248 The ANC in Ekurhuleni has wielded the axe, expelling three members with immediate effect and forcing a fourth councillor to voluntarily step aside in a sweeping purge aimed at enforcing discipline…
Category: Politics
Ward 28 councillor defies party orders, takes nomination fight to High Court
270 The ANC is facing yet another internal rebellion on the eve of the November 2026 local government elections, after Ward 28 councillor Nomvula Seelane defied party orders and hauled the ANC…
Mantashe storms out of COSATU Congress as Alliance cracks explode into open
186 The Tripartite Alliance is tearing at the seams, and it showed on Monday when ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe dramatically walked out of COSATU’s 15th National Congress after refusing to be…
New party MIV targets Limpopo water crisis, bad roads amid Molemole graft probe
212 A brand-new political party has entered the fray in Limpopo with a promise – fix the taps, fix the roads, and fix the local economy that has left residents stranded. The…
ConCourt reserves ruling on ANC’s last-ditch bid to save 181 candidates, promises swift decision
234 The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment on the ANC’s desperate attempt to force its way back onto the ballot in six municipalities, but has promised it will not keep the country…
Losi drags COSATU back from brink as divided 15th Congress finally resumes
166 COSATU President Zingiswa Losi on Monday dragged the country’s biggest trade union federation back from self-destruction, opening its 15th National Congress with an admission that factions have humiliated the movement and…
Chirwa case not enrolled as MP accuses police colonel
174 The assault case against EFF MP Naledi Chirwa was not enrolled at the Hatfield Magistrate’s Court on Monday because the police investigation is incomplete. Chirwa has also publicly named the senior…
AG confirms fraud in McKenzie department’s grant payouts
164 The Auditor-General has confirmed fraud by some beneficiaries who received money from Gayton McKenzie’s Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC). They doctored the proofs of payment they handed in to…
NFP brands IFP ‘enemy of the people’ over army call
168 The National Freedom Party (NFP) in KwaZulu-Natal has called the IFP “the enemy of the people”. It has accused Premier Thami Ntuli of autocracy over his call for soldiers to deal…
How did she get the job? Robben Island CEO underfire
152 Leanne Williams’s appointment as Robben Island Museum CEO has come under scrutiny. This after MPs heard that she was initially excluded from the shortlist for allegedly failing to meet the minimum…