A delegate stands near a banner during the 55th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko The African National Congress (ANC) NEC will deliberate on the state of the Government of National Unity in the coming weeks. Relations between…
South African flags are seen in Pretoria. The founder of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Dr Jakkie Cilliers has dismissed claims that South Africa faces a potential coup risk. Minister in the Presidency for State Security, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, on Tuesday revealed that the country’s intelligence services had identified potential threats of a coup d’état….
EFF Leader Julius Malema’s hand is pictured as he places his ballot paper inside the ballot box during a by-election at Ward 13 in Seshego, Limpopo on 16 July 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has retained ward 13 at Seshego near Polokwane in Limpopo following yesterday’s hotly contested by-election. EFF won the ward with…
BOSA Leader Mmusi Maimane. Build One South Africa leader, Mmusi Maimane, has lamented the increasing number of brutal murders in South Africa. He says about 26 000 people were killed last year alone. Maimane says President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to take decisive action to end crime in the country. During the debate on the 2025/2026 Presidency…
ANC’s Provincial Task Team Coordinator Hope Papo addresses the media in Johannesburg on July 17, 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng says government officials and leaders linked to the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi should be arrested and charged. Speaking during a media briefing in Johannesburg, the ANC’s Provincial Task…
[File Image] President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the opening address of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders at the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is implementing the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. The President was responding to accusations by some of…
RISE Mzansi Leader and Scopa chairperson, Songezo Zibi, speaking in Parliament. Rise Mzansi leader and Scopa chairperson Songezo Zibi has called on the government to exercise a sense of urgency in dealing with corruption and lawlessness in the country. Zibi says people’s faith in democracy is declining as the need for decisive action against corruption…
[File Image] President Ramaphosa addressing the nation EFF MP Eugene Mthethwa says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to institute a judicial commission of inquiry is just a delaying tactic. Mthethwa says inquiries constantly fail to meet their deadlines and this is a burden for taxpayers. He was speaking at the joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees…
[FILE IMAGE: Reverend Kenneth Meshoe in Parliament. African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) MP Kenneth Meshoe says it’s very sad that South Africans no longer trust the police, but trust KwaZulu- Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. He says the claims made by Mkhwanazi are a ticking time bomb. Meshoe was speaking during the joint meeting of…
Voters at an IEC voting station Residents of Ward 13 in Seshego in Polokwane are still voting in a by-election to elect a new ward councilor. This is the first by-election in which the South African Communist Party is running independently from the ANC. The position became vacant after an EFF councillor was expelled for…
