Shivambu not on MK Party’s nine new MPs list

Former MK Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu speaking at a party event. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has announced nine Members of Parliament (MPs) designates to be sworn in at the National Assembly this coming week but the name of former Secretary- General, Floyd Shivambu is not on the list. In a statement, the party’s…

Read More

ANC KZN interim leadership structure finalised

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FLAGS The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal says it has finalised the process of establishing an interim leadership structure across all eleven regions of the province. In a statement, the party says the structures known as Regional Task Teams (RTTs) are meant to revitalise ANC structures and reconnect the movement with…

Read More

Kubayi denies NPA infiltration, says Batohi used ‘wrong words’

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has dismissed claims of alleged infiltration in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and clarified that the NPA boss, Adv. Shamila Batohi’s reported statement to that effect was a “wrong choice of words”.  This, after Batohi’s reported comments of alleged…

Read More

Six councillors lives threatened over tenders in Johannesburg

The City of Johannesburg holds an Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on July 25, 2024. Six City of Johannesburg ward councillors have recently opened cases with the police after receiving life-threatening messages. The City’s Chief Whip, Sthembiso Zungu, says in less than two months, two ward councillors were fatally shot, prompting the City to convene an urgent…

Read More

Food bank centralisation will increase food insecurity: DA

Food parcels. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it rejects plans by the Gauteng Social Development Department to centralise food bank operations. The party’s Refiloe Nt’sekhe says this will see food parcel distribution from the 288 Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) and the five regional food banks transferred to a central food bank. She says this is concerning…

Read More

MKP’s Shivambu has a lot of options: Analyst

Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu. Political analyst Levi Ndou says the fact that the former uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu will be briefing the media outside the party could be signaling his departure. The MK Party has said it did not sanction the media briefing which is set to take place…

Read More

Expelled MKP founder hit with another punitive cost order

uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) founder Jabulani Khumalo in the Electoral Court in Johannesburg on June 3, 2024. The expelled founder of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Political Party, Jabulani Khumalo, has been hit with another punitive cost order. This, after he withdrew his urgent application for the directorship of the MK Party NPC – a non-profit…

Read More

Political party funding to be in spotlight at IEC symposium

DCEO of Political Party Funding, George Mahlangu gives a presentation of the challenges and success of the political party funding since its implementation in 2021. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) conference is expected to discuss whether the electoral body should be given more powers to police political party funding. The IEC’s two-day symposium…

Read More