161 MPs from the DA, ANC and MK Party have questioned the Auditor-General of South Africa’s (AGSA) handling of the Department of Correctional Services’ disastrous audit, raising concerns about how the department’s…
Category: Politics
ANC to learn fate on Thursday as ConCourt rules on 181 candidates
404 The ANC will learn on Thursday whether it can field 181 candidates in six municipalities in next month’s local government elections, when the Constitutional Court delivers judgment on its list debacle….
Presidency plotting chaos with plan to arrest Jacinta-March and March
252 The March and March Movement has attributed the imminent arrest of its leader, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, and her husband, Xolani Zuma, to what it describes as a deliberate strategy by the Presidency…
ANC wins dramatic ConCourt battle, 181 candidates back on ballot
173 The ANC clinched a crucial win at the Constitutional Court on Thursday morning, with South Africa’s top court overturning the Electoral Court ruling and directing the IEC to take all necessary…
Teary Mbalula hails ConCourt ANC win, says Constitution spoke; demands DA GNU review
201 A visibly emotional ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula broke down after the Constitutional Court handed the ANC a lifeline on Thursday morning, declaring that the Constitution had spoken for the people and…
Taxpayers to pay price for ANC ballot blunder after ConCourt ruling
199 South African taxpayers could be forced to absorb a costly election bill after the ANC secured a major victory in the Constitutional Court, paving the way for its 181 excluded candidates…
Moya seeks second term to finish Tshwane work: ‘The foundation is laid’
108 Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says she wants to keep the mayoral chain after the November 4 local government elections to finish the job of rebuilding the capital, warning that a…
Conflict of interest: MPs target Scalabrini adviser
121 MPs have accused Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber of keeping an adviser from the organisation whose court win forced the department’s asylum directive. James Chapman, head of advocacy and legal adviser…
FF Plus Takes Lamola US Dispute to GNU Clearing House
206 The Freedom Front Plus has taken a dispute over International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola’s handling of South Africa’s relationship with the United States to the Government of National Unity’s clearing house….
Siyathatha rally cancellation fuels speculation over Zuma’s worsening health
568 The cancellation of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) Siyathatha Rally – where it was meant to launch its local government election manifesto – has fuelled fresh speculation that former president Jacob…