133 The National Freedom Party (NFP) in KwaZulu-Natal has called the IFP “the enemy of the people”. It has accused Premier Thami Ntuli of autocracy over his call for soldiers to deal…
Category: Politics
How did she get the job? Robben Island CEO underfire
123 Leanne Williams’s appointment as Robben Island Museum CEO has come under scrutiny. This after MPs heard that she was initially excluded from the shortlist for allegedly failing to meet the minimum…
Zungula’s 100-day blitz to restore basic services
309 African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyo Zungula has declared war on Johannesburg’s collapse, unveiling a 100-day recovery plan to stabilise water and electricity, fix pothole-riddled roads, overhaul billing chaos, and force…
Home Affairs to launch online asylum application system by November 10
212 The Department of Home Affairs will introduce a phased online registration and appointment system for asylum applications by November 10 as the government grapples with growing public unrest and overcrowded offices…
Maimane friend and entity ‘linked’ to him part ways as tensions flare up
159 A family friend of Build One South Africa (Bosa) president Mmusi Maimane has severed ties with a company allegedly linked to the politician after their friendship crumbled like COSATU’s 2026 elective…
Too litle, too late? Government calls emergency briefing as Durban burns
164 Government is scrambling to contain the fallout from the violent anti-migrant protests in Durban, with the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration convening an urgent media briefing early Sunday morning. The Presidency…
From Hawker to Harvard: Property Mogul Rali Mampeule enters Joburg mayoral race
127 From hawking on the streets of Limpopo to Harvard Business School and now to City Hall, Rali Mampeule wants to be Johannesburg’s next mayor. The President of MOVE SA has confirmed…
ANC Joburg urges Ivory Park to vote as Mashatile takes campaign door-to-door
320 The ANC in Johannesburg took its fight to retain the metro directly to the doorsteps of Ivory Park on Friday, with Deputy President Paul Mashatile leading a door-to-door campaign in Tembisa…
ANC to appeal court ruling on Andile Lungisa
142 The African National Congress (ANC) will appeal a High Court judgment concerning the removal of Andile Lungisa from the party’s proportional representation candidate list for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. In…
Pull SA out of UN refugee treaties, says MK’s Ngubane
160 MK MP Sihle Ngubane has accused Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber of keeping an adviser from the organisation that keeps beating the department in court. Ngubane told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on…