114 President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday learn whether the Western Cape High Court will halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry while his broader legal challenge against the independent panel report into…
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Pule aims to steady embattled SASSA, acknowledges criticism over Cabinet return
151 Facing mounting complaints over long queues and confusion surrounding grant reviews, Social Development Minister Dina Pule unveiled a turnaround plan for the embattled South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), aiming to…
Malema Rules Out DA and FF+ Coalition Deals
169 EFF leader Julius Malema says his party will not enter an alliance with the Democratic Alliance (DA) or Freedom Front Plus (FF+). Malema made the declaration while addressing delegates at a…
High Court Orders Oral Evidence in Escalating Malema and Mchunu Legal Battle
166 The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the latest chapter in the legal dispute between Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and social commentator Ngizwe Mchunu will require…
Parliament rejects Ndhlela’s bid to halt loss of MP seat
173 Parliament has rejected former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela’s request to suspend the termination of his National Assembly membership, saying his loss of office took effect automatically under the…
Section 89 committee presses ahead with preparations as court reserves judgment in Ramaphosa bid
163 Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee will continue preparing for president Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment inquiry despite his attempt to halt the process, with committee chairperson Makashule Gana saying its work will proceed…
Court probes Ramaphosa’s claim that impeachment inquiry would cause ‘irreparable harm’
202 President Cyril Ramaphosa’s attempt to halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry came under judicial scrutiny, with judges questioning his legal team on claims the process would cause him irreparable reputational harm…
ANC expected Zandile Gumede to join MK Party, says Mbalula
162 The ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party had anticipated former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede’s defection to the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, insisting her departure had come as no surprise. Speaking…
DA, Venetia Mine, De Beers, Limpopo, Jacques Smalle, Gwede Mantashe, mining, job losses
151 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo has called on the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) and the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) to urgently account…
DA launches urgent court bid over Tshwane council votes on Mettler and Mnisi
201 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched an urgent application in the Gauteng Division of the High Court to overturn two City of Tshwane council decisions. The decisions relate to the precautionary…