116 Re-elected ANC Johannesburg Regional Secretary Sasabona Manganye says the party holds fundamental ideological differences with the DA, but it will not dismiss it as a potential coalition partner after the November…
Category: Politics
Rich are turning farmland into houses, dept admits
107 The Department of Agriculture has admitted that wealthy landowners are converting South Africa’s farmland into housing developments, eating into the land available to produce food.Deputy director-general Dipepeneneng Serage told Parliament’s Portfolio…
Mashatile back at Limpopo investment conference after missing Alexandra campaign
118 Deputy President Paul Mashatile will return to the public stage on Thursday to deliver the keynote address at the 6th Limpopo Investment Conference, just days after pulling out of an ANC…
Losi faces Phetoe for SG as Shingange battles Cele for COSATU President in high-stakes vote
147 COSATU’s leadership war is now official after nominations for national office bearers closed at Emperor’s Palace, setting up a heavyweight showdown between outgoing President Zingiswa Losi and outgoing General Secretary Solly…
COSATU goes behind closed doors as lobbying for top posts intensifies at Ekurhuleni Congress
154 COSATU’s 15th National Elective Congress will go behind closed doors on Tuesday as delegates thrash out the federation’s future and intensify backroom lobbying for national office bearer positions at Emperor’s Palace….
Mantashe fallout ignites COSATU war but federation pushes ahead with elections
156 COSATU will push ahead with its high-stakes leadership elections on Tuesday despite a bruising war of words between delegates and ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe that has exposed the Tripartite Alliance’s…
McKenzie denies reversing Robert Sobukwe Town renaming
155 Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has denied claims that he has reversed the renaming of Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town, insisting that no court has ruled on the controversial…
ANC in Ekurhuleni purges three councillors, forces fourth to step aside ahead of polls
157 The ANC in Ekurhuleni has wielded the axe, expelling three members with immediate effect and forcing a fourth councillor to voluntarily step aside in a sweeping purge aimed at enforcing discipline…
Ward 28 councillor defies party orders, takes nomination fight to High Court
174 The ANC is facing yet another internal rebellion on the eve of the November 2026 local government elections, after Ward 28 councillor Nomvula Seelane defied party orders and hauled the ANC…
Mantashe storms out of COSATU Congress as Alliance cracks explode into open
140 The Tripartite Alliance is tearing at the seams, and it showed on Monday when ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe dramatically walked out of COSATU’s 15th National Congress after refusing to be…