Politics
EFF, DA leaders try to woo AmaZulu king ahead of 2024...
AmaZulu King MisuZulu kaZwelithini has become a hot property ahead of the 2024 elections, attracting leaders from the main political parties.
The EFF, led by...
Multi-Party Charter denies talks of presidential candidate
The Multi-Party Charter has denied allegations of engaging in talks about a joint presidential candidate.
This after reports emerged at the weekend that businessman Roger...
Will ConCourt judgment put a smile on independent candidates?
The Constitutional Court is on Monday expected to deliver judgment in the highly-contested Electoral Amendment Act matter.
The matter was brought by the Independent Candidates...
Malema wants state-owned bank set up amid rand manipulation
Amid the topical rand manipulation saga by local and international banking groups, EFF leader Julius Malema says establishing a state-owned bank will be one...
Heads must roll on rand manipulation – Maimane
Build One SA (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane says the bank bosses behind the manipulation of the rand must be criminally charged to prevent the...
Mhlongo’s backers lash out at DA leadership’s decision to axe veteran
Supporters of expelled DA MP Tsepo Mhlongo are seething after he was shown the door and allegedly denied an appeal, even though he served...
Affidavit pointing to ex-SSA DG’s link to R100m graft gone missing
A damning affidavit implicating former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general Sonto Kudjoe in suspicious transactions totalling R100-million has disappeared in the hands of the...
DA motion to dissolve City of Joburg council falls flat
Councillors in the City of Johannesburg have voted against a motion to dissolve the council.
The motion was brought by DA Johannesburg caucus leader Belinda...
City of Joburg manager Brink reinstated despite court blow
Floyd Brink has been reinstated as Johannesburg’s city manager after a report was tabled in council for his reappointment on Wednesday.
Brink’s reappointment follows on...
Leave to appeal Brink’s appointment judgment dismissed
The high court in Johannesburg has dismissed an application for leave to appeal an earlier judgment made against the appointment of City of Johannesburg...
Factions threaten bloodshed over control of IFP
A deadly showdown has ensued between two warring factions in the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) over who should be deployed to the national and...
War rages on over Limpopo ANC candidates list
Aggrieved ANC Limpopo provincial executive committee (PEC) members are threatening to drag provincial secretary Reuben Madadzhe to court if he does not postpone the...
ANC big guns deployed to Sanco conference ‘to stop Zuma’
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has dispatched probably one of the biggest national executive committee (NEC) delegations to the SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) national...
Surge in voter registration sets optimistic tone for 2024 elections
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has revealed a promising outlook for the 2024 general elections after a record number of citizens registered to vote.
During...
AIC’s Margaret Arnolds elected new Joburg council speaker
Margaret Arnolds of the African Independent Congress (AIC) has secured the position of City of Johannesburg council speaker.
The extraordinary sitting held on Monday at...
Alien leadership styles erode ANC’s electoral support
ANC NEC member and principal of the party’s political school, David Masondo, came out swinging during a memorial lecture last weekend in Makhado, Limpopo,...
Limpopo ANC top brass blocks candidates’ list to Luthuli House
(NB: This story has since been updated to include full comments of Limpopo ANC spokesperson Jimmy Machaka).
ANC Limpopo provincial officials have blocked their provincial...
Spy boss Majola quits after Ramaphosa snub
Spy chief and former ambassador Thembisile Majola has quit her powerful post at the State Security Agency (SSA) after she struggled to secure a...
Nxesi whistleblower threatened with death
A high-ranking official who has blown the whistle on alleged corruption and also frustrated the approval of payments worth R3-billion in the department of...
Mantashe suffers pushback on his favourite PetroSA CEO candidate
Cabinet this week stalled Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s appointment of Nkululeko Stephen Poya as chief executive officer of the Petroleum and...
Thulas Nxesi, DG implicated in fresh R3bn corruption scheme
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has been fingered as a person of interest for the Hawks and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) following...
DA, EFF slam ANC’s ‘scam’ using Judge Maya on poster
South Africa’s two biggest opposition parties have lambasted the ANC for the party’s misjudgment, suggesting that deputy chief justice Mandisa Maya was a product...
Weekend voter registration made easier and quicker
As voter registrations get under way ahead of the 2024 elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has made it easier to register to vote...
New political party ANM wants lion’s share of voters’ ballots
A new political formation has been unleashed in Durban naming itself the All Nations Movement (ANM) and has set its sights on contesting elections...
ActionSA calls for urgent meeting to replace Joburg council speaker
ActionSA has called for an urgent special sitting to replace outgoing City of Joburg council speaker Colleen Makhubele.
This after Makhubele was sacked by the...
Cope fires Joburg council speaker Makhubele over SARA links
The Congress of the People (Cope) has fired City of Johannesburg Council Speaker Colleen Makhubele as a member of the party.
This after Makhubele allegedly...
ANC comrades lock horns over smear claims
A member of the ANC in Ekurhuleni stands accused of posing as the editor of a fake newspaper that he used to spread propaganda...
Hlaudi on a high and raring to fill Free State’s Phuthaditjhaba...
African Content Movement (ACM) leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng received a shot in the arm this week when the Maluti-a-Phofung municipal council in the Free State...
