Setumo Stone

Politics

Government records challenge claims over R16m North West school renovation

9th September 2026

A paper trail emerging from inside the North West government has complicated claims that a R16.27-million school renovation amounted largely to painting...

Politics

Setumo Stone | ANC’s likely heads of argument before Electoral Court

9th September 2026

The African National Congress (ANC)’s urgent application to the Electoral Court represents a politically sophisticated attempt to reframe an administrative near-miss as...

Politics

Ballot shortcut leaves new party UDF outside Cape Town race

9th September 2026

A newly registered political party’s attempt to reserve places on Cape Town ballot papers using placeholder candidates has been rejected after the...

Politics

Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane memoir wins two SA Book Awards

9th September 2026

Senior counsel Muzi Sikhakhane’s memoir, Odyssey of Liberation, has won the nonfiction and overall prize at the SA Book Awards. Sikhakhane announced...

Politics

Setumo Stone | What it will take to convince the court in ANC councillor case

8th September 2026

In its Electoral Court application over councillor nominations not being captured in the system of the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)...

Big Reads

ANC’s court papers thin on proof of IEC glitch, strong on legal technicality

8th September 2026

The African National Congress (ANC) has not yet proved that an Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) technical failure prevented it from...

Politics

‘Let the ballot, not the bullet, decide’: IFP pleads after councillor killings

3rd September 2026

The killing of two Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) councillor candidates in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) within seven days has raised fresh concerns over political...

Opinion

Setumo Stone | A special joinder application before the Phala Phala court

3rd September 2026

Rule 12, read with Rule 10 of the Uniform Rules of Court, allows a party with a direct and substantial interest in...

Big Reads

Women’s March families reject Glenlivet’s apology over ad

3rd September 2026

The Glenlivet believed deleting its controversial Women’s Month advertisement would end the matter. The families whose history it used say the reckoning...

Big Reads

Setumo Stone | Khan’s discharge shifts the balance of power in factional SAPS

3rd September 2026

The dismissal of Major General Feroz Khan threatens to transform the struggle for power between rival power centres inside the South African...