ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party’s former president Jacob Zuma is “as good as gone” and he has made his exit complicated, but formal processes will follow and the party is preparing itself for “war”.
It’s opportunistic. It’s hypocritical. It’s overtly anti-democratic, appealing directly to those who want to be told what to do by aristocrats and priests.
Former Umhlobo Wenene FM presenter Mthobeli “KCi” August has been described as a highly creative broadcaster with a great sense of humour.August, who was discovered dead in his Johannesburg home on December 29, was buried in his hometown of Adelaide on Saturday.
As a person, Mbongeni Ngema may not have been perfect. As artists do, he mirrored the nation to itself, warts and all to the discomfort and anger of some, writes Mike Siluma.