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O’Sullivan places Ramaphosa’s security boss at centre of Phala Phala ...

Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan has placed the head of presidential protection services Maj-Gen Wally Rhoode at ...

By MAWANDE AMASHABALALA and KGOTHATSO MADISA
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Fraser orchestrating ‘disinformation campaign’ to influence ANC ...

It is an old apartheid regime tactic ‘that is being utilised to destabilise’ the party, says Bejani Chauke

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‘Innuendos and speculation will not be entertained’: Presidency on Arthur ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office says it will not comment on fresh allegations made by former correctional services ...

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Presidency claps back at ‘roof top-shouting’ former presidents criticising ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s performance should be judged based on facts and not on rumour-mongering, his office said ...

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Ramaphosa will have until November 6 to respond to Phala Phala panel

The independent panel tasked with determining whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer regarding the ...

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'President Ramaphosa should be given time and space': Limpopo, Eastern ...

“What we have just observed is very unfortunate, actually destructive, really bordering on something that we should not ...

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Opposition criticise Ramaphosa for not acting against members of executive ...

Opposition parties have criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's apparent failure to take action against members of his ...

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‘On Phala Phala we are on the same page’: Mashaba weighs in on Zuma ...

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has weighed in on former president Jacob Zuma's public engagements in the wake of the ...

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

S'THEMBISO MSOMI | Former presidents give Ramaphosa an F

If President Cyril Ramaphosa was closely following the news this weekend, he would have had reason to feel like he was ...

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Ramaphosa corrupt and a traitor, says Jacob Zuma

Former president Jacob Zuma has launched a scathing attack on President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday, accusing him of ...

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ANC KZN defends Ramaphosa after three ex-presidents criticise him

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has come out in defence of President Cyril Ramaphosa after "attacks" on him by former ...

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‘What if Cyril has a case to answer on Phala Phala?’: Mbeki on Ramaphosa ...

Former president says ANC has no choice but to discuss whether Ramaphosa should step aside if a parliamentary panel ...

Politics 1 min read

WATCH | Zuma accuses Ramaphosa of treason and corruption, says he fixed ...

Jacob Zuma on Saturday condemned his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, as a 'corrupt' and 'treasonous' businessman ...

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | Ramaphosa has something to hide over Phala Phala, says ATM leader

African Transformation Movement leader Vuyolwethu Zungula has explained the charges the party has laid against ...

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EDITORIAL | Ramaphosa’s backtrack shows how out of touch he is

For the president, in these tough economic times, to make ministers’ cushy jobs even cushier beggars belief

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'The best outcome is for Cyril to be returned as president': Dali Mpofu on ...

"For us, as the EFF, the best outcome is for Cyril to be returned as ANC president at the ANC conference because it ...

Politics 2 min read

Phala Phala independent panel starts work on Wednesday

The independent panel tasked with determining whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer over the Phala ...

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‘The bar is very low’ — What ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang thinks of party ...

"The bar is very low when you get people who have been implicated in very serious issues and scandals wanting to run ...

Politics 2 min read

'The truth is we are now emerging from the darkest days': Hanekom defends ...

Former tourism minister and ANC stalwart Derek Hanekom has come to party president Cyril Ramaphosa's defence, ...

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What Ramaphosa told the public protector about Phala Phala

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the public protector that she has no jurisdiction to probe the Phala Phala farm ...

By Amanda Khoza and Kgothatso Madisa
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Theft case laid against Ramaphosa at Joburg police station

A businessman claims an idea he presented to Cyril Ramaphosa now forms part of the country’s national energy plan ...

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Former DA leaders lambaste ‘weak’ and visionless ...

As the party endures a slow burn, its fiercest critics are ex-believers disillusioned by poor leadership

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Ramaphosa confirms having 'a good exchange' with ANC’s integrity commission

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that he has again appeared before the ANC’s integrity commission to furnish it ...

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Businessman Reuel Khoza lashes ‘irresolute’ Ramaphosa

Former PIC chair says the president lacks courage.

By Thabiso Mochiko
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'I don’t believe I abused my power,' says Ramaphosa about reporting Phala ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa repeatedly told parliament on Thursday he believed he was properly reporting the crime when ...

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LISTEN | Ramaphosa explains Phala Phala foreign cash

President broke his silence on questions around his game farm

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Ramaphosa: police must say why no Phala Phala case was opened

President Cyril Ramaphosa has blamed police for failure to report the robbery at his game farm where millions of ...

Politics 1 min read

MPs vote against Ramaphosa's Phala Phala scandal inquiry

The ANC defeated an opposition motion to have a parliamentary panel investigate if President Cyril Ramaphosa should be ...

