133 The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has gone all-in on Johannesburg, deploying its former president Vuyo Zungula as its mayoral candidate for the country’s richest metro in a bold bid to end…
Category: Politics
Chaos at Cosatu Congress: Shingange’s Suspension Dispute
135 The Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu)15th national congress descended into chaos on Monday, with its elective conference delayed after delegates refused to proceed without clarity on the suspension of…
ANC Tshwane and Joburg branches march on Luthuli House
148 The ANC’s march to the November 4 local government elections is turning into a march on itself. On Monday, angry ANC members from Tshwane and Johannesburg descended on the party’s headquarters,…
Chikane rubbishes legal action rumours against ANC
140 ANC veteran Frank Chikane has dismissed as “fake” reports that he is taking the ANC to court over the omission of his name from the party’s IEC candidate lists. Chikane said…
Dlamini-Zuma drags Mbuyiseni Ndlozi in her court battle with Mbalula
137 Former Cabinet Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has questioned why ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has targeted her over remarks made on a podcast hosted by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi while leaving the former EFF…
Cosatu to decide between ANC and SACP at congress next week as alliance fractures
154 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is caught between a rock and a hard place, forced to choose between its two most powerful allies — the ANC and the…
‘Jou ma se p…’: Minister Majodina’s Outburst Explained
183 Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina is facing mounting calls to be sanctioned by President Cyril Ramaphosa after she hurled a vulgar insult at a member of the public during a…
Lesufi blasted for paying e-tolls, not schools
177 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has launched a blistering counter-attack against the Democratic Alliance after the party lodged a formal challenge in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature accusing his government of choosing e-toll…
EXCLUSIVE: ANC NEC member Andile Lungisa drags ANC and Mbalula to court over Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral snub
180 Embattled ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Andile Lungisa has hauled his own party and its secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to the High Court, after he was abruptly removed as the ANC’s…
Chaos, Purges, and ‘Bad Advice’ as MK Party Unravels
168 56 days before voters go to the polls, uMkhonto weSizwe Party led by former president Jacob Zuma is tearing itself apart from the inside -with senior insiders blaming a president surrounded…