Politics
Elections 2026 | Mkhwebane’s early ballot examines MK Party’s local ambitions
Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is two days ahead of most South Africans at the ballot box, but her MK Party still has a...
O’Sullivan threatens legal action if Mkhwanazi becomes Hawks head
Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has threatened urgent court action to block the appointment of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the new national...
Elections 2026 | Mary Phadi’s ActionSA comeback faces ballot box test
Mary Phadi has already survived one political divorce. On Wednesday, she faces the ballot box to discover whether voters are prepared to give her...
‘They plotted my exit’: Fired Sibonelo Nomvalo lifts lid on MK...
The former uMkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) secretary-general, Sibonelo Nomvalo who was sent packing by the organisation’s president Jacob Zuma last week Thursday has come...
Cachalia touts Mkhwanazi to be new Hawks head
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is in line to become South Africa’s next Hawks boss, after acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia formally...
Popcru wants Rustenburg court relocated after suspect’s escape
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) says police officers at the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court are holding accused people inside police vans for...
Setumo Stone | Brown Mogotsi’s escape plot under scrutiny
There is a difference between police receiving information that someone intends to escape from custody and establishing that an escape was actually being planned.
There...
EFF’s Maotwe takes on ‘patriarchy’ during Tshwane mayoral debate
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) mayoral candidate Omphile Maotwe and her African National Congress (ANC) counterpart, Tlangi Mogale, have challenged patriarchal attitudes towards women in...
ANC says businessman it owes R40m lost the legal right to...
The ANC has reacted to the lawsuit launched by an aggrieved businessman seeking to claim R40-million from the former liberation movement over services provided...
ELECTIONS: How South Africa’s local election results will be tracked
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has prepared its National Results Operations Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand ahead of the...












