Politics
GNU leaders place emphasis on boosting job creation for youth
                The leaders of 10 political parties that make up South Africa’s government of national unity (GNU) have prioritised enhancing public service efficiency, improving food...            
            
        NUM calls on state to intervene as Patrice Motsepe’s mine sheds...
                The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called on the government to step in after mining magnate Patrice Motsepe's company retrenched more than 600...            
            
        Mbalula: I fear for my life
                ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has approached the Pretoria High Court on an urgent basis, saying his life is in danger following claims by controversial...            
            
        Chief Albert Luthuli family says his murder cover-up is sad cost...
                The historic high court ruling that officially recognised anti-apartheid icon Chief Albert Luthuli was murdered has been described by his family as a “bitter-sweet”...            
            
        ANC dribbles past DA with new GNU rules
                The government of national unity (GNU) is expected to adopt a set of rules for its clearing house, introducing general consensus as the guiding...            
            
        Rifle-wielding KZN occupants deny officials access to hijacked properties
                The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government’s audit of hijacked state-owned residences in Ulundi has been abruptly suspended after officials faced violent resistance from armed occupants.
The operation,...            
            
        Axed Mbombela CFO Ntombifuthi Sibanyoni’s fight to get her job back...
                A qualified financial accounting professional, Ntombifuthi Sibanyoni, has found her career in jeopardy – all thanks to two of Mpumalanga’s most influential politicians, both...            
            
        Magashule declines Phadi’s 2029 presidential nomination
                Former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has turned down an invitation to contest South Africa’s 2029 presidential elections under a new movement pioneered by former...            
            
        Tshwane speaker halts DA motion against Eugene Modise pending report
                City of Tshwane Speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana has blocked the DA motion of confidence against Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise on the basis that it is...            
            
        Cabinet appoints new CID board: ‘Set to turn SA into a...
                Cabinet has appointed a new Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to serve for three years.
Entrepreneur and veteran quantity surveyor Khulile Nzo has been reappointed...            
            
        MK Party, NFP president forge ahead with KZN coalition talks amid...
                The president of the National Freedom Party (NFP) is forging ahead with holding coalition talks with the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP). This is despite...            
            
        Paul Mashatile says DA should learn from ActionSA’s leadership in Tshwane
                Deputy President Paul Mashatile has thrown his weight behind Tshwane’s current leadership under ActionSA, saying the Democratic Alliance (DA) could learn a thing or...            
            
        ‘Western Cape not so clean, fails black communities’ – Paul Mashatile
                Deputy President Paul Mashatile has poured cold water on claims that the Western Cape is South Africa’s shining example of good municipal governance.
Speaking during...            
            
        Commission clears Bheki Cele, Senzo Mchunu, Firoz Cachalia after email blunder
                Three South African police ministry bosses have been absolved after being suspected of refusing to cooperate with investigations into apartheid-era human rights violations.
Former minister...            
            
        ‘Hearings show syndicates infiltrated state to protect their interests’
                The ongoing parliamentary ad hoc committee has laid bare deep-rooted corruption at the heart of South Africa’s state security, which experts describe as a...            
            
        Contractors failing to deliver will be barred from state tenders –...
                Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has announced new measures to clean up South Africa’s troubled construction sector.
Speaking at a media briefing...            
            
        Richard Dyantyi bounces back as ANC NEC wields axe in Western...
                Richard Dyantyi, the parliament's former chairperson of the Section 194 inquiry into then-public protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office, has received a...            
            
        Cassel Mathale’s admission fuels ActionSA’s bid to scrap deputy ministers’ positions
                ActionSA has reiterated its demand to do away with deputy ministers after Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale testified that he has no job description.
Mathale...            
            
        Joburg councillor Kabelo Gwamanda proposes removal of mayor Dada Morero
                The fragile political balance in the City of Johannesburg has been shaken once again as the minority governing parties (MGP) within the metropolitan municipality...            
            
        High court sets date for MEC’s second round battle against party...
                The second round of the Pietermaritzburg High Court case brought by KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development, Mbali Shinga, to stop her party from axing...            
            
        Cassel Mathale admits Senzo Mchunu never signed powers to deputies
                Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale has revealed that both deputy ministers in the police department have still not been given official responsibilities, despite...            
            
        Cassel Mathale throws Senzo Mchunu under the bus: ‘I was stunned...
                Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is presently on special leave, has come under fire from Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale for ordering the...            
            
        NFP faction refutes party president’s statement on KZN coalition government
                A section of the National Freedom Party (NFP) has publicly denounced a statement made by Ivan Barnes, the party's president, claiming that the party...            
            
        ANC axes seven mayors, speakers in unprecedented Free State cleanup
                The ANC has taken an unprecedented move by axing seven mayors, chief whips and speakers from the worst-performing municipalities in Free State.
The party took...            
            
        How DA bigwigs used white councillor to out black leader
                DA federal council chair Helen Zille, former DA MP Mike Waters, and former chief whip Natasha Mazzone have allegedly piggybacked and used the sexual...            
            
        ActionSA dragged to court for EFF-style purge
                ActionSA is facing legal action for copying the EFF’s consequence management policy when it dismissed its councillors for failing to meet the party’s recruitment...            
            
        General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s story immortalised in song
                Award-winning music producer Brian “Oufadas” Saul has struck gold with his latest release, “Mkhwanazi: Hero,” a stirring Afro-soul anthem that has taken social media...            
            
        OPINION: Jacob Zuma’s political DNA runs in Floyd Shivambu’s leadership veins
                Like father, like son — or shall we say, like mentor, like mentee. Floyd Nyiko Shivambu, leader of the Afrika Mayibuye Movement, has officially...            
            
        





























