153 Former President Jacob Zuma made a dramatic return to the political stage on Sunday, telling thousands of uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) supporters at Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu that the ANC-led…
Category: Politics
Malema’s Tshela Thupa line of march: win or die at Orlando
241 EFF leader Julius Malema returned to Orlando Stadium, where he once bid farewell to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, to deliver his final battle cry to thousands in red ahead of the November 4…
Tau’s last gamble to save AGOA as trade offers face US deadline on Monday
202 On Monday, the United States will announce whether South Africa will keep its duty-free access to the world’s largest market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for 2027. Trade,…
Steyn City case haunts Pule Mabe as R27m Tuk-Tuk mansion and porsche stay frozen
216 Two years after the Special Tribunal locked down his Steyn City mansion and his Porsche, former ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe is learning that luxury bought with litigation does not move….
‘I’m not a praise singer’: MPs clash over army deployment
205 A row broke out in Parliament’s defence committee on Friday after an ANC MP said MPs could not question President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to send soldiers into KwaZulu-Natal. ANC MP Tshilidzi…
DSAC admits paying USIBA R1.5m with no invoices.
168 The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has admitted it handed CCIFSA another R1.5 million for the USIBA awards without a single invoice in hand. CCIFSA’s report on the first R10…
Water woes, jobs and party loyalty shape voters’ views ahead of elections
188 As political parties ramp up campaigns ahead of Wednesday’s local government elections, voters in different parts of Hammanskraal, where service delivery has collapsed, are weighing basic service failures, jobs and long-held…
DSAC has no idea what CCIFSA’s 2019 conference cost
185 The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture ran the process that led to CCIFSA’s 2019 elective conference in Mpumalanga. Now it cannot say how much it spent. The money was never…
Electoral Court dismisses DA challenge to party lists
187 The Electoral Court has dismissed the DA’s legal challenge against ActionSA, the EFF, GOOD Party and the MK Party over their submission of single-name proportional representation (PR) candidate lists for the…
Mashaba to question Soweto housing allocations
183 ActionSA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba will on Saturday ,31 October visit Soweto to engage residents who have been waiting for housing allocations following the recent handover of 300 housing units…