126 Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie was behind a R2.9 million payout to boxing legends that was not included in Boxing SA’s approved budget.The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture confirmed that it…
Category: Politics
Brink Vows Different Approach for Tshwane Leadership
127 Tshwane DA’s mayoral candidate, Cilliers Brink wants his old job back, but says he won’t do it the old way. The former mayor for the capital, was ousted after 18 months…
Moja Love threatened with legal action over unaired Zille debate
129 ActionSA and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party have given Moja Love until 15 October to broadcast a political debate recorded in Soweto in August, warning that they will take legal action if…
DIRCO, BMA Distances Itself from Controversial Report
179 The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has distanced itself from explosive allegations that the Kingdom of Eswatini has been secretly releasing US deportees at night into SA through informal…
MK Party denies Zuma hospital scare, says it was routine check-up
202 The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has denied reports that former president Jacob Zuma was rushed to a KwaZulu-Natal hospital after falling ill in Msinga on Tuesday, insisting he was only there for…
MK’s Baloyi Pitches 10-Point Plan for Joburg
125 MK Party mayoral hopeful Bongani Baloyi has told Johannesburg voters that fixing the metro will require more than another change of mayor – it will require a plan that survives the…
Portfolio committee flags SASSA failures over grants to dead
143 Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Social Development has raised the alarm over serious failures in SASSA’s payment controls after it emerged that social grants were still being paid to dead beneficiaries and…
How Mbalula’s Court Battles Impact the ANC’s Future
170 As the ANC heads into make-or-break local government elections on 4 November, the party is facing a triple legal blow – and at the centre of all three is Secretary-General Fikile…
DA Under Fire Over Affordable Housing Delivery Issues
199 While the DA says its track record in the Western Cape proves its governance model works, its delivery record in working-class townships and on inner-city affordable housing is facing renewed scrutiny….
DSAC admits it failed to oversee SAIDS spending
167 The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture failed to properly oversee the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS), with a senior official admitting he did not know how the entity…