Politics

SA’s masochist masses: Why voters keep going back for more ANC...

South African voters must be the kinkiest masochists on the planet, besides Trump’s die-hard MAGA faithful. I can’t think of any other people on earth...

Expelled MK Party MPs set lawyers on Zuma, Parliament

Two MK Party (MKP) leaders, Pumlani Kubukeli and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, have sent letters of demand to the party and Speaker Thoko Didiza challenging their...

The midnight Durban meeting that broke the MK Party leadership team

A late-night meeting at Durban’s Maharani Hotel in July, where uMkhonto weSizwe Party president Jacob Zuma and senior officials allegedly discussed a forensic report...

Tshwane boss escapes most charges as metro woes deepens

A confidential forensic report on Tshwane city manager Johann Mettler has been revealed after being discussed in a private council meeting. It shows that the...

Luthuli House’s Eastern Cape list heads for yet another court fight

The ANC has walked into another possible courtroom battle in the Eastern Cape after secretary-general Fikile Mbalula submitted a councillor list that Lwazi Rotya,...

Mbalula halts ANC’s Morero showdown

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has intervened to save Joburg mayor Dada Morero from further humiliation at the hands of his ANC regional colleagues. Mbalula called...

Panic in ANC as election lists implode

The ANC entered the final stages of compiling its candidate lists for the 2026 elections with unresolved procedural failures countrywide, forcing its top leaders...

Mashatile’s health a mystery

Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s prolonged a sence from public duties has turned the management of his health information into a test of government communication,...

Troubled pasts cast shadow over ANC’s mayoral picks

The ANC’s mayoral selection process has brought back into focus several candidates with controversial political histories, including a former councillor who served a prison...

SAPS guns for ailing Khan

The SAPS has been hauled before the Labour Court over its decision to threaten injured senior crime intelligence officer, Major General Feroz Khan, with...