ANC’s 2027 leadership race plays out behind the scenes in Limpopo
Although Luthuli House has put a gag on the ANC’s 2027 leadership succession race, behind the scenes, the horse trading is in full swing. This became apparent... Read more.
Minister Enoch Godongwana to table third budget on ‘May 21’
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to present a revised 2025/2026 national budget on May 21, marking an unprecedented third attempt to finalise South... Read more.
Treasury scrambles to reverse VAT increase
The clock is ticking for the Treasury to determine whether re-tabling the national budget could serve as a potential solution to avert a recently scrapped VAT hike... Read more.
Freedom Day: Unearthing the ’94 moment through shared roots
At 2:15 am on Wednesday, my China-made phone buzzed. A WhatsApp notification lit the screen: “Good evening…” Timothy Phiri, the reclusive legend behind the... Read more.
Zamani Saul warns of ‘ugly’ ANC succession battle
ANC Northern Cape chairperson Zamani Saul has condemned the culture of careerism as “congesting the leadership passage” in the governing party’s succession,... Read more.
The fire of ’94: A leader’s journey from revolution to reflection
The air in the Mmabatho Civic Centre crackled with tension. It was 1994, and a sea of student representative council leaders around Mafikeng had gathered for an... Read more.
Gwede Mantashe rejects ANC member’s call for Enoch Godongwana’s head
Only ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, ever so tenacious as a pit bull, would have the guts to take on ordinary party members on social media to correct “misinformation”... Read more.
Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA the kingmaker in ANC’s VAT retreat
While the ANC-led National Treasury framed Thursday’s decision to scrap the value-added tax (VAT) hike as a compromise born out of “extensive consultations”,... Read more.
Court scraps R1bn IT contract awarded to Robert Gumede’s firm
The Gauteng High Court has scrapped a R1-billion IT contract awarded by South African National Parks (SANParks) to Gijima Holdings, led by tycoon Robert Gumede,... Read more.
Shock as PAC calls for talks with AfriForum
Members of the ANC negotiating team almost fell off their chairs in shock when delegates of the PAC, known for its hardcore Pan-Africanism, proposed that the governing... Read more.