By Paul Vecchiatto
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RECORDED | Ramaphosa back in parliament to answer Phala Phala questions

President Cyril Ramaphosa returns to the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon for a Q&A session, where he is likely ...

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WATCH | How Ramaphosa's Phala Phala saga has unfolded so far

On June 1, Arthur Fraser dropped a bomb when he laid criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa over an alleged ...

Politics 3 min read

Calland rejects the basis of DA and EFF’s objections: ‘I am a fiercely ...

Opposition parties questioned his impartiality, claiming he had shown a “consistent bias towards the president”

Politics 1 min read

POLL | Do you agree with the Phala Phala panel change?

South Africans have weighed in on UCT law professor Richard Calland’s decision to quit a panel to determine whether ...

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PODCAST | Richard Calland answers questions about the Phala Phala panel

Calland spoke to Eusebius McKaiser to explain his decision to accept the judgment of the speaker of parliament that “it ...

Politics 5 min read

History is repeating itself before your eyes, DA’s Steenhuisen warns ANC

The EFF and DA have accused the ANC’s rejection of an ad hoc committee into Phala Phala as replicating mistakes on ...

Politics 2 min read

Richard Calland quits Phala Phala panel amid objections

University of Cape Town law professor Richard Calland has quit a panel to determine whether President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

Politics 1 min read

RECORDED | Debate on DA’s motion to establish committee to investigate ...

Parliament is on Tuesday debating the DA’s motion to establish an ad hoc committee to look into the robbery at ...

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Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

MVUSIWEKHAYA SICWETSHA | Ramaphosa is simply not doing enough to win us ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has an image problem. This is a huge descent from the high public approval ratings he had ...

By MVUSIWEKHAYA SICWETSHA
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LISTEN | Phala Phala panellists’ integrity unquestionable, says ...

Speaker of parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is confident her panel candidates for the Phala Phala probe are fit for ...

Politics 2 min read

Mapisa-Nqakula hits back at opposition over Phala Phala panel

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has hit back at opposition parties over their objection to the ...

Politics 4 min read

Malema likens Ramaphosa to a gangster: 'He is what we thought (Jacob) Zuma ...

EFF leader Julius Malema has described President Cyril Ramaphosa as a morally bankrupt leader with questionable ethics ...

Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

EDITORIAL | It’s not all doom and gloom, change may be on the way

As things stand, President Cyril Ramaphosa appears to be in pole position to retain his position as president of the ...

By SUNDAY TIMES
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Phala Phala: top legal experts decline parliamentary probe nominations

Only eight out of the 17 people who were nominated by political parties to serve on the independent panel that will ...

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Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s affidavit inaccurate and untrue on Phala Phala: ...

Statements made under oath to the Western Cape High Court by suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are ...

By FRANNY RABKIN
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Ex-chief justice, Oscar's judge to sit on Phala Phala impeachment inquiry

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has appointed a legal panel to assess if there are grounds to impeach ...

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GOOD defends its nomination of Calland, says backlash is ‘scandalous’

Opposition parties have objected to the respected professor’s inclusion in the panel to assess the Phala Phala scandal ...

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DA 'not convinced' of Richard Calland’s objectivity in Phala Phala inquiry

The DA’s Siviwe Gwarube has expressed concern about the inclusion of Prof Richard Calland in the section 89 inquiry ...

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WATCH | Chester Missing’s ‘Zoom call’ with Ramaphosa about Phala Phala ...

In the “Zoom call”, Chester Missing refers to Ramaphosa as “Mr Money Couch”.

Politics 1 min read

'She will fall': EFF wants no-confidence vote on speaker Mapisa-Nqakula ...

"Mapisa-Nqakula has allowed herself to be used as a pawn by Ramaphosa," claim the red berets.

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Parliament probe clears Zizi Kodwa of involvement in Phala Phala 'cover-up'

Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence has cleared deputy state security minister Zizi Kodwa of ...

Politics 1 min read

'This isn't a tinder swipe arrangement': Maimane takes aim at Ramaphosa ...

"I think you must co-operate with any and all investigations and processes. No more match-fixing," Maimane told ...

Opinion & Analysis 6 min read

SONGEZO ZIBI | Before we can talk about a compact, we need a new social ...

How do we sustainably build any consensus when the key components of society are out of sync?

By Songezo Zibi
Politics 1 min read

Ramaphosa 'quite relaxed' about Phala Phala investigation process

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes opposition parties are not being malicious in calling for transparency over the ...

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

S'THEMBISO MSOMI | NDZ hasn’t gone away — she could even beat Ramaphosa

The incumbent ANC president looks increasingly vulnerable ahead of the party’s December conference, writes S'thembiso ...

Politics 3 min read

Ramaphosa’s decision to suspend Mkhwebane tainted by bias: high court

The Western Cape High Court has declared invalid the decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend Public Protector ...

