Politics

Ten North West municipalities ask to carry over unspent grants

Ten North West municipalities have asked the National Treasury for permission to carry unspent infrastructure grants into the new financial year, despite the province...

‘PKTT kidnapped me to implicate Mkhwanazi rivals’

A KwaZulu-Natal detective has opened a criminal case of kidnapping, intimidation and theft against members of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), alleging that...

IEC faces questions about how EFF ward candidate’s name vanished

An EFF ward candidate in Msunduzi, KwaZulu-Natal, has become the latest test of the IEC’s certified councillor list after the party said its Ward...

DCS rocked by damning audit as food contract comes under fire

The Department of Correctional Services has been hit with a disclaimer audit opinion for 2025/26 after the auditor-general flagged procurement failures, including problems in...

Rape survivor blasts police probe

The 24-year-old woman who survived an attack believed to have been carried out by the so-called Kempton Park rapists has lambasted the police for...

Mineral wealth opens another front in SA-US row

Mining has emerged as a new flashpoint in the increasingly strained relationship between South Africa and the US, with Pretoria resisting pressure for US...

Zuma gets reined in as court reinstates expelled MK Party leaders

The Cape Town High Court has turned tables on MK Party leader Jacob Zuma after it has overturned the expulsion of the two senior...

Queenin Masuabi | US-SA fallout shows cracks in the Rainbow Nation

South Africa’s worsening relationship with the US is exposing cracks in the country’s long-promoted image as the Rainbow Nation. The latest example came this week...

Lamola on UN Security Council: Africa must have a seat where...

South Africa’s push for a permanent African seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is not simply about feeling included at the diplomatic...

Tshwarelo eseng Mogakane | DD Mabuza’s political sons go to war...

All roads lead to November 4. And one baritone hymn is making waves in the province of the rising sun: “Sinenkinga maComrade.” Perhaps not a...