SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. Parliament has called on Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi to expedite the finalisation and passing of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Bill. The Bill has been stalled for months due to the Minister’s previous indication of withdrawing it. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications and…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the opening meeting of the BRICS summit at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday launched a G20 experts taskforce to examine global wealth inequality and its impact on growth, poverty and multilateralism – the first initiative of…
Justice and Constitutional Development, Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, briefs the media on the progress of the commissions of inquiry. A new date for the commencement of the Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference and corruption is not yet known. The Commission, which will be chaired by retired Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, was initially expected to begin…
EFF leader Julius Malema addresses the Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Enugu on August 25, 2025. AfriForum has welcomed a Cape Town Equality Court ruling that found Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech. The decision relates to a 2022 speech tied to a 2020 incident at Brackenfell High School. Judge…
The coffin of the late IFP MP Khethamabala Sithole is seen draped with the party’s flag during his funeral service on 08 June 2025. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has called for law enforcement to leave no stone unturned in its investigation into the death of its late Member of Parliament, Khethamabala Sithole. Sithole was…
IEC Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo addresses a media briefing at Election House in Centurion on August 26, 2026. The Local Government Elections (LGE) will take place anytime between November 2, 2026 and January 31, 2027. This was announced by the Electoral Commission’s (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo in a briefing to the media…
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…
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…
EFF Leader Julius Malema. The Equality Court has found Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for the 2022 statements he made in his speech at the EFF’s 3rd provincial People’s Assembly in the Western Cape. The remarks relate to events that occurred two years prior where EFF members physically clashed…
IEC Vice Chairperson Janet Love speeking at the group’s event themed Women Championing Democracy – Paving the Way to 2026 Local Government Elections, 27 August 2025. Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) Deputy Chairperson Janet Love says with service delivery an issue in many communities across the country, women should be encouraged to enter the…
