Lunga Mzangwe
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 32
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Mail & Guardian
- Top 100K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 16, 2026
Latest articles
Malema granted leave to appeal his conviction | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been granted leave to appeal his conviction. In October last year, the KuGompo Magistrate’s Court found Malema guilty of contravening the Firearms Control Act. In April, magistrate Twanet Olivier sentenced him to an effective five years’ direct imprisonment. Malema was previously granted leave to appeal against his sentence, but not his conviction, following a ruling by Olivier in connection with a 2018 incident in which he was filmed firing a r
Axed from party lists, Joburg councillors threaten to skip final council sitting | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Some City of Johannesburg councillors have opted not to attend the last council sitting because they have not been included on their party lists submitted to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The Mail & Guardian understands that some councillors feel their attendance would be merely ceremonial because they will not feature in the new council, which will be established after the November elections. The M&G also understands that council speaker Margaret Arnolds decided to hold the la
ANC coffers dry as donors pull the plug (opens the original)
Read excerpt
One of the biggest challenges facing the ANC is the struggle to raise funds because of the stigma that comes with funding political parties, the ANC treasurer-general says. Speaking to the Mail & Guardian in a podcast last week, Gwen Ramokgopa said a major contributing factor to the party's fund-raising difficulties was the negativity associated with companies declaring which party they had donated to. Previously, political parties would accuse the ANC of instructing party-linked government offi
Mbalula step-aside ‘unjust’ as ANC leaders call AfriForum case politically motivated (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Senior ANC members have come to the defence of party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) decided to charge him with crimen injuria, saying the charges are politically motivated. With Mbalula awaiting formal charges, senior party members have argued that placing the secretary-general on step-aside would be unjust, saying they believe the prosecution is politically motivated. The step-aside rule was adopted by the party at its 2017 Nasrec conference. The
Women pay for leadership failures (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The arrest of senior police officers, lack of political leadership and issues around service delivery have contributed to the killing of women in the City of Ekurhuleni, political parties say. The bodies of at least nine women have been discovered in the industrial city of Ekurhuleni, prompting a temporary lockdown of the city as police attempt to deal with the crisis. The City of Ekurhuleni has been accused number one at the Madlanga Commission, where police have been accused of murder, extorti
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 100K sites
For Mail & Guardian, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.