Politics
R8 million boost for young entrepreneurs, job creation in Tshwane
The City of Tshwane has unveiled a new youth empowerment strategy, the Ithuba Youth Economic Development Programme (IYEDP).
An initial R8 million has already been...
Auditor-General owed a staggering R1.8bn by municipalities, SOEs
Parliament has revealed that government entities and municipalities owe the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) a total of R1.83 billion in unpaid fees.
Wouter Wessels,...
Re-opened Steve Bantu Biko inquest postponed to November
The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid icon and Black Consciousness Movement founder Stephen Bantu Biko has been adjourned to November 12, 2025,...
ActionSA’s Zwakele Mncwango backs suspended departmental CFO
ActionSA KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Zwakele Mncwango has expressed support for suspended CFO of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, Zinhle Buthelezi, saying she has...
MK Women’s League wants GBV declared state of emergency
The uMkhonto weSizwe Women’s League (MKWL) national secretary, Lindi Mtshali, has expressed sorrow for the brutal killing of two women in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.
The...
State spends R54bn on jobs programmes with little to show for...
The South African government spends R54-billion every year on labour market interventions but the money is not producing the big changes needed in fighting...
MPs frustrated as Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi unavailable for key parly hearing; EFF...
Revelations that KwaZulu-Natal’s top cop, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will not appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee as the first witness was a point of...
Why EFF wants all adults automatically registered to vote
The EFF is pushing ahead with its plans to have it become law for all South African citizens over the age of 16 to...
SA Human Rights Commission takes Gayton McKenzie to court over racial...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has decided to take legal action against Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie.
This is over...
ActionSA wants ‘warzone’ Cape Flats declared state of emergency
ActionSA MP Dereleen James has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a state of emergency on the Cape Flats to stop ongoing bloody gang...
Internal battles erupt ahead of ANC Sedibeng regional conference
Divided ANC leaders in the Sedibeng region are allegedly at each other’s throats ahead of the regional conference due to take place at the...
ActionSA accuses GNU of betraying job-seekers
As the country experiences high unemployment in a struggling economy, ActionSA has pointed fingers at the failures of the government of national unity (GNU)...
SA has no military engagement with Iran – Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended South Africa’s diplomatic stance on Iran, saying both countries will adhere to their own principles and values.
He was responding...
Blow to deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya as high court dismisses...
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed an application by the deputy national commissioner responsible for crime detection, Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, to have his suspension...
Tshwane water tank drivers ‘exploit’ Hammanskraal residents amid water woes
The residents of Hammanskraal have cried foul that they were being requested to make direct payments to drivers of trucks supplying them with clean...
Edgar Lungu’s body can’t be surrendered to hostile state – Tembeka...
Edgar Lungu, the former president of Zambia, remains under private security at a Pretoria mortuary three months after his death.
This is unfolding as the...
North West ANC top five split down the middle over succession...
A showdown is looming in the ANC North West as Premier Lazarus Mokgosi is backed to challenge incumbent provincial chairperson Nono Maloyi for the...
Another ANC step-aside protest move in Sedibeng
Hot on the heels of Limpopo ANC chairperson Stan Mathabatha’s decision to step aside from his seat to protest alleged irregularities that marred a...
Paul Mashatile and Fikile Mbalula’s unity project is bigger than the...
While ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile and secretary-general Fikile Mbalula were meeting at the house of their common friend, businessman Reggie Kukama, to plot...
It’s open season for new political parties as Boy Mamabolo launches...
Former member of the African National Congress (ANC), Boy Mamabolo said he is over the organisation and the "Mandela for President" name and is...
‘DA snubbed National Dialogue because GNU protects white interests’
MKP member of parliament Lucky Montana has condemned the national dialogue as a futile exercise that will achieve nothing, adding that this is the...
Family relieved as ANC suspends councillor who dragged member to death
The family of Siyabonga Makhoba is relieved that the KwaZulu-Natal ANC has moved swiftly to suspend the councillor of the Mandeni local municipality, who...
Bheki Cele to appear before parly committee probing Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi claims
Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system made by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says it...
‘I’m available to testify’: KZN top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi tells parliament
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has informed parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating his graft allegations that he will be available to testify...
Mayor Nasiphi Moya defends herself amid EFF, ANC attacks over municipal...
Tensions around the leadership of the City of Tshwane came under the spotlight in Parliament this week as Mayor Nasiphi Moya was pressed on...
Floyd Shivambu launches Afrika Mayibuye party ahead of local government elections
South Africa’s political landscape has a new entrant, Afrika Mayibuye Political Movement (Mayibuye) led by Floyd Shivambu.
This is the first time Shivambu has launched...
Cabinet places embattled North West municipality under administration
The troubled Ditsobotla Municipality in North West has once again been placed under administration after years of instability and failure to deliver basic services.
Minister...
Stellenbosch municipality launches probe into racist video footage
The Stellenbosch Municipality convened an urgent special council meeting on Friday morning to confront shocking allegations of race-based bullying and general discriminatory conduct leveled...
