Ramokgopa urges action to save US trade ties

The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) member, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa cannot afford to lose its trade relationship with the United States (US). This as South Africa anxiously awaits the outcome of talks between its officials and their US counterparts. This follow the US President, Donald Trump’s imposition of 30% tariffs…

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ANC NEC deliberates on US tariffs on SA goods

ANC top leadership at the ordinary sitting of the NEC in Germiston on the East Rand on August 1, 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) says its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting has started to deliberate extensively on the 30% tariffs that the United States (US) has imposed on South African goods. South Africa is…

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Ad Hoc Committee probing Mkhwanazi’s claims to meet next week

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi joined the Public Works and Infrastructure Department to commemorate the International Nelson Mandela Day at South African Police Service (SAPS) Vehicle Pound in Isipingo, Durban on July 18, 2025. Members of Parliament’s Ad hoc committee established to investigate the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner  Lieutenant General, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations will…

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DA identifies critical areas for Cachalia to prioritise

Professor Firoz Cachalia officially sworn in as acting police minister at the Union Buildings in Pretoria today.   DA’s Spokesperson on Police, Ian Cameron, says they have identified critical areas of expectation for the new acting Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia.   Cachalia was officially sworn in at the Union Buildings in Pretoria earlier today….

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Decision to place Mchunu on special leave was illegal: Mpofu

[FILE IMAGE]: Police Minister Senzo Mchunu during a media briefing. Advocate Dali Mpofu has argued that it was illegal for President Cyril Ramaphosa to have put Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appoint Professor Firoz Cachalia to act in his position. Ramaphosa announced Mchunu’s special leave earlier this month in response to allegations…

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Ramaphosa to swear in Prof Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister

Badge of the South African Police Service. President Cyril Ramaphosa will facilitate the swearing in of Professor Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister this morning. The ceremony will take place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Ramaphosa appointed Cachalia after placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave. The move followed KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegation that senior police officials, including Mchunu, are corrupt and…

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ANC NEC meeting to focus on global, domestic issues

Members of the ANC NEC attend a meeting with the party’s Provincial Working Committee in the Western Cape on 20 July 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) will hold its much anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg this morning. The four-day meeting which ends on Monday comes in the wake of the suspension…

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It’s back to square one again for Zuma and MK Party: Casac

MKP leader, Jacob Zuma. Constitutional law expert from the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac), Lawson Naidoo, says the dismissal by the Constitutional Court of the application brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and its leader, Jacob Zuma did not come as a surprise. They wanted to challenge President Cyril…

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