Politics

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has signalled that he is giving serious thought to a potential bid for the Democratic Alliance’s top leadership post,...

There are politicians who act, politicians who react, and politicians who pause — long enough to narrate the pause, reflect on the pause, and...

Fresh from being slapped with an interim court interdict over alleged death threats to a neighbour, former Gupta mine manager George van der Merwe...

Mpumalanga Premier and provincial ANC chairperson Mandla Ndlovu on Sunday braved the line between church and campaign, stepping behind the pulpit to predict a...

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hopes Washington and Tehran can reach an agreement, responding to warnings from Iran's Supreme Leader...

The African Union (AU) has appointed Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé to lead mediation efforts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling...

Chinese President Xi Jinping met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a UK prime minister to...

The election of City of Johannesburg MMC for Finance Loyiso Masuku as ANC Johannesburg regional chairperson has taken a new turn, amid claims that...

The ANC Gauteng provincial task team has adopted a cautious posture in handling the fallout from the disputed Joburg ANC regional conference, choosing restraint...

The ANC and the EFF are on the cusp of a massive fallout that could create instability in several municipalities and possibly collapse the...

South Africa has declared Israel’s top diplomat persona non grata, ordering him to leave the country within 72 hours, in one of the most...

Lawyers for Ace Magashule’s former PA, Moroadi Cholota, have made the Constitutional Court’s recent warning on state abuses a central tenet of their defence...

A legal challenge to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of the country’s top prosecutor hinges on a landmark Constitutional Court ruling against his predecessor, Jacob...

The Gauteng provincial government has moved to regularise the status of its Crime Prevention Wardens, popularly known as Amapanyaza, following Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed law enforcement authorities to promptly address the criminal and disciplinary referrals found in the Madlanga commission's interim report. Senior police...

Former Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has landed in trouble again, this time after the Northern Cape High Court ordered her to pay legal costs...

Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system on Wednesday was up in arms at what...

The City of Ekurhuleni is mourning the tragic passing of ANC councillor Andile Mngwevu. Mngwevu was the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) responsible for...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on special leave, on Tuesday rejected allegations that he tried to influence key testimony before the Madlanga commission...

Allegations that police stood by while armed protesters blocked access to a coal operation in Mpumalanga have triggered a political storm, raising urgent questions...

The battle over the legitimacy, or lack thereof, of the ANC Joburg regional conference held late last year is far from over. This after a...

Al Jama-ah councillor Kabelo Gwamanda has formally called for the upcoming motion of no confidence against Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero to be conducted by...

ActionSA has announced that two independent political parties have joined hands with it in its green umbrella project patronage with the aim of beefing...

Elections Management and Consulting Agency of Africa (EMCA), a company that presided over the ANC Johannesburg elective conference in December last year, is accusing...

Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has accused the parliamentary committee of deliberately obstructing his attempt to testify, after weeks of unanswered correspondence and what he...

KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major-General Anthony Gopaul on Monday told the Madlanga commission that Senzo Mchunu, who was put on special leave by President Cyril...

The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) has called on the ANC's national executive committee (NEC) and Gauteng provincial executive committee (PEC) to address...

The launch of Patrice Motsepe’s “PM 27 Savumelana” campaign, as first reported by Sunday World last weekend, has sent ripples through South Africa’s political...