405 The ANC has fallen to 18% support among likely Johannesburg voters in a new opinion poll ahead of the 2026 local government elections. The survey, conducted by The Common Sense and…
Category: Politics
Hlabisa Sets 4 November as Date for 2026 Local Government Elections
355 South Africans will go to the polls on 4 November 2026 to elect their municipal representatives after Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa officially proclaimed the date. Hlabisa announced…
ANC to petition Supreme Court of Appeal over Eastern Cape PTT ruling
217 The ANC says it will petition the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) after suffering another legal setback in its bid to revive the party’s Eastern Cape Provincial Task Team (PTT). The…
Artists Threaten Protests if McKenzie Fails to Act
215 Pressure is mounting on the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and the National Arts Council (NAC) after Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) Creatives &…
ANC Suffers Court Blow in Eastern Cape Challenge
211 The ANC and its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, have suffered another legal setback after the High Court in Makhanda dismissed the party’s bid to appeal a ruling that declared the Eastern Cape…
’We won’t get into the specifics’: DA ready for manifesto launch, declines to disclose cost of rally
217 The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is ready for its local government election manifesto launch on Saturday but has declined to disclose how much it is spending on what it describes…
Impeachment Committee To Summon Ramaphosa To Section 89 Inquiry If He Refuses To Appear
213 The parliamentary committee investigating whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should be impeached says it will summon him to testify if he refuses to appear voluntarily before its Section 89 inquiry. The committee…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula Fires Back to Dlamini-Zuma
194 ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has strongly denied allegations that he used money to influence delegates during the party’s 54th and 55th National Conferences, saying he has instructed his lawyers to seek…
EFF welcomes Madonsela’s appointment as evidence leader in Ramaphosa impeachment inquiry
175 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed Parliament’s decision to appoint Advocate Thandazani Madonsela SC as the evidence leader for the Section 89 Impeachment Committee, describing the move as a significant…
Adams Barred From Parliament As Legal Troubles Deepen
203 National Coloured Congress (NCC) president and Member of Parliament (MP) Fadiel Adams has been suspended from Parliament in terms of the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act…