By FRANNY RABKIN
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Public protector’s office paying Mkhwebane’s legal fees, Gcaleka says

Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says the public protector's office was paying for the suspended public ...

News 2 min read

High court sets aside Mkhwebane's suspension by Ramaphosa

The full bench of the Western Cape High Court on Friday declared invalid President Cyril Ramaphosa's suspension of ...

Politics 1 min read

Opposition parties and a few ANC members protest over public protector’s ...

Opposition political party supporters, with some ANC members, braced scorching heat in Pretoria on Friday morning to ...

Politics 2 min read

Ramaphosa to answer outstanding Phala Phala questions on the pre-scheduled ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will only answer outstanding questions about the robbery at his Phala Phala game farm on ...

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | It’s rubbish that Ramaphosa can’t come, says Shivambu as MPs ...

Before being kicked out after an altercation, Shivambu said the president is undermining democracy and should be ...

News 2 min read

EFF slams Ramaphosa for ‘using employees’ to avoid direct links to his ...

The EFF has weighed in on the latest development regarding President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm saga, alleging ...

Politics 1 min read

Here's why parties are planning to picket at public protector over Phala ...

Several opposition parties will picket at the public protector’s office in Tshwane on Friday over the Phala Phala farm ...

Politics 4 min read

Mapisa-Nqakula to invite Ramaphosa back to answer Phala Phala questions

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will write to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request him to provide a ...

News 3 min read

Delays and lapses beset SA’s joint efforts with Namibia on Phala Phala

The SA justice department is waiting for its neighbour to amend its request for help

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | When there is a point of order you keep quiet, Malema tells ...

The president did not answer questions on Phala Phala, saying the matter is under investigation. The EFF was not happy ...

News 2 min read

Questions remain over Phala Phala as parliament abandons Q&A session

MPs argue president Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala matter is not sub judice and that he is accountable to parliament

By ANDISIWE MAKINANA
Politics 1 min read

WATCH | MPs don't allow Ramaphosa to brush off Phala Phala saga

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s answers to questions on the Phala Phala game farm saga did not sit well with MPs on Tuesday.

By TIMESLIVE
Politics 2 min read

EFF digs its heels in as Ramaphosa’s question session is delayed

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s question session was delayed by more than an hour on Tuesday as EFF MPs demanded the ...

By ANDISIWE MAKINANA
Politics 1 min read

Maimane tears into Ramaphosa over Phala Phala response, lambastes ministers

Are you buying the president's response to questions about Phala Phala?

Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

S'THEMBISO MSOMI | It’s time ANC leadership contenders campaigned openly, ...

Thabo Mbeki seems to be nostalgic for the struggle days of selfless service to the cause, but that is no longer ...

Politics 3 min read

Phala Phala to take centre stage in parliament next week

President Cyril Ramaphosa will again face the heat on Phala Phala next week as parliament sets into motion the process ...

Politics 3 min read

Cyril should’ve trusted ANC members to carry Phala Phala load with him: ...

The president has been filling in everyone but those who elected him to office, says the former North West leader

By KGOTHATSO MADISA and MAWANDE AMASHABALALA
Politics 2 min read

Probe into my 'prior knowledge' of Phala Phala theft a fishing expedition, ...

Deputy state security minister Zizi Kodwa believes the investigation into his alleged role in the Phala Phala farm ...

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‘We’ve never thrown eggs or shoes at him’: Malema rubbishes claims he is ...

"There is no-one bullying the president. We are doing our work. We’ve never went into any hall and disrupted the ...

Politics 1 min read

Mbeki hits back at Malema’s claims he is working with Arthur Fraser ...

Thabo Mbeki believes Julius Malema’s claim was birthed by the “old” apartheid intelligence machinery.

Politics 2 min read

Arthur Fraser is working with Mbeki to dethrone Ramaphosa: Julius Malema

The Phala Phala saga has nothing to do with RET forces and Jacob Zuma, claims the leader of the red berets.

Politics 1 min read

RECORDED | Political parties on Phala Phala action against Ramaphosa

Opposition parties are on Wednesday briefing the media on the action they plan to take against President Cyril ...

By TimesLIVE
Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

EDITORIAL | Lady Justice, give SA the happy ending it deserves

The accusation against Ramaphosa’s ally comes as the number one is under public scrutiny for serious allegations.

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Cyril should’ve trusted ANC members to carry Phala Phala load with him: ...

The president has been filling in everyone but those who elected him to office, says the former North West leader

By KGOTHATSO MADISA and MAWANDE AMASHABALALA
Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Having survived a decade of judicial inaction, Hlophe ...

Last month the Judicial Service Commission sent a recommendation to President Cyril Ramaphosa that Western Cape judge ...

