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Fort Hare SRC president suspended amid allegations of political silencing

The University of Fort Hare has erupted into controversy after the abrupt suspension of its SRC president, Aphelele Khalakahla, a move that has sent...

DA wants Tshwane mayor to fire finance MMC over property owing...

Tshwane DA leader Cilliers Brink has called on Mayor Nasiphi Moya to fire Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise from his position of Finance MMC. Speaking at...

‘Criminal justice system sabotaged’: Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi tells Madlanga commission

KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says he called a media briefing on July 6 to inform the public about the challenges that the...

Infrastructure development key in Panyaza Lesufi’s plan to fight construction mafia

The Gauteng government has highlighted measures to improve infrastructure, including fighting construction mafias and implementing consequence management. This announcement comes after the DA claimed that...

ANC heads to court to challenge employment of ‘unqualified’ KZN municipal...

The Endumeni local municipality, anchored in Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has been plunged into a fresh leadership crisis after opposition councillors filed an urgent...

Operation Dudula plans march to force removal of foreigners from SAHRC

Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula has threatened a march to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) head offices in Parktown to demand of...

Court rebukes North West govt for overreach in Bakgatla chieftaincy

The Supreme Court of Appeal judgment last week highlighted systemic failures in the administration of traditional leadership disputes under the North West Traditional Leadership...

Calls mounting for Free State premier’s spin doctor to be axed

Troubles are mounting for Free State premier’s spin doctor, Matshediso Setai, as calls for her head grow. This comes after Sunday World published an article...

Bolsheviks Party wants action on Polokwane mayor, municipal manager fraud case

The Boksheviks Party of South Africa in Limpopo has criticised the mayor of Polokwane Municipality and the municipal manager for taking the Hawks to...

Cyril Ramaphosa slams ‘deafening silence’ as governance failures leave communities dry

The persistent failure of local governments to deliver basic services, such as water, has become a glaring indictment of governance in the North West. Speaking...

ATM lashes Human Rights Commission: ‘It didn’t act when poison killed...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has come under fire from Vuyo Zungula, the parliamentary leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), who...

SA Human Rights Commission confirms employing foreigner in senior management

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has dismissed allegations that it is led by foreign nationals. This news comes after a public outrage that...

High court rules Edgar Lungu’s body must return to Zambia

The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the Lungu family's final attempt to prevent the repatriation of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's remains to his...

Only a fool will vote for ANC after Cyril Ramaphosa showered...

Political analyst Xolani Dube says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent compliments on the DA local governance strategy have confirmed that the ANC can no longer...

KZN municipality flagged for appointing ill-qualified employee as manager

The IFP-run Uphongolo local municipality has been directed to reverse the appointment of Mgabadeli Mbatha as the acting municipal manager, as he is not...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa demands quick action on leaks, sewage spills

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered councillors across the country to act quickly on water and sanitation problems in their communities, giving them just 48...

Well-resourced people on mission to kill councillors, says Panyaza Lesufi

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has raised alarm over the rising number of councillors being targeted and even killed. Speaking at GoldRush Dome, FNB Stadium, during...

MK Party demands Madlanga commission postponed pending court challenge

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) is demanding that the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry be suspended until after the hearing of the party's Pretoria...

Minister Angie Motshekga, deputies slammed for R20m travel costs

ActionSA chief whip Lerato Ngobeni has accused Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga and her deputies, Bantu Holomisa and Richard Mkhungo, of wasting...

Jacob Zuma’s daughter attacks MK Party

Thuthukile Zuma, the daughter of  MK Party president Jacob Zuma, has likened her father’s party to an amoeba, saying that it is shapeless, directionless,...

R8 million boost for young entrepreneurs, job creation in Tshwane

The City of Tshwane has unveiled a new youth empowerment strategy, the Ithuba Youth Economic Development Programme (IYEDP). An initial R8 million has already been...

Auditor-General owed a staggering R1.8bn by municipalities, SOEs

Parliament has revealed that government entities and municipalities owe the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) a total of R1.83 billion in unpaid fees. Wouter Wessels,...

Re-opened Steve Bantu Biko inquest postponed to November

The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid icon and Black Consciousness Movement founder Stephen Bantu Biko has been adjourned to November 12, 2025,...

ActionSA’s Zwakele Mncwango backs suspended departmental CFO

ActionSA KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Zwakele Mncwango has expressed support for suspended CFO of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, Zinhle Buthelezi, saying she has...

MK Women’s League wants GBV declared state of emergency

The uMkhonto weSizwe Women’s League (MKWL) national secretary, Lindi Mtshali, has expressed sorrow for the brutal killing of two women in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. The...

State spends R54bn on jobs programmes with little to show for...

The South African government spends R54-billion every year on labour market interventions but the money is not producing the big changes needed in fighting...

MPs frustrated as Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi unavailable for key parly hearing; EFF...

Revelations that KwaZulu-Natal’s top cop, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will not appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee as the first witness was a point of...

Why EFF wants all adults automatically registered to vote

The EFF is pushing ahead with its plans to have it become law for all South African citizens over the age of 16 to...

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