Politics

Cosatu slams Ramaphosa’s cabinet changes, questions Dina Pule appointment

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has expressed concern over President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent cabinet changes, criticising the lack of consultation with...

‘They flee one war, face another: Migrants’ struggle to find belonging...

For Hircill Ngoie, South Africa is the only home he has ever known. He arrived in the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...

Ramaphosa under fire over Dina Pule cabinet return

President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to appoint former cabinet minister Dina Pule as minister of social development has drawn sharp criticism from civil society, with...

Michael Beaumont’s open letter to Tony Leon: ‘Please remember to send...

Dear Tony, I have read your statements in the wake of the revelations of the former minister of agriculture's claim that your PR firm, Resolve...

Army deployed to JHB and Durban overnight

Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have been deployed in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal and in Johannesburg, Gauteng, overnight as the Interministerial...

Cyril Ramaphosa removes DA’s Isaac Seithlolo, Samantha Graham-Mare as deputy ministers

Democratic Alliance government deployees Isaac Seitlholo and Samantha Jane Graham-Maré have been officially removed as deputy ministers of water and sanitation and electricity and...

Anti-migrant protest draws small crowd in Cape Town

Despite weeks of hype surrounding the March and March's June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa, only a small crowd...

Operation Ubuntu pushes back against anti-illegal migrant protests

Malvern de Bruyn, the Western Cape provincial secretary of trade union federation Cosatu, defended migrants and refugees during an Operation Ubuntu counter-demonstration on Tuesday,...

Ghost town in Sunnyside as anti-illegal immigration march reach migrant hub

What is usually one of Pretoria’s busiest neighbourhoods, bustling with foreign nationals running salons, spaza shops and small businesses, fell eerily silent on Monday...

SANs have been complaining for more than 20 years, says ATM’s...

African Transformation Movement (ATM) parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula says South Africans are simply exercising their democratically guaranteed right to protest peacefully. Zungula spoke to...