Setumo Stone

Politics

ANC, Afrikaner groups forge rare unity pact amid Trump-linked tensions

8th May 2025

In a landmark moment for South Africa’s fractious political landscape, the ANC and historically adversarial Afrikaner leadership groups, including Solidariteit, AfriForum, and...

News

More key witnesses refuse to testify in LPC case against Dali Mpofu

4th May 2025

The Legal Practice Council’s (LPC) case against prominent lawyer Adv Dali Mpofu suffered another blow after four more people refused to testify...

News

Matlosana pays contractor R4.5m within hours for work not done

4th May 2025

In a brazen defiance of municipal finance laws, the embattled City of Matlosana paid plant hire firm EK Construction R4.5-million within hours...

News

ANC’s 2027 leadership race plays out behind the scenes in Limpopo

4th May 2025

Although Luthuli House has put a gag on the ANC’s 2027 leadership succession race,  behind the scenes, the horse trading is in...

Politics

Minister Enoch Godongwana to table third budget on ‘May 21’

30th April 2025

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to present a revised 2025/2026 national budget on May 21, marking an unprecedented third attempt to...

Business

Treasury scrambles to reverse VAT increase 

27th April 2025

The clock is ticking for the Treasury to determine whether re-tabling the national budget could serve as a potential solution to avert...

News

Freedom Day: Unearthing the ’94 moment through shared roots

27th April 2025

At 2:15 am on Wednesday, my China-made phone buzzed. A WhatsApp notification lit the screen: “Good evening…” Timothy Phiri, the reclusive legend...

News

Zamani Saul warns of ‘ugly’ ANC succession battle

27th April 2025

ANC Northern Cape chairperson Zamani Saul has condemned the culture of careerism as “congesting the leadership passage” in the governing party’s succession,...

News

The fire of ’94: A leader’s journey from revolution to reflection

27th April 2025

The air in the Mmabatho Civic Centre crackled with tension. It was 1994, and a sea of student representative council leaders around...

News

Gwede Mantashe rejects ANC member’s call for Enoch Godongwana’s head

25th April 2025

Only ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, ever so tenacious as a pit bull, would have the guts to take on ordinary party members...