Politics
Elections 2026 | Mashaba’s right-hand man eyes Joburg’s economic revival
A former diplomat who helped establish South Africa's diplomatic presence in Rwanda from a hotel in Kigali is preparing for another formidable assignment: helping...
Elections 2026 | Mandla Ndlovu returns home with grandmother’s promise
"Swi ta hela, n'wananga."
Those were the comforting words Mandla Ndlovu's grandmother offered him when poverty and hardship weighed heavily on their household.
"It will come...
Elections 2026 | ‘Asinavalo’ singer Gamelihle Mbuyane changes tune as MKP...
For years, Gamelihle Mbuyane supplied the soundtrack to the African National Congress (ANC)'s political ambitions, singing the praises of its presidents and stirring thousands...
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...
