Delegates in attendance at the 5th National General Council in Boksburg. African National Congress (ANC) Second Deputy Secretary-General, Maropene Ramokgopa, says they don’t have any fundamental disagreement with the South African Communist Party (SACP) on the reconfiguration of the tripartite alliance. She was speaking to the SABC on the sidelines of the party’s 5th National General Council underway in Boksburg, east…
ANC President and SACP delegates The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says it is concerned about tensions between its alliance partners, the African National Congress (ANC), and the South African Communist Party (SACP), ahead of next year’s local government elections. The ANC’s top leadership has rejected the idea of SACP members holding…
File image: People cross a street flooded by sewage, ahead of local government elections in Soweto’s Kliptown, South Africa, October 27, 2021. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has again flagged the poor delivery of basic services in various areas of the country as a serious violation of rights. This as South Africa joins…
Kia logo About 323 Jeep Wrangler vehicles and 18 600 Kia model vehicles are being recalled. The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has issued an urgent recall notice for the Jeep Wrangler that was sold in 2016 and discontinued in 2018, due to airbag failures and the Kia’s brake malfunctions drive which were sold between…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. Delegates at the African National Congress (ANC)’s National General Council (NGC) will on Wednesday continue their policy discussions after being split into commissions. The NGC, which started on Monday, will end on Thursday in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. On Tuesday, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa called on the party to advance non-racialism…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has told party delegates that they need to draw inspiration from how the organisation operated in the 1950s. Ramaphosa says the ANC fostered active grassroots participation and deep community engagements during that time. The ANC which has been losing support over the years, dropped…
MKP leader, Jacob Zuma. The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed former President Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party’s bid to revive their legal challenge against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on a special leave of absence. The court also dismissed the challenge to the subsequent appointment of…
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. ANC Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane says it is crucial to allow the work of various commissions to proceed without political interference so they can fully uncover the truth behind their respective investigations. Speaking on the sidelines of the four-day National General Council (NGC) at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, Mokonyane declined…
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa with Babita Deokaran’s family and friends at Stellenbosch University’s Bellville campus in the Western Cape on December 9, 2025. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says the legacy of slain whistle blower Babita Deokaran is not only a cautionary tale, but also a mandate…
A general view inside the Enyobeni tavern. Closing arguments in the Enyobeni Inquest are expected to continue in the East London Regional Court sitting in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape on Wednesday. The inquest seeks to establish whether anyone can be held liable for the deaths of 21 young people who perished at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery…
