Politics

Game-changing R1bn Vunumoya positions SA as clean-power leader

South Africa hit a world-class clean-energy milestone as Seriti Green handed over the R1-billion Vunumoya main transmission station (MTS) to Eskom, energised ahead of...

Mashaba’s hardline deportation demand for 2026 power sharing

Herman Mashaba has declared that any party refusing to support the mass deportation of undocumented foreigners will be excluded from coalition governments with ActionSA,...

Cyril stares down coup plotters

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dramatic “meltdown” at a recent ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting was directed at deputy ministers Mondli Gungubele and Joe Phaahla...

Tension between land reform department and black farmers rages on

The war between the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development and the Izwi Labantu Forum (ILF), a lobby organisation fighting for marginalised black...

NWDC in turmoil as MEC, interim board and the CEO clash

The North West Development Corporation (NWDC) has been thrust into a governance crisis, with tensions escalating between MEC for economic development, environment, conservation and...

ANC Limpopo branch NGC resolutions call for blue-light ban and GNU...

A bold set of resolutions from the ANC’s Phusela branch in the Norman Mashabane Region in Limpopo has called for a full ban on...

Wrap: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s testimony closes off Ad Hoc committee for...

Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has closed its hearings for the year. This ended in...

EFF demands ConCourt release of Phala Phala judgment

The streets of Johannesburg were flooded in red as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) marched to the Constitutional Court on Friday to submit a...

Ad Hoc Committee sittings to resume in 2026

Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has ended its work for the year after several weeks...

Afrika Mayibuye leadership cracks deepen as second deputy president quits

Floyd Shivambu’s fledgling political party, the Afrika Mayibuye Movement, has been dealt another blow following the resignation of its remaining deputy president, Robert Nwedo,...

Vusimuzi Matlala sends message to Jerry Boshoga’s mother

Alleged drug cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala says he offered to pay R5-million towards the rescue of missing farmer Jerry Boshoga if the family...

‘Jerry Boshoga was drug dealing when he went missing’ — Vusimuzi...

Alleged drug cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has told Parliament’ ad hoc committee that missing farmer Jerry Boshoga was on his way to fetch...

Date set for motion of no confidence vote against KwaZulu-Natal premier

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has brought a vote of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli, and the debate and voting will...

Ramaphosa irked as ANC Youth League wars steal G20 limelight

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday called ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to stop ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leaders from stealing the limelight from him in...

Cyril Ramaphosa labels Donald Trump decision not to invite SA to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed disappointment after US President Donald Trump decided not to invite South Africa to the 2026 G20. The summit is set...

ANC leader slaughters goats, sheep to appease his ancestors after near-death...

Free State ANC provincial secretary Polediso “Dihelele” Motsoeneng slaughtered goats and sheep over the weekend to thank his ancestors for saving him from the...

‘I gave Bheki Cele R500K, stopped when he wanted more’ —...

Attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has contradicted former police minister Bheki Cele’s testimony, accusing him of lying under oath to parliament. While Cele told the...

MPs rebuke Vusimuzi Matlala for withholding answers under oath

Alleged Big Five drug cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has raised concerns about responding to questions on the R360-million Medicare24 Tshwane District SAPS health...

Ten things Cyril Ramaphosa said at the G20 summit and why?

At the G20, a ritual gathering of global powers, President Cyril Ramaphosa's statements were not just policy positions; they were performances aimed at reshaping...

SACP’s election gambit sets stage for crucial ANC showdown

A crucial bilateral meeting between the ANC and the SACP on Monday is expected to be dominated by the political firestorm surrounding the communists’...

Mkhwebane threatened with ‘suspension’ over MKP laptop fight

MK Party leaders in Mpumalanga are in a squabble over a party laptop, with one suspended leader trying to suspend his nemesis in a...

Opinion | What if we’ve been thinking about the G20 all...

For most of us, when we think of the G20, we see the photos of world leaders in suits and imagine a political meeting....

International journalists dismiss Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims

A senior research editor at Issue Insight has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims of a so-called “white genocide” in South Africa, describing the...

South Africa closes off G20 Presidency with call for unity

South Africa has officially closed its year-long G20 Presidency, marking the end of a historic chapter as the first African country to host the...

US must convince G20 members to block South Africa, says Ntshavheni

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the US will need to convince all other members of the G20 if they want to block...

GNU partners ponder life post-Ramaphosa

As the country wonders about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s political future, the government of national unity (GNU) is facing questions about its future. Bantu Holomisa, the...

SA’s G20 Social Summit pushes social justice to centre stage

South Africa used its presidency of the G20 Social Summit to force an uncomfortable question back into global economics and politics. Can the world...

G20 is meant to fix your job and your wallet

The big G20 meeting this weekend on South African soil is mainly a discussion about managing the world’s economy. The summit brings around the table...