Politics
They hate DA more than Lesufi, that’s how premier Panyaza Lesufi...
The political project known as the Gauteng Government of Provincial Unity will live to fight another day. The immediate threat passed on Friday when...
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi survives motion of no confidence
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has survived a motion of no confidence tabled by the Democratic Alliance.
The motion received 24 nods, while 54 members voted...
Floyd Shivambu, ex-deputy’s new party reject calls for enquiry on black...
Former Afrika Mayibuye Movement deputy president Nolubabalo Mcinga has resurfaced under an embryonic movement that is calling for South Africans to reject a proposal...
Police ministry chief of staff Cedrick Nkabinde faces perjury, obstruction charges
The EFF has expressed frustration over what it describes as deliberate dishonesty before parliament, saying this anger is what pushed the party to open...
Threats of perjury case fly against Cedric Nkabinde over unreliable statement
The EFF has threatened to open a criminal case against the chief of staff in the police ministry, Cedric Nkabinde, after he admitted to...
I do not recall Brown Mogotsi talking to me, says police...
Chief of staff in the police ministry, Cedric Nkabinde, has denied communicating with Brown Mogotsi on WhatsApp, saying the controversial businessman would send "stupid" messages...
South Africa’s communists grapple with existential electoral gamble
An internal challenge is threatening to upend the SACP’s landmark decision to end its decades-long electoral alliance with the ruling ANC.
Blade Nzimande, the party’s...
R54bn revitalisation funding for metro municipalities
Government unlocked R54-billion performance-based funding for metro municipalities to improve infrastructure and service delivery over the next six years.
This metro trading services reform was...
ANC activist says the NGC a final opportunity for party to...
A member of the ANC's international relations subcommittee, Abner Mosaase, shared an internal critique demanding that the party voluntarily cull its dominant political power...
Mathews Phosa proposes direct presidential elections to combat ‘crisis of trust’
Senior South African business and political figure Mathews Phosa has issued a stark warning that the nation is “sitting on a powder keg” of...
SACP wields truth as scalpel, exposes Trump’s ‘white genocide’ propaganda
In the turbulent arena of international discourse, where narratives are wielded as strategic weapons, a recent statement from the SACP cuts a definitive line...
Parliament grills Shamila Batohi over Phala Phala case
The unresolved questions around the Phala Phala farm scandal took centre stage on Tuesday as National Director for Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi told Members...
ANC NWC clears disputed Limpopo regions of wrongdoing
The ANC National Working Committee (NWC) has moved to bring finality to internal disputes in Limpopo, ratifying all regional conferences in the province while...
SA’s communists decry ‘Same aGAIN’ economic plan as inequality festers
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has launched a searing critique of the government’s proposed new economic framework, labelling it the “Same aGAIN” strategy...
Shamila Batohi under fire over prosecutor ‘involved’ in organised crime
Shamila Batohi, the national director for public prosecutions, has come under fire for not naming a prosecutor who is allegedly connected to organised crime.
Batohi...
Vusi Matlala ad hoc committee testimony could be heard in safe...
The parliamentary ad hoc committee plans to hear the testimony from alleged Big Five cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala for the last three days...
ActionSA’s Xolani Khumalo sworn in as Ekurhuleni councillor: ‘We’ll clean out...
Xolani Khumalo, the ActionSA mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni, was sworn in as a council member on Monday, vowing to start the battle to repair...
Mayor appeals to Ramaphosa for SIU probe amid corruption allegations
The embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality has formally requested President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe allegations of systemic corruption,...
Jacob Zuma Foundation accuses state of waging political war on Duduzile
The Jacob G Zuma Foundation is claiming that the 2021 July unrest incitement case against former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, is driven...
Premier Panyaza Lesufi calls for police probe as G20 infrastructure is...
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has called on law enforcement to intervene amid a wave of alarming infrastructure and signage vandalism in Johannesburg ahead of...
Maqueen’s ‘fierce’ nemesis faces axe from top government job
A top Free State government official and nemesis of the provincial premier could be fired from her plush job after being found guilty of...
SACP warned of bloodshed in KZN if it contests ANC in...
The central committee (CC) of the SACP has been warned that its decision to contest next year’s local government elections against the ANC, its...
MPs buried call to probe Cele over PKTT meddling, says...
Human rights activist Mary de Haas has accused parliament of ignoring her warnings that former police minister Bheki Cele interfered in the work of...
‘Big Five’ implicated in kidnappings for ransom
The notorious “Big Five” cartel, which the South African police alleges specializes in drug trafficking and contract killings, is also implicated in a series...
Lesufi and Nkomo-Ralehoko fall out over ascendancy to ANC throne
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko are having a falling out after he allegedly reneged on their initial agreement to hand...
How Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni snubbed the ‘Big Five’ cartel
Taxi tycoon Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has demonstrated that he is not an average Joe when he ended his bromance with the late former taxi...
MK Party whips call out Makhubele’s R1.8m mystery deal and “spousal”...
MK Party chief whip Colleen Makhubele allegedly pushed a R1.8-million contract with the party for a company linked to her "spouse" and sought a...
ANC confirms Senzo Mchunu’s voluntary step-aside plea
The African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has expressed his willingness to step aside from all organisational work,...
