Politics

ANC candidate fight sparks violence claims

A police case for assault and intimidation, along with a looming protection order, has overshadowed the ANC ward councillor candidate selection process for the...

Maturing EFF eyes municipal breakthrough

Before balloons drifted into the Thohoyandou sky and campaign songs faded, one question lingered over the EFF’s 13th birthday celebration: can the party finally...

Inside Bosa’s dramatic expulsion of Allie over payment of party fees

Bosa member of the Gauteng provincial legislature Ayanda Allie was this week expelled from the party against the recommendation of the chairperson of the...

‘Phala Phala exposes how judiciary protects power’

Vuka Azania leader Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane says the Phala Phala case exposed a legal system too closely aligned with political and economic power. Sikhakhane said...

Buthelezi: I approved the process, not Molisane

Public pervice and administration Minister Mzamo Buthelezi has extricated his office from the controversy in the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation’s (DPME) move...

Tshwane council decisions under court scrutiny

Tshwane executive mayor Nasiphi Moya says the municipality’s responses to court challenges over the appointment processes involving the municipal manager and chief financial officer...

The 13 votes that changed Tshwane and set off a legal...

A disputed decision to remove 13 councillors’ votes from a Tshwane council tally has become the decisive battleground in a court fight over the...

Probe flags R33m diverted MK Party funds

About R33-million in MK Party funds may have been diverted into bank accounts operating outside the party’s authorised financial system, according to a forensic...

MKP president Jacob Zuma curtails Sibonelo Nomvalo’s powers

MK Party president Jacob Zuma has moved to place secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo’s office directly under his control, transferring its administrative authority to the Office...

Donald Trump weighs bigger Iran strikes as two-front risk grows

US President Donald Trump has said he is "seriously considering" launching a larger military campaign against Iran, while escalating tensions in the Red Sea...