154 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…
Category: Politics
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
311 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
141 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
157 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…
Asylum seekers to be screened at borders before entering SA
190 Asylum seekers will be screened at South Africa’s borders before being allowed inland under plans to relocate refugee centres to the borderline. The Refugee Appeals Authority of South Africa (RASA) revealed…
‘We are sitting with criminals’: Home Affairs body admits
152 The Refugee Appeals Authority of South Africa (RASA) has confirmed that some foreigners are using asylum claims to evade prosecution in their home countries and delay extradition. RASA chairperson Zilpha Raphesu…
59,000 voters face exclusion over blocked IDs
197 Around 300,000 South African identity numbers are blocked. Of those affected, 59,000 people are registered to vote. Unless the Department of Home Affairs unblocks their IDs, the 59,000 will not appear…
Warm welcome, hard truths for Mashatile in Ivory Park
130 VORY PARK – Deputy President Paul Mashatile received a warm but pointed welcome in Ivory Park on Friday, as residents used the ANC’s door-to-door campaign to express both hope that they…