135 National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has reprimanded several MPs, including Deputy President Paul Mashatile, after they were found to have breached Parliament’s Ethical Code of Conduct. The reprimands were issued on…
Category: Politics
Lawyers accused ANC of contempt as members fight suspension notice
130 3 members who halted provincial conference now targeted by PTT, with lawyers warning Fikile Mbalula risks contempt over withheld data. Three ANC members who took the party to court on two…
DA Hits ANC Over Tembisa Electricity Crisis Before Polls
153 Democratic Alliance (DA) Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Khathutshelo Rasilingwane has vowed that a future DA-led administration would prioritise affordable electricity and responsive service delivery, as the party seeks to rebuild trust among…
Patriotic Alliance’s ANC ‘cheerleading’ pushed me to resign- Liam Jacobs
185 Former Patriotic Alliance and now-returned Democratic Alliance (DA) member Liam Jacobs says he plans to resume his anti-corruption activism within the DA after becoming increasingly uncomfortable with what he described as…
DA condemns anti-immigration violence in Ekurhuleni
152 Democratic Alliance (DA) Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Khathutshelo Rasilingwane has distanced the party from anti-immigration protests  that have swept through parts of the country, saying the party  will not support violence or threats against…
‘Everything in Ekurhuleni is corrupted’ – Geordin Hill-Lewis
150 Hill-Lewis was speaking in Boksburg on Wednesday. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has described the City of Ekurhuleni as a gangster’s paradise for corrupt politicians and officials. This comes as new information…
ANC accused of recycling poor-quality leaders in Emfuleni mayoral race
135 But the ANC says its candidate is the right person to fix the broken municipality. The DA in Gauteng says it is shocking that the ANC has announced Hassan Mako as…
Joburg in crisis as Treasury threatens funding cut
165 The City of Johannesburg is racing against time to avoid a potentially crippling funding blow from National Treasury as mounting debt, multi-billion-rand utility losses and concerns over a controversial wage agreement…
‘Delusional’: MK party, analysts say ANC can’t win majority in KZN
149 The ANC support base in KZN was eroded by the emergence of Jacob Zuma’s MK party, the majority party in the province. Though ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula is confident the ANC…
Frank Chikane? Nhlanhla Lux? Loyiso Masuku? Who will be the ANC’s Joburg mayoral candidate?
179 Chikane dismisses Joburg mayoral candidate claims, while an analyst says no credible leader can save the ANC. The ANC in the City of Johannesburg has confirmed that it has submitted a…