Politics

FF Plus throws 11 mayoral candidates into Gauteng coalition battle

The Freedom Front Plus has fielded mayoral candidates across Gauteng’s three metros and eight other municipalities, setting up contests against some of the province’s...

ANC North West secretary rallies troops after candidate list process

ANC North West provincial secretary Louis Diremelo has rallied party structures and alliance partners to move into campaign mode after the conclusion of the...

Feroz Khan’s labour court papers detail gunshot injuries, mental trauma

Major General Feroz Khan arrived at Netcare Milpark Hospital after a gunshot on 28 June tore into his abdomen and lodged close to his...

SA’s masochist masses: Why voters keep going back for more ANC...

South African voters must be the kinkiest masochists on the planet, besides Trump’s die-hard MAGA faithful. I can’t think of any other people on earth...

Expelled MK Party MPs set lawyers on Zuma, Parliament

Two MK Party (MKP) leaders, Pumlani Kubukeli and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, have sent letters of demand to the party and Speaker Thoko Didiza challenging their...

The midnight Durban meeting that broke the MK Party leadership team

A late-night meeting at Durban’s Maharani Hotel in July, where uMkhonto weSizwe Party president Jacob Zuma and senior officials allegedly discussed a forensic report...

Tshwane boss escapes most charges as metro woes deepens

A confidential forensic report on Tshwane city manager Johann Mettler has been revealed after being discussed in a private council meeting. It shows that the...

Luthuli House’s Eastern Cape list heads for yet another court fight

The ANC has walked into another possible courtroom battle in the Eastern Cape after secretary-general Fikile Mbalula submitted a councillor list that Lwazi Rotya,...

Mbalula halts ANC’s Morero showdown

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has intervened to save Joburg mayor Dada Morero from further humiliation at the hands of his ANC regional colleagues. Mbalula called...

Panic in ANC as election lists implode

The ANC entered the final stages of compiling its candidate lists for the 2026 elections with unresolved procedural failures countrywide, forcing its top leaders...