Mawande Amashabalala

Politics

Why Cosatu congress collapsed

20th September 2026

A long-standing and bitter fallout between Cosatu deputy president Mike Shingange and his former colleague, Nehawu general secretary Zola Saphetha, is said...

Politics

Women’s League mulls over backing death penalty return

20th September 2026

The ANC Women’s League is consulting legal experts on the possibility of taking up the struggle of calling for a referendum on...

Big Reads

Revolt at Mbalula’s door over list mess

6th September 2026

A candidate-list crisis spanning at least three provinces has put ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula in the firing line before the local government...

Business

Whistleblower alleges R15m worth of dubious payments at DoT

30th August 2026

Alleged procurement irregularities amounting to R15-million at the national Department of Transport (DoT) communications unit have been laid bare in a protected...

Politics

Luthuli House’s Eastern Cape list heads for yet another court fight

30th August 2026

The ANC has walked into another possible courtroom battle in the Eastern Cape after secretary-general Fikile Mbalula submitted a councillor list that...

Politics

Mbalula halts ANC’s Morero showdown

30th August 2026

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has intervened to save Joburg mayor Dada Morero from further humiliation at the hands of his ANC regional...

Politics

Panic in ANC as election lists implode

30th August 2026

The ANC entered the final stages of compiling its candidate lists for the 2026 elections with unresolved procedural failures countrywide, forcing its...

News

Ousted NSFAS administrator, Manamela not off the hook

16th August 2026

By Mawande AmaShabalala Mawande@sundayworld.co.za The problems facing beleaguered ousted National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administrator Professor Hlengani Mathebula, who was toppled...

Politics

SACP election gamble divides party’s ranks

16th August 2026

By Mawande AmaShabalala and Queenin Masuabi The SACP’s decision to contest the ANC in the November municipal elections has run into a...

Politics

Sooklal’s Gupta encounter leaves Dirco with headache

9th August 2026

By Mawande AmaShabalala Mawande@sundayworld.co.za   South Africa’s high commissioner to India, Professor Anil Sooklal, has told the Department of International Relations and...