COPE delegates The Congress of the People (COPE) says it’s determined to stabilise the party’s leadership ahead of the upcoming 2026 local government elections. COPE’s acting General Secretary Eric Mohlapamaswi reveals that the party’s Congress National Committee (CNC) has adopted a resolution to postpone the party’s National Elective Congress to April next year. The decision was taken during the…
National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) to march to the office of the Presidency in Pretoria. The National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) is expected to march to the Office of the Presidency in Pretoria today to demand government’s urgent intervention on the closure of smelters in the country. The union is protesting against the planned job…
ANC NGC under way at Birchwood Hotel The volatile relationship between South Africa and the United States, which has seen US President Donald Trump take a stern stance against the recent G20 hosts, will be among the issues on the agenda of the ANC’s four-day NGC meeting. But the fragile relations between the party and…
Tensions continue between the Ingonyama Trust Board and the AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. This, after King Misuzulu halted a planned three-day strategic engagement forum of the Ingonyama Trust Board with traditional authorities, citing that, as the Chairperson, he was not informed about the meeting. The King is the sole trustee of the Trust, which administers…
Drugs that were confiscated Six people were arrested and drugs worth millions of rands were discovered by police at a laboratory in Makapanstad in the North West. According to spokesperson for the Hawks Colonel Katlego Mogale, a member of the Western Cape Serious Organised Crime Investigation as well as the counter-narcotics and gangs unit in…
Andrea Stella, Fernando, Oscar and Max line up to congratulate Lando. McLaren’s Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won the Formula One championship for the first time and ended Max Verstappen’s four-year reign with a nervy third place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull’s Verstappen, who ended…
IEC banner. The Electoral Commission (IEC) in the Eastern Cape says it is anticipating a large number of parties to register to contest the 2026 Local Government Elections. The commission says it has already received many queries from potential political parties. On Monday, the IEC brought its pre-election workshops in preparation for next year’s much…
Witness D’s car National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says they are making progress on the assassination of Marius Van Der Merwe or Witness D as he was known in the Madlanga Commission. He says three persons of interest have been identified and one has already been questioned as part of the ongoing investigation. Van…
File | Contralesa President Kgosi Mokoena addressing a CoGTA event in Mpumalanga. Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) President Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena says the Department of Justice (DOJ) must come up with a plan to protect whistleblowers and witnesses after Marius van der Merwe was assassinated over the weekend. Last month, Van der…
FILE | NPA Head Shamila Batohi addresses an event. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Head Adv Shamila Batohi has admitted to the Nkabinde Inquiry, she did not read the case dockets implicating members of the Cato Manor Unit in serious crimes. She is facing cross-examination on her evidence presented to the commission into suspended South Gauteng…
