Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) wave party flags at a rally. 1 minute Key organisational matters, including the vetting of members, are topping the agenda of the ANC’s four-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Boksburg, in eastern Johannesburg. The meeting which started yesterday will also reflect on recent domestic developments, including Finance…
Former President Thabo Mbeki addressing students at UNISA in Pretoria 2 minutes Former President Thabo Mbeki says he was not surprised when former ambassador to the United States of America, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled by Donald Trump’s administration. He says Rasool was not supposed to talk negatively about the host country. He further stresses that the…
AfriForum’s Kallie Kriel 2 minutes AfriForum says that it has instructed its lawyers to take its legal fight against the ‘Kill the Boer’ chant overseas – in the hope that it can find international platforms through which it can continue its legal action. This follows the Constitution Court’s rejection of the lobby group’s leave to…
1 minute African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says negotiations to reach a deal on the national budget are continuing. Mbalula was speaking at the party’s four-day national executive committee meeting, which got underway today in Boksburg in Ekurhuleni. He has not denied the existence of a letter from the Democratic Alliance (DA) to…
African National Congress (ANC) party flags. 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) is briefing the media on economic transformation, the budget and right wing disinformation. Live proceedings below:
Constitutional Court 2 minutes Political analyst Sandile Swana says there are still people who are intolerant of free speech in the country. This after lobby group, AfriForum, strongly criticised the judiciary after the Constitutional Court dismissed its application for leave to appeal a ruling that the chant “Kill the Boer” did not amount to hate…
AfriForum Head Office in Centurion, Pretoria. 1 minute Lobby group, AfriForum, says that it will push for Afrikaners, farmers and other minority groups to protect themselves within the confines of the law. This follows yesterday’s Constitutional Court judgment, which dismissed its bid to appeal the rulings of the Supreme Court of Appeals and the Equality…
File Image: Political parties seen on screen. 1 minute 192 political parties met their fate after the IEC disclosed that it has 609 registered political parties, of which 383 are registered at a national level while the remaining 226 are registered at a municipal level. In a statement released by the IEC earlier this month,…
EFF leader Julius Malema at the party’s Human Rights Day event in Sharpeville on the Vaal, Gauteng on March 21, 2025. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment which has dismissed lobby group AfriForum’s application for leave to appeal the ruling, which found that the “Kill the Boer” chant…
File image: Former Defence Minister and former Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula appears in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. 1 minute Former National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will be back in the High Court in Pretoria this morning. Her corruption case was postponed in January after the state succumbed to the demand of the…
