1 minute Further discussions on whether the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial executive committees should be disbanded are expected to top the agenda of the African National Congress National Executive Committee’s (ANC NEC) meeting. The party’s poor performance in the May 2024 elections has informed the discussions in the two-day meeting which will start in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, today. 2025 will…
A member of the South African police patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025. 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on government to immediately establish an inquiry…
File | Palestinians collect belongings at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. 1 minute The ANC’s first Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane says any party that will violate the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas must be held accountable. She says…
Basic Education officials including Minister Siviwe Gwarube take a picture with the 2024 top achievers. 1 minute Parliament has joined the country in congratulating the class of 2024 for their matric results. The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education says the results are a reflection of an improvement in the basic education sector. Chairperson of the…
Complainant Andiswa Mengo (L) and her interpreter. 1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Judge President Selby Mbenenge has heard that the top judge allegedly sent the complainant a picture of his private parts, an allegation he denies. The Tribunal, which currently has the complainant Andiswa Mengo on the witness stand,…
MK Party flag 1 minute Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party treasurer-general, Dr Thanti Mthanti has resigned from the party. Party leader Jacob Zuma has confirmed receiving Mthanti’s resignation letter. Zuma says he appreciates Mthanti’s contribution to the party. Mthanti has given personal and professional commitments as the reason for his resignation. The party’s officials are…
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba briefs the media. 2 minutes ActionSA says the appointment of Forum 4 Service Delivery leader Mbhahare Kekana as the deputy president of the party is with immediate effect. Forum 4 Service Delivery has merged with ActionSA and will contest the 2026 local government elections under the ActionSA umbrella. The announcement was…
1 minute AfriForum has voiced its support for Norton Rose Fulbright SA’s legal challenge against the government’s new legal sector code. The law firm has approached the courts to block the implementation of the code, which seeks to increase black participation in South Africa’s legal industry. The firm argues that the code places unreasonable and…
Judge President Selby Mbenenge. 2 minutes The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues on Tuesday with the evidence of the complainant Andiswa Mengo. The complainant contends that the alleged sexual harassment took place between June 2021 and November 2022…
Judge Tintswalo Makhubele 2 minutes Members of the Committee of the Judicial Conduct Tribunal unanimously hold the view that allegations against suspended Judge Tintswalo Makhubele could constitute gross misconduct. This is revealed in the tribunal’s report penned to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on a complaint filed that civil society organisation, #UniteBehind, has filed. The…
