Politics
Limpopo finance MEC sets aside over R50m for new ambulances
The health department received a lion's share of the provincial budget, which was presented by Kgabo Mahoai, the Limpopo MEC for finance, for the...
Maimane, Creecy on collision course over R408m taxi gratuity
Build One South Africa (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane has called on Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy to provide full transparency regarding the government’s allocation...
‘New government must be formed if GNU fails to pass budget’
ActionSA has officially informed the ANC that it will not support the 2025/2026 budget that aims to increase value-added tax (VAT) to 17% in...
Zuma’s daughter Duduzile to meet, pick brain of Ibrahim Traore
Burkina Faso interim president, captain Ibrahim Traore, embodies the aspirations of the African majority, and his style of leadership should be embraced by all...
MK Party slams Kubayi for ‘evasive’ response on Cradock Four
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has accused the government of failing to act with urgency and commitment regarding the inquest into the murder...
No punitive action against official who spent R2m on guardhouse
Mpumalanga Department of Education head Lucy Moyane and officials implicated in the dubious spending of more than R2-million on, a security guardhouse are yet...
Matlosana ANC councillors shield graft-accused CFO
A faction of ANC councillors continues to obstruct efforts to initiate a comprehensive investigation into the conduct of corruption-accused City of Matlosana CFO Mercy...
No-nonsense Moya vows to get R2.5bn government owes Tshwane
Government entities that are located in the City of Tshwane owe the municipality about R2.5-billion in unpaid rates and taxes.
This was revealed by Tshwane...
‘Exhume massacre victims’ – says Sharpeville Foundation CEO
In a move to seek truth and justice, CEO of the Sharpeville Foundation, Tsoana Nhlapo, is advocating for the exhumation of the 69 victims...
BOSA to challenge water shedding in court
Build One South Africa (BOSA) deputy leader Nabuntu Hlazo-Webster has announced the party’s intention to take legal action against government over the implementation of...
North West ANC PEC wins court battle against irate members
Disgruntled ANC members in the North West who took the party’s provincial executive committee to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) have been dealt...
State convinced it has solid case against Zuma-Sambudla
In a show of force on Thursday morning, senior members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and the party's ranks and file travelled to...
Tshwane offers debt-relief to residents, businesses
City of Tshwane deputy mayor Eugene Modise has introduced a debt-relief programme aimed at helping residents, businesses, indigent households, and deceased estates settle their...
MEC Maile gives health, education lion’s share of Gauteng budget
Gauteng MEC for Finance, Lebogang Maile, has outlined a financial plan that allocates R527.2-billion to various government departments over the next three years.
The budget...
Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile pumps R36.6bn into infrastructure
Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC, Lebogang Maile, has announced that the province will invest R36.6-billion in infrastructure development over the next three years.
Maile...
Investment conference to set in motion Gauteng’s recovery plan
Lebogang Maile, the MEC for finance for Gauteng, has presented a plan for economic recovery, and the province will hold its inaugural Gauteng Investment...
Shivambu blames technical glitches for MK’s failure to pay wages
The 15-month-old MK Party's support staff in the provincial legislatures and those in constituency offices are crying foul that they have not been paid...
ActionSA takes over DA’s ‘dumped’ Cut Cabinet Perks Bill
The DA has thrown its weight behind political nemesis ActionSA's reintroduction of the Cut Cabinet Perks Bill, saying it is necessary and will receive...
ANC top brass help FS leaders to weather the storm
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has questioned the Free State ANC leadership’s
motive to mobilise “drunkards” to remove Thanduxolo Khalipha as a mayor of Matjhabeng
local municipality.
Khalipha...
‘Axed’ Phadi holds key to MKP millions
A fierce political battle is raging within former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party, centred around a R7-million legislature account in Mpumalanga.
The conflict pits ousted...
MK Party threatens national shutdown over VAT increase
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has called for a national shutdown protest.
This is in response to the government’s decision to increase Value Added Tax...
SA working on stabilising diplomatic relations with the US
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says South Africa is working on stabilising relations with the US, given the long-standing ties between the two nations.
Addressing the...
DA uses VAT to fight Land Act, not for the poor...
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has claimed that the Democratic Alliance is only publicly fighting against VAT increase in an attempt to reverse...
ACT criticises VAT increase as assault on poor people
The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) has criticised the national budget presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, saying it was meant to benefit established...
Fresh bid to topple MKP’s secretary-general Floyd Shivambu
The jostling and wrangling in the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) in KwaZulu-Natal has reached boiling point.
At the centre of the schism is a desire...
Premier Letsoha-Mathae drops axe on public works HOD
The war between the Free State premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae and the head of department (HOD) in the province's department of public works, Mosa Masimene,...
‘VAT increase aimed at keeping blacks economically marginalised’
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has launched a fierce attack on the government’s tax policy, demanding the immediate reversal of any plans to increase...
MK Party calls on Godongwana to save Ithala from liquidation
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has called on Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to urgently intervene to prevent the liquidation of Ithala Bank.
In...
