137 ANC veteran Thami ka Plaatjie has allegedly left the governing party and is set to return to his former political home, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Africa Daily has reliably learnt…
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DA puts Steenhuisen forward for ambassadorial post after Cabinet demotion
122 Former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has emerged as the party’s choice for South Africa’s ambassadorial post to the Netherlands. Africa Daily has reliably learnt that his name forms part…
Steenhuisen faces fresh disciplinary scrutiny in DA
146 Former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen could be hauled before a disciplinary hearing if the party’s Federal Legal Commission (FLC) finds evidence of misconduct against him. Africa Daily can exclusively…
DA wins court bid as Mettler reinstated as Tshwane city manager
139 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has won its urgent High Court application challenging the City of Tshwane council’s decision to suspend city manager Johann Mettler, with the Pretoria High Court ruling that…
’This is the last home’: Former BOSA MPL Ayanda Allie joins ActionSA
137 Former Build One South Africa (BOSA) Gauteng MPL Ayanda Allie has joined ActionSA, declaring the party her ‘last home’ after a fallout with her former party. She has been immediately appointed…
Another MK Party Leader Jumps Ship!
137 Abel Tau, former leader of the now defunct political party, The Transformation Alliance (TTA) Abel Tau, has resigned from the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party with immediate effect.In a resignation letter he…
Malema says Zille, Mashaba no match for EFF’s Joburg mayoral pick
159 EFF leader Julius Malema defended his party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, insisting neither the DA’s Helen Zille nor ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba could be compared to her, while accusing…
Herman Mashaba Backs Vuka Azania, urges Black South Africans to Fund It
134 ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has thrown his support behind the newly launched Vuka Azania movement, calling on Black South Africans to organise themselves, fund institutions that advance their interests and take…
DA tells ANC to accept Emfuleni defeat as party challenges by-election result
136 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has dismissed the ANC’s decision to challenge the outcome of the Emfuleni Ward 28 by-election in the electoral court, saying the governing party should accept that voters…
Mbalula says Ramaphosa has ‘credible case’, accuses opposition of distorting impeachment ruling
148 ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says president Cyril Ramaphosa is advancing a ‘credible case’ in his challenge to the Section 89 process, while cautioning that Parliament’s impeachment inquiry has merely been paused…