Politics 2 min read

Probe into my 'prior knowledge' of Phala Phala theft a fishing expedition, ...

Deputy state security minister Zizi Kodwa believes the investigation into his alleged role in the Phala Phala farm ...

Politics 1 min read

Parliament orders probe into Zizi Kodwa's role in Phala Phala robbery

Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence is due to probe the alleged role of deputy state security ...

Politics 5 min read

Parliamentary process against president an opportunity to hold him ...

Parliament's rules on the removal of a president will be tested for the first time as the institution embarks on a ...

By ANDISIWE MAKINANA

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Ramaphosa, Rhoode reject Fraser’s Phala Phala claims

In separate submissions to public protector, the president and his security head take issue with key elements of the ...

By THANDUXOLO JIKA and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA
Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Leaderless citizens turn to ‘the smoke that calls’

We are a country so rich in resources and yet so lacking in leadership, writes Makhudu Sefara.

News 3 min read

Concern over tampering of phones, emails at public protector's office

Public accountability activists have raised concerns about the dysfunctional IT system at the Public Protector's ...

Politics 2 min read

Storm clouds gather for the president over Farmgate

Powerful grouping of opposition parties band together to hold Ramaphosa to account over Phala Phala.

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Ipid, Hawks split probes into alleged cop conduct in Phala Phala matter

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it will probe the conduct of police officers involved in the ...

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EFF birthday bash turns into Ramaphosa-bashing event

The EFF anniversary celebration in Mangaung yesterday became a multi-party platform to advance an offensive against ...

Politics 2 min read

Cyril Ramaphosa is accounting to ANC integrity body over Phala Phala

President Cyril Ramaphosa this week appeared before the party’s integrity commission over the Phala Phala scandal and ...

Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

EDITORIAL | Forgive our scepticism, Cyril, but when we see it, we’ll ...

After 15 years of load-shedding, the president’s energy plan will be treated as another merry dance until it actually ...

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

CAIPHUS KGOSANA | Negativity aside, there is light at the end of the tunnel

While there may still be some red tape, the president’s private power generation plan is a big step in the right ...

Opinion & Analysis 2 min read

EDITORIAL | Ramaphosa is his own worst enemy

After the Phala Phala scandal, the president finds himself on shaky ground in the lead-up to the ANC’s December ...

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LISTEN | Phala Phala probe can’t stop Mkhwebane’s suspension, DA argues in ...

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane seems to have more forces battling against her.

By Bulelani Nonyukela
Politics 2 min read

Public protector asks president to keep Phala Phala response under wraps

Acting public protector Kholeka Gcaleka instructed Ramaphosa not to make his Phala Phala response public: state attorney

News 7 min read

How Ramaphosa almost got subpoenaed

By close of business on Monday, D-Day for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s submissions to the acting public protector in ...

Politics 1 min read

Cyril Ramaphosa averts subpoena with reply to questions on Friday morning

President Cyril Ramaphosa has replied to the 31 questions the public protector posed about an incident at his Phala ...

By Erin Bates
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Phala Phala accused to ‘plead guilty on gun charges’ after ‘recent ...

Urbanus Shaumbwako, one of the Namibians accused by former spy-boss Arthur Fraser of helping to steal $4m in cash from ...

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LISTEN | I do have answers for Phala Phala: Ramaphosa

The president says he is not above the law and will subject himself to criminal investigations

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POLL | Would you join EFF’s national shutdown against ‘farmgate’, ...

“The national shutdown which the EFF will partake in will not be a candle holding and white flags type of a shutdown. ...

Politics 1 min read

SAPS national commissioner sidelines presidential protection unit head

Move is seen as part of damage control following the fallout over the alleged coverup of Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm ...

News 1 min read

Nzimande defends Cyril on farmgate, accuses Fraser of ‘counterrevolution’

It is suspicious that the former spy boss’ complaint coincided with plans to release of Zondo’s report implicating ...

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | Malema not happy with ‘criminal’ president and ‘his gangsters’, ...

EFF leader Julius Malema has plans to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa, including building an impeachment case against ...

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‘History will absolve us’: Malema unveils grand plan to topple Ramaphosa

Party leader says the red berets will approach the courts regarding Ramaphosa’s impeachment and plans a national ...

Politics 4 min read

ANC checkmates Ace as it lays down the law on succession race

Paul Mashatile has released elective conference guidelines that effectively shut the door on Ace Magashule

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | Malema not happy with ‘criminal’ president and ‘his gangsters’, ...

EFF leader Julius Malema has plans to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa, including building an impeachment case against ...

News 4 min read

Mkhwebane presses ahead with the court case withdrawn by her deputy

The suspended public protector also claims a ‘co-ordinated attack’ on her and her attorneys

Politics 1 min read

Ipid interviews ATM on its request to probe cops in Phala Phala case

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said on Monday it had obtained a formal statement from the ...

