43 Embattled Balobedu monarch Queen Masalanabo Modjadji VII has received a major vote of confidence from fellow traditional leaders, being elected Deputy Chairperson of the Forum of South African Majesties just as…
Category: Politics
Cabinet OKs Local Govt White Paper: Key Changes
55 Cabinet has approved the Revised White Paper on Local Government 2026, setting in motion an overhaul of South Africa’s collapsing municipal system just a month before the local government elections. The…
Pule Mabe’s Bid to Dodge SIU Case Fails Again
69 Former ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe’s legal woes are deepening after the Special Tribunal dismissed his attempt to halt the Special Investigating Unit’s civil recovery case against him. The Special Investigating…
ANC Slams DA and ActionSA for Blocking Funding
86 The ANC in Greater Johannesburg has launched a scathing attack on the DA and ActionSA, accusing the two parties of holding the City of Johannesburg hostage to party politics after blocking…
Ramaphosa jets off to Egypt for high-stakes AU Mid-Year summit
49 President Cyril Ramaphosa has left the country for Egypt, where he will join other African leaders for the 8th African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting. The high-level meeting brings together the AU…
Mmusi Maimane and family friend fall out over BOSA top job
65 The close friendship between Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane and his former executive assistant and family friend Tania Coenraad has collapsed like a weakly mounted local government election…
Mashaba declares war on South Africa’s broken municipalities
144 ActionSA president and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba has declared “war” on what he describes as the collapse of local government in South Africa, promising to overhaul failing municipalities if the…
Court Reinstates Two MK Party MPs
151 The Western Cape High Court has ordered uMkhonto weSizwe Party Members of Parliament Pumlani Kubukeli and Dr Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala to be reinstated after they challenged their expulsion from the party in…
Electoral Court rejects MK Party challenge to 2024 election results
135 The Electoral Court has thrown out a legal challenge brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party over the credibility of the 2024 national and provincial election results. The party had questioned…
Ndlozi takes aim at Yengeni over March and March support
179 Former EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has launched a pointed attack on veteran ANC politician Tony Yengeni over his support for the March and March anti-illegal immigration movement and his criticism of…