202 Former president Jacob Zuma has appointed his son, Duduzane Zuma, as the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s first deputy president as part of a sweeping leadership reconfiguration that has seen several senior…
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Herman Mashaba Backs Vuka Azania, urges Black South Africans to Fund It
131 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…
Malema says Zille, Mashaba no match for EFF’s Joburg mayoral pick
120 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…
Another MK Party Leader Jumps Ship!
131 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…
’This is the last home’: Former BOSA MPL Ayanda Allie joins ActionSA
128 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…
DA wins court bid as Mettler reinstated as Tshwane city manager
126 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…
Steenhuisen faces fresh disciplinary scrutiny in DA
152 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…
’Mbalula was dishing out money’: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma alleges vote buying at ANC conferences
144 ANC stalwart and former presidential contender Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has alleged that ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula openly distributed money in exchange for votes during the party’s 2022 national elective conference. Speaking during…
DA puts Steenhuisen forward for ambassadorial post after Cabinet demotion
136 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…
ANC veteran Thami ka Plaatjie leaves party, set to return to PAC
115 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…