DA welcomes hate speech ruling against Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed the ruling of the Western Cape Equality Court, which found EFF leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech. This verdict relates to statements Malema made during a speech at the EFF’s third provincial People’s Assembly in the Western Cape in 2022. The DA says the…

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SA confronting testing national and geopolitical stresses: Pandor

ANC veteran Naledi Pandor delivers the Gertrude Shope Memorial Lecture at Akasia Community Hall in Pretoria on August 24, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) veteran and former cabinet minister Dr. Naledi Pandor say South Africa is confronting its most testing national and geopolitical stresses. Pandor delivered former ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope’s Memorial Lecture at the…

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Collen Mashawana’s bid to silence Daily Maverick struck off the roll

A view of the Johannesburg High Court. The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed businessman and philanthropist Collen Mashawana’s urgent court application against media house Daily Maverick and investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh, with punitive costs. Mashawana had approached the court in an attempt to obtain an order preventing further reporting on corruption allegations against him,…

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