Jacob Zuma is seeking private prosecution against Advocate Billy Downer, who’s leading the State’s corruption case against the former leader and News24 journalist, Karyn Maughan. He’s accused Downer of having leaked his medical records to Maughan.
Two Sundays ago, #Renew22 an online campaign lobbying for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as ANC president published a newsletter calling on party members to “elect strong leaders” to the next national executive committee, writes S'thembiso Msomi.
Despite being snubbed by his own province, former Eastern Cape premier Phumulo Masualle says he has been inundated with calls from provincial ANC branches requesting that he stand for a top-six position at the party’s national elective conference in December. Masualle, who serves as deputy minister of public enterprises, has been officially nominated by KwaZulu-Natal ANC bosses as their preferred candidate to take over from Ace Magashule as the party’s secretary-general.