149 AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel has lashed out at the appointment of Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, saying the country needs a principled envoy instead of what…
Category: Politics
ActionSA Wants Phala Phala Probe Reopened
145 ActionSA says it has written to Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to ask for the Phala Phala investigation to be reopened. The party wants her office to examine whether officials linked…
Parliament Lifestyle Audit Delays Raise Red Flags
118 Parliament has raised concerns over the slow pace of lifestyle audit investigations across the public service. According to an update presented to the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, fewer…
MK Party Rejects Roelf Meyer US Envoy Role
119 The MK Party has rejected Roelf Meyer’s appointment as South Africa’s ambassador-designate to the United States, adding its voice to growing criticism around the decision. The party says President Cyril Ramaphosa…
#JoziMermaid Cape Town: Dereleen James Questions Zille
106 ActionSA Member of Parliament Dereleen James has gone viral after asking “Where’s that #JoziMermaid?” while posting images of localised flooding in Cape Town. The remark directly references Helen Zille’s recent high-profile…
South Africa Fires Back at Trump’s Genocide Claim
105 South African leaders have pushed back sharply after US President Donald Trump repeated claims that white South Africans are facing a “genocide”. The remarks were made during a rally in Arizona…
Ramaphosa Calls for Urgent UN Reform Amid Rising Global Tensions
114 Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the United Nations to urgently reassert its role in global affairs, warning that democracy is increasingly under threat from rising nationalism, conflict and deepening inequality. In…
Zuma’s power shift: MK party reconfigured
100 Zuma concluded conventional electoral politics has ‘become a weak mobilising force’. MK party leader Jacob Zuma has announced a reconfiguration of the movement, with the establishment of a new institute to…
DA Unveils Western Cape Mayoral Candidates
110 The Democratic Alliance has announced 11 mayoral candidates for municipalities in the Western Cape ahead of the upcoming local government elections. One name was missing from the list though: Cape Town…
Hill-Lewis Defends DA Salary Top-Ups
70 New DA federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says he sees no problem with the party paying salary “top-ups” to some senior members. Hill-Lewis was responding after a leaked report showed that several…