83 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed that Special Investigating Unit investigations into the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) are underway, centred on questionable investments and money that has not been repaid. Speaking…
Category: Politics
Lungisa Blasts ‘Painful’ ANC and Its Leadership Issues
62 ANC National Executive Member (NEC) Andile Lungisa has accused ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula of lying under oath and using factionalism to manipulate internal party processes. Lungisa launched the scathing attack on…
Parliament Inquiry Turns Guns on NPA Leaders
58 The probe into South Africa’s broken criminal justice system has taken a dramatic turn, with Parliament’s ad hoc committee now demanding that top prosecutors themselves be investigated for alleged capture by…
Throne War Rages but Queen Masalanabo Triumphs
50 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…
Cabinet OKs Local Govt White Paper: Key Changes
64 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
84 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
109 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
59 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
90 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
158 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…