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Mapisa-Nqakula turns down Steenhuisen's request for committee to ...

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has declined a request from John Steenhuisen to set up an ad hoc ...

By Hendrik Hancke
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'Ramaphosa has taken us back to colonial era': Shivambu on load-shedding ...

"Despite committing multiple crimes in Phala Phala, Ramaphosa has taken us back to colonial era. He must fall," said ...

Politics 2 min read

Steenhuisen calls for parliament to reconvene to deal with load-shedding, ...

DA leader John Steenhuisen has called on parliament to reconvene urgently to deal with load-shedding, the fuel price ...

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | ANC members will march for Ramaphosa’s removal amid Farmgate and ...

Fired ANC member Carl Niehaus says the Ramaphosa Must Go mass marches to unseat Ramaphosa and against rising prices are ...

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IN PICS | Zuma supporters picket to commemorate his incarceration and ...

A handful of Jacob Zuma supporters picketed outside the Durban magistrate's court on Thursday to mark a year since the ...

By Mfundo Mkhize

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LISTEN | Protest planned to pressure police and NPA to charge Ramaphosa: ...

Fired ANC member Carl Niehaus says there are plans for national mass action to protest against President Cyril ...

Politics 1 min read

POLL | What do you make of Ramaphosa not appearing before the ANC ...

Are the delays to President Cyril Ramaphosa appearing before the ANC integrity commission justified?

Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

WILLIAM GUMEDE | As goes Ramaphosa, so goes the ANC

If President Cyril Ramaphosa is forced to step down as leader of the ANC over Phala Phala, the party's downward spiral ...

News 3 min read

ANC says Ramaphosa must schedule new meeting with integrity commission

The ANC’s national executive committee meeting agreed that President Cyril Ramaphosa must schedule another meeting with ...

By Kgothatso Madisa and Amanda Khoza
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Ramaphosa granted more time to respond to public protector on Phala Phala ...

The public protector's office says it has granted President Cyril Ramaphosa an extension to respond to Phala Phala ...

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Phala Phala probe no reason to set aside Mkhwebane suspension: Ramaphosa

President says in affidavit that he will answer Mkhwebane’s questions on Phala Phala to acting PP

By FRANNY RABKIN
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Ipid 'needs more facts' before deciding to probe police role in Phala ...

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it has not fully assessed the African Transformation Movement's ...

Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | It turns out Ramaphosa and Zuma are cut from the same ...

The president’s silence has dashed the hopes of those who thought he represented new hope after the captured years

Politics 2 min read

'He won't come out alive' — Shivambu says Ramaphosa won't survive upcoming ...

Shivambu said the Phala Phala farm scandal reinforces claims by the EFF that Ramaphosa is unfit to run the country.

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'Good message, wrong source' — SA weighs in on Ramaphosa’s promise to fix ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest message against corruption has seen him dragged by many on social media.

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LUKHONA MNGUNI | In the ANC’s factional battles, Ramaphosa is not a victim

South Africans must ask hard questions, press for answers and be unrelenting in pursuit of the truth about the Phala ...

By LUKHONA MNGUNI
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If that money was in the wrong place at the wrong time, authorities must ...

“Let’s allow Sars to do its work, let’s allow the Reserve Bank to look into exchange controls. If there was any law ...

News 6 min read

Fraser charge a plot to block Ramaphosa's second term, says Enoch ...

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has come out in defence of President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying the case opened against ...

By KGOTHATSO MADISA, ZIMASA MATIWANE and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA
News 7 min read

Phala Phala ‘thief’ claims he was SA Army peacekeeper before life of luxury

The alleged mastermind behind the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Limpopo game farm told fantastical tales to a ...

By Aron Hyman and Graeme Hosken
Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

PETER BRUCE | Ramaphosa is Zondo’s final, feckless villain

Now that the final volumes of the commission of inquiry into state capture are in, following the work of  chief justice ...

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PODCAST | Farmgate: 'the ANC needs to step aside,' says analyst

In today’s instalment of the Sunday Times Politics Weekly, we look at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s predicament in the ...

By MIKE SILUMA and PAIGE MULLER
Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | SA will not be distracted, Mr President. We want answers

Ramaphosa will try every trick in the PR playbook to deflect the game farm scandal. We must keep pressing and probing

Politics 1 min read

'A crude publicity stunt' — ANC responds to DA roping in FBI on 'farmgate'

Pule Mabe said it was bizarre that the DA overlooked local law enforcement authorities and reached out to a foreign ...

Opinion & Analysis 6 min read

It’s curtain up on SA demanding accountability from its leaders

As the curtain closes on the state capture inquiry, it’s up to us to ensure the country doesn’t return to the brink

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‘He’s snitching on the president’ — SA weighs in on the DA approaching the ...

