Author: Mawande Amashabalala

Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile
Politics

I rejected pressure to become Gauteng premier – MEC Maile 

Gauteng MEC for finance and economic development Lebogang Maile says talks of him being the de facto premier are old attempts by wedge drivers to pit him against... Read more.
Gauteng is not bankrupt
News

Disbanding Gauteng for ANC 2027 leadership foolish – Maile 

Only a “foolish” ANC presidential hopeful would lobby for the disbandment of the Gauteng provincial executive committee.  This was the chilling warning by ANC... Read more.
Politics

I do not want the GNU to collapse, says Helen Zille 

DA Federal Council chair Helen Zille is standing her ground, saying none of her public utterances about the running of the government of national unity (GNU) had... Read more.
Economists urge Ramaphosa to use Sona meaningfully
News

NWC asks Ramaphosa to sign Bela Act 

The ANC’s powerful national working committee (NWC) has taken a hard-line stance that the party should mandate President Cyril Ramaphosa to enact the disputed... Read more.
News

Daggers drawn as EFF bars Ndlozi from party’s elective conference 

In a dramatic turn of events, the EFF has barred its member of parliament and former spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi from attending its four-day elective conference... Read more.
Fikile Mbalula's New Year message
Politics

DA must leave GNU tonight if Zille so wishes – Mbalula

ANC day-to-day running boss Fikile Mbalula has dared the DA to leave the government of national unity (GNU) if the blue party so wishes. Mbalula launched a scathing... Read more.
DA march against Bela Act
News

ANCYL condemns ‘regressive’ AfriForum, DA over BELA act

The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has condemned Afrikaner interest lobby group AfriForum and the DA for opposing the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. According... Read more.
MKP, EFF progressive alliance as good as dead
Columns

ANALYSIS | MKP, EFF progressive alliance as good as dead

Only a fool has not taken notice that the relationship between the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and EFF is at the crossroads and almost finished. This is barely... Read more.