Supporters of the African National Congress African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has announced in Durban that the party will be launching its local government election (LGE) campaign in July. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the election date as the 4th of November. Mbalula says the party is geared up for the elections…
CoGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Velenkosini Hlabisa has called for peaceful and non-confrontational campaigning. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the 4th of November as the day for local government polls. Hlabisa will soon proclaim it and get it certified in the government gazette. He says he…
Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza at the TRC Cases Inquiry on 20 April 2026. Former Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioner Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza says the suppression of the investigation and prosecution of TRC cases is a terrible stain on South Africa’s post-apartheid history. He testified at the TRC Cases Inquiry in Newtown in Johannesburg. Ntsebeza says…
A police officer seen outside a voting station The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is ready for the 2026 local government elections, which are scheduled for the 4th of November this year. The announcement after the local government election (LGE) date was announced earlier Thursday by President Cyril Ramaphosa. DA spokesperson Jan de Villiers says…
Flag of the Democratic Alliance. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has won a by-election held in Ward 25 in George in the Southern Cape. The party secured around 43% of the vote. The DA’s Jarques Esau was subsequently elected as the ward councillor. The by-election was called after Esau resigned from the ANC, which had held…
University of Fort Hare’s main campus in the Eastern Cape. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes confirmation by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is still probing alleged academic fraud at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. The party says it wants a speedy resolution to allegations…
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry commissioners Suspended Director for Asset Protection Services at the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Tshukudu Malatji has testified that he was unable to implement an instruction by Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies, to cancel all ad hoc security contracts. Malatji is appearing before the Madlanga Commission, where he has been implicated…
Sign displaying the direction in which the voting station is located The seventh democratic Local Government Elections (LGE) will be held on the 4th of November. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the date at the extended President’s Coordinating Council Meeting, in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. JUST IN | President Cyril Ramaphosa says 4 November has been…
Suspended Director for Asset Protection Services at the Tshwane Metro Police Department, Tshukudu Malatji. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has rejected suspended Tshwane Director for Asset Protection Services in the City of Tshwane Metro Police Department, Tshukudu Malatji’s, application for a postponement. Malatji’s legal representative, Sibusiso Nkosi, told the commission in Pretoria that his client…
FILE: Suspended Director for Asset Protection Services at the Tshwane Metro Police Department, Tshukudu Malatji. Suspended Director for Asset Protection at the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD), Tshukudu Malatji, returns to the stand at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Thursday morning. The commission continues with evidence from the City of Tshwane, where various top…