DA leader John Steenhuisen said the party went this route because the money stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa's ...

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Justice ministry denies Namibian authorities requested help to probe ...

The ministry of justice and correctional services has denied it received a request from the Namibian government for ...

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LISTEN | DA asks Americans to investigate Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala saga

The DA has written to the FBI Pretoria field office to request the US intelligence and security service to investigate ...

Politics 1 min read

RECORDED | DA's John Steenhuisen announces further action to be taken ...

DA leader John Steenhuisen is on Tuesday announcing further steps the party plans to take against President Cyril ...

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Mkhwebane off to court to challenge ‘unlawful and hurried’ suspension

The legal showdown between suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to ...

Politics 2 min read

'It’s an ANC matter': veterans dodge questions on Ramaphosa’s 'farmgate ...

Umkhonto we Sizwe Liberation War Veterans (MKLWV) says it will wait for ANC structures to deal with President Cyril ...

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Ankole bull at Phala Phala auctioned for R1.65m

The highest selling bull at the 2022 national ankole live auction on Saturday at Phala Phala Wildlife - a game farm ...

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Latest case opened against Ramaphosa involves his brother-in-law, business ...

The latest criminal case opened against President Cyril Ramaphosa by the leader of civil rights organisation Really ...

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‘So easy’ to rob the president, says heist ringleader

An explosive recorded interview with the alleged mastermind behind the hard-currency heist at President Cyril ...

By Aron Hyman, Thanduxolo Jika, Graeme Hosken, Eliaser Ndeyanale and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA
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Business as usual at Ramaphosa's livestock auction

Dozens of livestock breeders gathered at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala Wildlife Game Reserve in Limpopo ...

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Zuma backers report Ramaphosa to Durban police over Phala Phala theft

Former president Jacob Zuma's supporters on Saturday opened two cases against President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Durban ...

By SANDILE NDLOVU

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LINDIWE MAZIBUKO | We must not fall for the RET faction's dirty tricks ...

The RET faction of the ANC hopes that the hoopla they can generate around #PhalaPhala will lead expedient opposition ...

By Lindiwe Mazibuko
Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

EBRAHIM HARVEY | Have Ramaphosa’s ‘political successes’ gone to his head?

I was first introduced to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the founding conference of the National Union of Mineworkers ...

News 1 min read

Arthur Fraser meets the Hawks to ‘assist’ with Ramaphosa investigation

Former spy boss Arthur Fraser says he has furnished the Hawks with additional information and details on "farmgate".

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Ramaphosa hits back: ‘If I step aside it would imply I interfered with the ...

The president said stepping aside would spark suspicion he is interfering with the police investigation process.

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‘We have sides hidden under a mattress. It’s a steal’ — Nando’s throws jab ...

“Nis'founele (call us) once load-shedding hits, we have some sides hidden under a mattress. It's a steal.”

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'EFT only': Phala Phala Ankole auction will not accept any cash

About 200 people who are in the cattle and game breeding business are expected to attend the auction at President Cyril ...

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‘Sars, police, Reserve Bank keeping mum on allegations against Ramaphosa’, ...

Zungula lamented the suspension of public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, saying her office is the only institution that ...

News 7 min read

‘I’m a hustler, but I didn’t steal the president’s cash’

One of the Namibians named by Arthur Fraser admits to smuggling gold but says there's no truth in the Phala Phala story.

By Aron Hyman, Philani Nombembe, Graeme Hosken and TANKISO MAKHETHA
Politics 1 min read

POLL | Should the president step aside?

There are continued calls by some for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside amid the “farmgate” scandal, in which he ...

Politics 1 min read

WATCH | Shivambu shares video of Muzi Sikhakhane ‘warning’ Fraser has more ...

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu has shared a video of former spy boss Arthur Fraser’s lawyer Muzi Sikhakhane ...

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Meet Imanuwela David: The $4m Phala Phala heist ‘mastermind’ who became a ...

Two years ago, residents at Olukekete village in northern Namibia began asking each other who was funding the major ...

By Eliaser Ndeyanale
News 5 min read

High court ruling backs up president’s suspension of Mkhwebane

Public protector says the president is ‘even more conflicted’ in light of questions about Glencore and his Phala Phala ...

Politics 1 min read

‘There cannot be different laws for the rich’: Archbishop Makgoba on ...

Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has urged authorities to be transparent about the investigation into the alleged ...

Politics 4 min read

Mkhwebane sends Ramaphosa ultimatum to reverse her suspension, or face ...

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa demanding the immediate reversal ...

Investigations 2 min read

Employee describes burglary at Ramaphosa's game farm

An employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala game farm near Bela Bela in Limpopo says he saw footage of the ...

