Politics
NGO leaps to Cyril Ramaphosa’s defence of US trip following ANCYL...
A civil society organisation has pushed back against sharp criticism from the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official visit to the...
Ex-top cop Phahlane labels secret SAPS ‘Project Cyborg’ irregular
A secretive South African Police Service (SAPS) initiative, dubbed “Project Cyborg”, has been exposed in a bombshell affidavit as an irregular and wasteful operation...
Defiant NFP MEC fights expulsion as party exit plunges KZN into...
The political future of Mbali Shinga, the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development, hangs in the balance as she defies her own party’s order to...
South Africans are moving away from a dying ANC
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was ushered into a half-empty 20 000-seater Moruleng Stadium in the North West for the official celebration of the party turning...
Lulama Ngcukayitobi launches ANC Eastern Cape chair bid
In a direct challenge to incumbent Eastern Cape ANC chairperson Oscar Mabuyane, provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi has entered the race to lead the party...
DA in bid to force Cyril Ramaphosa to release panel report...
The DA has put in motion a legal transparency process under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), demanding that the Presidency release...
Cyril Ramaphosa warns of ‘regime change’ plot as he takes aim...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued one of his strongest warnings yet against what he described as coordinated efforts to undermine South Africa’s constitutional democracy,...
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa admits being lobbied for ANC presidency
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho "Sputla" Ramokgopa has acknowledged being lobbied to run for the ANC presidency in 2027, even as he issued a stark warning...
ANC leaders clash in closed-door debate over snubbing US on Venezuela
A sharp split over South Africa’s diplomatic loyalties erupted inside a top meeting of the governing party this week, as ANC leaders wrestled with...
Free State accused of bankrolling ANC event
Free State Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae and Mangaung mayor Gregory Nthatisi are embroiled in allegations that provincial and municipal funds were used to host an...
Phophi Ramathuba spurns ANC deputy president lobby as ‘sinister’ distraction
Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has categorically denied interest in the ANC deputy presidency seat, framing a reported lobby for her candidacy as a...
ANC struggles to fill up 20K-capacity North West stadium
The once glorious ANC on Saturday struggled to fill up a 20,000-capacity stadium in the North West.
This is where the oldest liberation party in...
NFP stands by its decision to withdraw from KZN government of...
The National Freedom Party (NFP) has reiterated its stance that it was withdrawing from the Kwazulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU).
On Friday, the party...
Ronald Lamola once again condemns US military strikes on Venezuela
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has once again condemned the unilateral military strikes carried out by the US against Venezuela, reaffirming the...
Cyril Ramaphosa lands in chopper to avoid potholes in North West...
ANC President and South Africa's head of state Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday opted to use a chopper to the pothole-ridden Boitekong township outside Rustenburg.
Ramaphosa...
ANC moves to tighten fundraising controls amid ongoing financial strain
Amid ongoing financial woes, the ANC says it has put measures in place to ensure good governance and accountability in the handling of funds...
Babsa president Lovemore Ndou claims there’s a price on his head,...
Former professional boxer turned politician and founder of Build A Better South Africa (Babsa), a political party that was founded in 2024, has resigned...
ActionSA unhappy Cyril Ramaphosa ‘unilaterally’ hired Andy Mothibi as NDPP
ActionSA has called on incoming prosecutions boss Advocate Andy Mothibi to clean up the mess that had been infiltrating the National Prosecuting Authority.
The party...
Parly committee members push to summon witnesses in SAPS graft matter
Members of Parliament have urged the parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption and external interference within the South African Police Service to...
Xulu firm withdraws urgent NDPP interdict but wants Cyril Ramaphosa’s panel...
In a strategic legal retreat, attorney Barnabas Xulu’s law firm has agreed to withdraw the urgent part of its court bid to block President...
Andy Mothibi’s NDPP appointment to shield president’s nephew from arrest –...
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has launched a blistering attack on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to appoint Adv. Andy Mothibi as National Director of...
State moves to toss out lawsuit after Cyril Ramaphosa picks NDPP
The state attorney, representing President Cyril Ramaphosa, has argued that a high-stakes legal bid by law firm B Xulu & Partners to halt the...
Jacob Zuma rages that judge locked him up due to ‘deep...
Former President Jacob Zuma has launched a blistering attack on the judge who sent him to jail, accusing her of a personal vendetta.
As he...
Fikile Mbalula labels US ‘imperialist aggressor’, wants Nicolás Maduro released
The African National Congress (ANC) has criticised the United States (US), calling for the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife,...
Cyril Ramaphosa blasts Nicolás Maduro’s capture: ‘We reject US stance, we...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has doubled down on his condemnation of the Donald Trump administration over what he described as the invasion of Venezuela and...
‘Renew Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s contract,’ Bolsheviks Party urges Cyril Ramaphosa
The Bolsheviks Party of South Africa has entered the growing national debate around KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, formally urging President Cyril...
Phapano Phasha to appeal court ruling in Loyiso Masuku defamation case
Former ANC member and political commentator Phapano Phasha intends on launching a bid to appeal a high court decision that found statements she made...
Floyd Shivambu’s former deputy quits Jacob Zuma’s MK Party
Senior political figure Nolubabalo Mcinga, a former deputy president of Floyd Shivambu’s Afrika Mayibuye Movement, has abruptly resigned from the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP),...
