Politics
ANC concerned about SACP’s decision to contest elections independently
The ANC has expressed serious concerns over the SACP's decision to contest the upcoming elections independently, a move that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa believes...
EFF labels Trump a danger to humanity, urges for his removal...
The EFF has launched a scathing attack on US President Donald Trump, describing him as an unstable and illiterate imperialist.
EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo said...
US tariff increase threatens to cut SA’s economic growth by 0.2%
The 30% tariff that the US imposed on South African exports could drag the country into a potential economic setback, as economists anticipate it...
Cyril Ramaphosa urges ANC top brass to halt 2027 leadership ambitions
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening remarks at the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting at Lakewood in Ormonde on Friday included a stern warning to...
Cyril Ramaphosa’s emails were hacked by SAPS crime intelligence
The SAPS’ crime intelligence (CI) division has been fingered as the culprits who hacked President Cyril Ramaphosa’s emails while he was serving as deputy...
ANC financial woes plunge NEC meeting into chaos
Its dire financial situation has plunged Africa's oldest liberation movement into a state of chaos and logistical nightmare.
The ANC's all-important NEC meeting this weekend...
Minister Buti Manamela expected to act on alleged DUT corruption
Education Minister Buti Manamela is expected to take decisive action in addressing the explosive maladministration allegations at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) where...
Mbalula under fire over ‘rigged’ Mpumalanga regional conference
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula is facing growing discontent from within the party after allegedly ignoring a formal legal threat from 14 incensed branch leaders...
President Cyril Ramaphosa, GNU blamed for 30% tariffs increase
Build One South Africa (BOSA) and AfriForum have accused the government of national unity (GNU) of failing South Africans as the US imposes 30%...
Parliament fines Paul Mashatile R10, 000 over undeclared diamond gift
Deputy President Paul Mashatile will be reprimanded by the National Assembly and fined R10, 000 after Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests...
MEC Nomagugu Simelane takes legal action over Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma’s claims
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has hit back at claims that she influenced the hiring of members into senior government posts, meddled in the...
Free State ANC wields axe over underperforming officials
The ANC in the Free State intends on disciplining members who have been underperforming in their local government roles following an oversight visit by...
ANC Ekurhuleni members demand task team to vacate office
ANC branch members have written to the Gauteng provincial leadership demanding the immediate suspension of all ongoing Ekurhuleni conference preparations and a review of...
Ex-Limpopo MEC Seth Sethai avoids jailtime, fined R500k in graft case
The Johannesburg High Court has sentenced former Limpopo Safety MEC Seth Nthai, but he will not serve jail time if he does not commit...
‘Senzo Mchunu may be promoted like Gwede Mantashe’ — Dali Mpofu...
Advocate Dali Mpofu has dismissed the argument that President Cyril Ramaphosa did not dismiss troubled Police Minister Senzo Mchunu because the allegations against him...
Five Home Affairs officials dismissed over sexual assault, fraud
The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed five more officials for crimes ranging from fraud to sexual assault, effective immediately.
Minister of Home Affairs Leon...
MK Party wants NHBRC disbanded over George building collapse scandal
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) demands immediate criminal prosecution of those responsible for the deaths of 34 workers in the George building collapse.
This was...
Dali Mpofu: Only option for president is to sack minister, even...
MK Party legal representative advocate Dali Mpofu SC on Wednesday insisted that President Cyril Ramaphosa does not have the constitutional power to place any...
North West municipal manager faces criminal charges over R335m tenders
ActionSA has laid criminal charges against Rustenburg municipal manager Ashmar Khuduge over fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct.
This includes R10.4-million in unauthorised legal fees and...
ActionSA calls for Matjhabeng municipality to be placed under administration
ActionSA in the Free State has called for Matjhabeng municipality to immediately be placed under administration following allegations of corruption and mismanagement crisis.
Patricia Kopane,...
Only four convictions secured out of 218 state capture cases –...
Three years after the Zondo commission exposed the scale of state capture in South Africa, only four people have been found guilty out of...
SA still committed to US trade deal despite tensions
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau has emphasised that South Africa remains committed to reaching a final agreement on trade deal with...
Tswaing Community Resistance Front accuses Samwu of sabotage
Drama is escalating in the troubled Tswaing Local Municipality in the North West, where the South African Municipality Workers Union (Samwu) is being accused...
IDT CEO Tebogo Malaka faces music over R800m oxygen plant tender
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) CEO Tebogo Malaka and general manager for supply chain management Molebedi Sisi are facing disciplinary action over the R800-million...
Pretoria firm on diplomacy as US moves to sanction ANC politicians,...
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is insistent on diplomacy after the US House Foreign Affairs Committee resolved to send to the...
Defiant Boy Mamabolo to resubmit ‘Mandela for President’ party name
Disgruntled former ANC member of parliament Boy Mamabolo remains resolute about not changing the name of his new political party from 'Mandela for President'...
Mandla Ndlovu’s office loses court bid to cancel tenders from David...
While Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu's office has been criticised for unlawfully awarding lucrative IT and legal services contract, the high court in Mbombela has...
President enjoys power to place me on leave, Senzo Mchunu tells...
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has mounted a fierce legal defence in a scathing affidavit to the Constitutional Court, asserting that President Cyril Ramaphosa was...
