183 The ANC will learn on Thursday whether it can field 181 candidates in six municipalities in next month’s local government elections, when the Constitutional Court delivers judgment on its list debacle….
Category: Politics
Presidency plotting chaos with plan to arrest Jacinta-March and March
130 The March and March Movement has attributed the imminent arrest of its leader, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, and her husband, Xolani Zuma, to what it describes as a deliberate strategy by the Presidency…
ANC wins dramatic ConCourt battle, 181 candidates back on ballot
112 The ANC clinched a crucial win at the Constitutional Court on Thursday morning, with South Africa’s top court overturning the Electoral Court ruling and directing the IEC to take all necessary…
Teary Mbalula hails ConCourt ANC win, says Constitution spoke; demands DA GNU review
102 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…
Taxpayers to pay price for ANC ballot blunder after ConCourt ruling
97 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’
63 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
74 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
96 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
304 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
224 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…
