Politics

SA Zionist Federation raises alarm over Apartheid Bill

The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) has thrown its weight behind the opposition of the proposed Implementation of the International Convention on the Suppression...

Cyril Ramaphosa hits back at Donald Trump in Reconciliation Day address

President Cyril Ramaphosa used his 2025 National Reconciliation Day speech to challenge misleading narratives about South Africa, following recent comments from US President Donald...

Building GNU through diversity: John Steenhuisen’s Reconciliation Day message

DA leader John Steenhuisen has used Reconciliation Day to reflect on South Africa’s painful past as well as the challenges and promise of governing...

EFF rejects Reconciliation Day, calls it meaningless without justice

The EFF has dismissed the Day of Reconciliation as premature and dishonest, saying South Africa cannot claim unity while crimes committed during apartheid remain...

MK Party rejects claims of no confidence motion defeat, defends legislature...

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) has defended the violent scenes that unfolded at the KwaZulu-Natal legislature on Monday, insisting the disruption was not random...

Madlanga commission interim report won’t be made public, says Presidency

The Presidency has announced that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System interim report will...

KZN Premier Thami Ntuli survives MK Party’s motion of no confidence

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has once again survived a motion of no confidence brought by uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) over alleged financial mismanagement and...

MKP spends ‘R700K’ to bus supporters for Thami Ntuli’s motion of...

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party), led by former president Jacob Zuma, has allocated an estimated R700 000 to cover transport costs in support of...

2025 THE YEAR THAT WAS

Lazzy Mokgosi 6/10 North West Premier Lazzy Mokgosi’s 2025 was an exercise in grim equilibrium. His success is measured not in transformation, but in the...

Salga urges Treasury to release December municipal service delivery funds

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has accused National Treasury of mishandling the process that led to the withholding of the December 2025...

Cogta minister confronts MECs over failing municipalities

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has directly accused five provincial MECs from Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Free State, and North West...

Lungisa, Zikalala face off at NGC over land expropriation policy

Tensions ran high at the ANC national general council (NGC) as debates over the future of South Africa’s land reform programme once again exposed...

ANC vets disown Mashatile presidency endorsement

The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) commander who endorsed Deputy President Paul Mashatile to become the next president of the ANC and the country has...

ActionSA raises objection to Andrea Johnson’s candidacy for NPA top post

ActionSA has intensified concerns over the race to appoint South Africa’s next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), announcing its objection to the candidacy...

Ekurhuleni HR boss in firing line over metro police chief Julius...

The City of Ekurhuleni has confirmed the precautionary suspension of Head of Human Resources Linda Gxasheka, effective immediately. Ekurhuleni Head of Communications, Marketing and Tourism...

Alliance strain deepens as ANC bars SACP from NGC participation

The strain between the African National Congress (ANC) and its long-standing ally, the South African Communist Party (SACP), is becoming increasingly visible as SACP...

ANC NGC flags weak BEE impact, underperforming economy

The ANC has admitted that Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has not delivered broad and meaningful change, marking it as a central concern in the...

Cabinet adopts plan to respond to GBVF crisis

Government has moved to strengthen the country’s response to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), with Cabinet now approving a Programme of Action designed to...

No rush to make Loyiso Masuku mayor, says Fikile Mbalula

African National Congress Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party is not prioritising the possibility of newly elected Johannesburg regional chairperson, Loyiso Masuku, becoming mayor...

ActionSA appeals IPID secrecy over Phala Phala report

ActionSA has lodged a formal appeal after the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) refused to unseal its report on the conduct of the Presidential...

Mmamoloko Kubayi slams DA’s move to interdict NDPP candidates interviews

The Democratic Alliance has issued a letter of intention to interdict the selection process for South Africa’s next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). This...

Entry-level jobs not enough, give leadership roles to youth – ANCYL

ANC Youth League (ANCYL) deputy Secretary-General Olga Seate has called for the mother body to prioritise the youth by granting them leadership roles in...

Veterans League lobbies ANC NGC to make step aside more punitive

The ANC step-aside rule’s most famous champion and ANC Veterans League President Snuki Zikalala says the former liberation movement oldies will not let go...

‘ANC NGC will build strategy for racist minority agenda,’ says Nomvula...

The ANC National General Council (NGC) is set to deliberate on how to respond to right-wing organisations that are backing what the party describes...

From Fikile Mbalula’s report: Six signs the ANC is ailing

If the ANC were a sick patient, ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula’s diagnosis on Monday would reveal that the governing party suffers from systemic...

ANC’s ‘new’ cure reveals history of recycled, failed promises

The diagnosis and cure presented by ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula on Monday in the party’s midterm report at the national general council in...

Fikile Mbalula hints at dumping dual membership to deal with SACP

The ANC national general council (NGC) will have to discuss what is to be done with the SACP after the longtime alliance partner decided...

‘ANC not corrupt, just broke,’ says spin doctor Mahlengi Bhengu

The ANC as an organisation would not be broke if it were a corrupt party, according to party spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu, suggesting that some...
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