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Opinion & Analysis 5 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Find your balls and ditch Cyril or it’s curtains for you ...

Ramaphosa is pulling a Zuma on us, but his removal can only be engineered from within the ANC and that’s unlikely

Opinion & Analysis 7 min read

TONY LEON | The scandal surrounding Cyril has opened yet another gate

Watergate or Farmgate: Nixon said he wasn’t a ‘crook’ and Ramaphosa says he’s a ‘process person’

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Ramaphosa's wasted opportunity to come clean

President Cyril Ramaphosa is deep in a dark trench – exactly where his opponents want him to be five months before the ...

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

KWANELE NDLOVU | ‘The Phala Phala Heist’, starring the president and the ...

When the news of the “Phala Phala heist” broke, I couldn’t fathom how a man could stand before us and deliver the state ...

By Kwanele Ndlovu
Opinion & Analysis 6 min read

SONGEZO ZIBI | If farmgate proves anything, it’s that the entire ANC is ...

Arthur Fraser’s poor track record and motives are no reason for Cyril Ramaphosa to avoid public accounting

By Songezo Zibi

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Politics 2 min read

'We must be treated the same' – Ace Magashule says Ramaphosa must face the ...

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has weighed in on calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside, ...

Politics 2 min read

Ramaphosa shies away from 'farmgate scandal', citing legal advice

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not discuss details of the 'farmgate scandal', citing legal advice.

Politics 2 min read

Parliament disruptions delay Ramaphosa's budget reply by more than three ...

Disruption of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reply to debate on the presidency budget vote continued in parliament on ...

Politics 1 min read

WATCH | 'We are being sexually harassed under your watch': Second day of ...

Parliament descended into chaos for the second day running on Friday morning as EFF MPs continued to disrupt ...

By TIMES LIVE VIDEO
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RECORDED | Ramaphosa briefs media on issues surrounding his office

President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Friday briefing the media on allegations of corruption levelled against him by former ...

By TimesLIVE

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Steenhuisen to Ramaphosa: Farmgate is a big, ugly stain on your presidency

DA leader John Steenhuisen has compared President Cyril Ramaphosa to a two-bit mob boss and his Farmgate scandal to his ...

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | ‘We can’t be addressed by a criminal’: Chaos as Ramaphosa ...

MPs did not let the opportunity to heckle the president regarding allegations of money laundering and corruption at his ...

By TimesLIVE
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‘The worse crime is assuming someone is guilty because there’s a ...

Deputy minister of higher education, science and innovation Buti Manamela was disappointed that MPs, as people who ...

Politics 3 min read

Verdict on parliament probe into Ramaphosa's 'farmgate' due next week

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will communicate her decision on whether there will be an ...

Politics 2 min read

Ramaphosa scandal overshadows budget vote as MPs demand answers

The EFF may have been removed from the National Assembly chamber on Thursday, but other opposition party leaders did ...

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Politics 4 min read

Mantashe comes to Ramaphosa's defence: ANC president 'persecuted for being ...

For the first time in history, a president is being persecuted for being a victim of a crime and not because they stole ...

Politics 2 min read

Will Ramaphosa step aside? Pule Mabe explains

"You step aside when you are indicted to appear in a court of law and have been charged with serious crimes. As matters ...

Politics 2 min read

Mkhwebane probes Ramaphosa for 'breach' of executive ethics code

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said on Wednesday she has received a complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

News 2 min read

Ramaphosa suspends Mkhwebane

President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane with immediate effect.

By FRANNY RABKIN
News 5 min read

Cyril’s alleged cash thief ‘sought protection’ from Cape Town underworld

Former spy boss Arthur Fraser is said to have met a prominent underworld figure who spoke of the man’s ‘spending spree’

By Aron Hyman, Philani Nombembe and Graeme Hosken

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

WILLIAM GUMEDE | This is Ramaphosa’s ‘pay back the money’ moment

The ANC president’s detractors are more than likely going to use the step-aside rule to get him to drop the reins

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Cyril, talk to us and put the matter to bed – or quit

‘No comment, I don’t want to incriminate myself’ is an excuse reserved for thieves and murderers, not a sitting ...

Opinion & Analysis 2 min read

Bend opinion all you like, politicos, but we won’t be beholden to you

We are not spin doctors. We are balanced and fair, and will remain so, no matter what

Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

TOM EATON | Cyril, please cut the 40 inches of bull and pretend to be a ...

Dear leader, in a country lacking such and tormented by hustlers, could you put your side hustle on the back burner for ...

Opinion & Analysis 9 min read

EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa — time is running out

Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa. If you are capable of leading South Africa then why don't you?

