is backing both the ANC and former President Jacob Zuma...
Africa Confidential understands that the high-risk stations are mainly in KwaZulu-Natal where the newly formed MK party of former President Jacob Zuma is making a bid to topple the ruling ANC as the biggest party in the province with some spillover into Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces...
Vol 65 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
5% and the still more populist uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party of former President Jacob Zuma 8...