Service providers, ex-councillors to take stand in Gumede’s trial
Councillors and service providers have been lined up to take the witness stand in the fraud and corruption trial of former mayor Zandile Gumede. The long-awaited... Read more.
Cosatu affiliates await SACP decision on contesting elections
Serious moves are afoot to establish a popular left-leaning movement involving Cosatu affiliates and the SACP. The plan, if it comes to fruition, will see the envisaged... Read more.
AmaZulu Queen’s ‘infidelity’ rocks royal house
Although AmaZulu king MisuZulu kaZwelithini and his wife, Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela projected a good public image during the state of the province address on Thursday,... Read more.
Electoral woes deepens for ruling ANC in KwaZulu-Natal
The ANC’s electoral misfortunes continued on Wednesday when the ruling party lost a crucial by-election in the Inkosi Mtubatuba local municipality’s... Read more.
Plan to divide Human Settlement and Infrastructure Portfolio shot down
Opposition parties are up in arms over a mooted move by the ANC to divide various committees allegedly in the eThekwini metro apparently to satisfy its factions.... Read more.
Mooted ministry of electricity splits trade union federation
Amid a move by some opposition parties to legally challenge the creation of a new portfolio in the Presidency that will be solely dedicated to resolving the country’s... Read more.
Oldest ‘profession’ one step closer to being legalised
It is now up to the National Assembly to decide whether to support a move to decriminalise sex work after the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences Sexual Offences and Related... Read more.
SONA: state of disaster declared over SA’s energy crisis
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared the country’s energy crisis a national disaster, which enables the urgent mobilisation of resources to tackle the disastrous... Read more.
Pressure piling up on Ramaphosa ahead of his address
Political pressure is mounting for ANC president and head of state Cyril Ramophosa to fast-track structural reforms in the economy and respond to rising food prices... Read more.
South Africa looks to Africa trade as country’s economic woes deepen
As South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) continues to be stunted, with consumers feeling the squeeze through inflation and escalating costs of living, the... Read more.