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News 8 min read

Presidential heist charges: Did President Cyril Ramaphosa break the law?

Affidavit of ex-spy boss Arthur Fraser details alleged theft of cash hidden in furniture and hunt for suspects in Cape ...

By Thanduxolo Jika, Andisiwe Makinana and Philani Nombembe
Politics 2 min read

EFF doesn't believe Ramaphosa, will 'disrupt him' until he comes clean or ...

EFF leader Julius Malema says the party is not buying President Cyril Ramaphosa’s story that he was not involved in the ...

News 1 min read

WATCH | CCTV footage purports to show burglary at Ramaphosa's house

The video shows two men sneaking around a house, moving the cameras as they navigate their way towards the entrance. ...

Politics 2 min read

Mashaba and Steenhuisen to write to Sars and Reserve Bank over Ramaphosa ...

Politicians have reacted to a robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm, calling for the SA Revenue Service and SA ...

Investigations 2 min read

Employee describes burglary at Ramaphosa's game farm

An employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala game farm near Bela Bela in Limpopo says he saw footage of the ...

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

EDITORIAL | Nothing short of full, frank disclosure will do, Mr President

Arthur Fraser may have an obvious agenda in bringing his accusations, but Ramaphosa needs to give SA an honest and ...

By Sunday Times
Opinion & Analysis 9 min read

EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa — time is running out

Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa. If you are capable of leading South Africa then why don't you?

Opinion & Analysis 6 min read

VINCENT MAGWENYA | Spurious allegations won’t distract Ramaphosa from his ...

The claims made this week in a criminal complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa are transparent in their purpose to ...

By Vincent Magwenya
Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

JUSTICE MALALA | If Cyril can’t answer crucial questions, SA will be back ...

If Fraser’s allegations force Ramaphosa out of office, his faction will collapse and the state capture brigade will ...

Opinion & Analysis 6 min read

MAKHUDU SEFARA | If you’ve got proof, reveal it, Fraser. SA’s future is at ...

Why would a president keep $4m cash in their house and keep quiet when robbed?

LISTEN ARTICLES

Opinion & Analysis 1 min read

PODCAST | EXPLAINER: The legal questions Ramaphosa must answer

What was his obligation? What if it is true that he paid the thieves to keep quiet? Prof Pierre de Vos clears the air

Politics 1 min read

LISTEN | 'If they want to charge the president, they will do so': David ...

Deputy president David Mabuza has urged South Africans to allow law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations ...

Opinion & Analysis 1 min read

PODCAST | Fraser’s charges against Cyril: serious scandal or game of ...

Who is Arthur Fraser in our political landscape, and why he might make claims about the president?

By Mike Siluma

LATEST NEWS

News 1 min read

Arthur Fraser lays criminal charges against Cyril Ramaphosa

Former correctional services commissioner Arthur Fraser said on Wednesday he has laid criminal charges against ...

By TimesLIVE
News 1 min read

POLL | What do you think of Ramaphosa ‘not alerting’ Bheki Cele to farm ...

Police minister Bheki Cele said cases are not reported directly to him, and he is not privy to information surrounding ...

News 2 min read

WATCH | Inside Ramaphosa’s ‘rare game’ farm and previous controversy

President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, continues to make headlines after allegations of a ...

Politics 2 min read

Fraser's allegations are nothing but 'dirty politics', says Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said "dirty politics" were behind allegations that he was involved in crime.

By Kgothatso Madisa and Mawande AmaShabalala
News 1 min read

‘Distraction’ or clearing the air: SA weighs in on Ramaphosa dismissing ...

Former spy boss Arthur Fraser said the incident allegedly happened on February 9 2020 and claimed he had evidence ...

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Opinion & Analysis 3 min read

EDITORIAL | Lady Justice, give SA the happy ending it deserves

The accusation against Ramaphosa’s ally comes as the number one is under public scrutiny for serious allegations.

Politics 1 min read

RECORDED | Political parties on Phala Phala action against Ramaphosa

Opposition parties are on Wednesday briefing the media on the action they plan to take against President Cyril ...

By TimesLIVE
Politics 2 min read

Probe into my 'prior knowledge' of Phala Phala theft a fishing expedition, ...

Deputy state security minister Zizi Kodwa believes the investigation into his alleged role in the Phala Phala farm ...

Opinion & Analysis 4 min read

JUSTICE MALALA | It’s make or break away as ‘ANC loyalists’ get a backbone

These newly awakened champions of clean governance could’ve gone with Cope or EFF a long time ago, but it’s never too ...

Politics 3 min read

Cyril should’ve trusted ANC members to carry Phala Phala load with him: ...

The president has been filling in everyone but those who elected him to office, says the former North West leader

By KGOTHATSO MADISA and MAWANDE AMASHABALALA
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