80 A visibly emotional ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula broke down after the Constitutional Court handed the ANC a lifeline on Thursday morning, declaring that the Constitution had spoken for the people and…
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Taxpayers to pay price for ANC ballot blunder after ConCourt ruling
65 South African taxpayers could be forced to absorb a costly election bill after the ANC secured a major victory in the Constitutional Court, paving the way for its 181 excluded candidates…
Moya seeks second term to finish Tshwane work: ‘The foundation is laid’
49 Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says she wants to keep the mayoral chain after the November 4 local government elections to finish the job of rebuilding the capital, warning that a…
Conflict of interest: MPs target Scalabrini adviser
60 MPs have accused Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber of keeping an adviser from the organisation whose court win forced the department’s asylum directive. James Chapman, head of advocacy and legal adviser…
FF Plus Takes Lamola US Dispute to GNU Clearing House
69 The Freedom Front Plus has taken a dispute over International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola’s handling of South Africa’s relationship with the United States to the Government of National Unity’s clearing house….
Siyathatha rally cancellation fuels speculation over Zuma’s worsening health
222 The cancellation of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) Siyathatha Rally – where it was meant to launch its local government election manifesto – has fuelled fresh speculation that former president Jacob…
Cosatu refuses to be torn apart as they back both ANC and SACP, tasks new leaders on Mantashe
174 Cosatu has moved to kill talk of a split in the Tripartite Alliance, resolving to support both the ANC and the SACP in the upcoming local government elections, while giving its…
Animal health law gathers dust for 24 years amid FMD crisis
190 South Africa is battling foot-and-mouth disease using a 42-year-old law that Parliament’s agriculture committee chairperson says has serious operational gaps, while legislation intended to replace it has remained dormant for 24…
Emfuleni mayor Marco wants second term to fix roads, jobs and corruption
135 Emfuleni Executive Mayor Asan Marco says he wants a second stint to finish turning around one of the country’s worst-performing municipalities, with a plan anchored on fixing aging infrastructure, stimulating jobs…
Amakhosi excluded from laws governing 25 million rural people
131 An MK Party MP, Zwelakhe Elija Mthethwa has accused the Department of Agriculture of leaving traditional leaders out of consultations on two new laws that affect millions of people living on…