IFP Gauteng chair urges voter turnout ahead of local elections

[File Image]: IFP supporters at an event. Inkatha Freedom Party IFP Gauteng Chairperson Bonginkosi Dhlamini has urged South Africans not to sit at home but exercise their right to vote in the upcoming local government elections. Dhlamini spoke to SABC News in Westonaria, West of Johannesburg, where the party is commemorating Freedom Day. FREEDOM DAY…

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APC signals readiness for coalition governments

African People’s Convention (APC) party leader, Themba Godi. The African People’s Convention (APC) says coalition governments will be a key feature of the upcoming local government elections. The party is discussing coalition frameworks and candidate deployment at its Election Summit taking place in Johannesburg, this weekend. It says it is ready to enter coalitions in…

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Former MKP Mpumalanga convener Mary Phadi joins ActionSA mayoral race

Mary Phadi has been elected as ActionSA Mpumalanga mayoral candidate. Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MKP) Mpumalanga convener, Mary Phadi has been announced as ActionSA’s Nkangala district mayoral candidate. Phadi was officially announced by the party’s leader Herman Mashaba in eMalahleni on Saturday afternoon. WATCH | ActionSA President Herman Mashabe has announced Mary Phadi as mayoral candidate for…

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Mashaba reiterates call for undocumented migrants to go home

File: ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba briefs the media. Action SA leader Herman Mashaba has reiterated his stance that undocumented migrants should go back to their countries of origin. He addressed party supporters and members in eMalahleni Mpumalanga where he also introduced the party’s mayoral candidate for the Nkangala district, Mary Phadi.  Mashaba says illegal migration puts significant strain on the delivery of basic services….

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Dhlamini returns to the Madlanga Commission

Deputy Chief of Police at the Tshwane Metro Police Department, Umashi Dhlamini. Suspended deputy police chief at the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD), Umashi Dhlamini, is expected to return to the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on Friday, On Thursday, Major Lebogang Phiri from the Roads Policing division at the TMPD testified that although he knows…

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Parly’s Portfolio Committee on Police expresses confidence in Dimpane

Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane announced as appointed Acting National Police Commissioner at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 23, 2026. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has expressed confidence in the newly appointed Acting National Police Commissioner General Puleng Dimpane. Dimpane was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday. Her appointment follows the placement of…

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Suspended Police Chief quizzed thrice on SAPS crime links before MPs

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on October 9, 2025. Suspended National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola‘s knowledge of allegations of criminality within the South African Police Service were put to him three times before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee looking into concerns around issues of national security. He was…

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Mangena hails ‘Bra Don’ Nkadimeng’s good leadership qualities

AZAPO logo. Former AZAPO president Doctor Mosibudi Mangena has hailed the party’s late secretary-general Don Nkadimeng for his good leadership qualities. Nkadimeng, who was affectionately known as “Bra Don”, died last year in Limpopo at the age of 77. He was AZAPO’s first provincial chairperson. Advocate Mojanku Gumbi will deliver Nkadimeng’s memorial lecture at the…

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Ntuli calls for increased policing after family massacre in Newark

File: KZN Premier Thami Ntuli leading a Human Resource Development Council Strategic session, June 2025. The killing of seven members of one family in Newark in KwaZulu-Natal has prompted premier Thami Ntuli to call for more law enforcement in crime spots. More than 2000 members of the South African National Defence Force have already been deployed to crime affected…

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