FILE | Inside the Pretoria City Hall. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is opposed to the possible sale or lease of the Pretoria City Hall to the Iranian Embassy. This follows reports that the City of Tshwane received a letter from the embassy expressing interest to acquire a municipal building or land for the establishment of…
KwaZulu-Natal police say they cannot rule out the possibility of more arrests in connection with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) secretary-general, Sindiso Magaqa. Former Umzimkhulu municipal manager, Zweliphansi Skhosana was arrested in connection with Magaqa’s murder in 2017. Skhosana was arrested in Durban and appeared in the Umzimkhulu Magistrates’ Court…
Constitutional Court of South Africa. The Constitutional Court will today hear an urgent application lodged by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party to have President Cyril Ramaphosa reverse his decisions to place Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on a leave of absence, appoint Firoz Cachalia to act on his behalf, and establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry. The…
ACDP MP Steve Swart says more people who were implicated in the state capture must be arrested. The African Christian Democratic Party ( ACDP) says it has taken note of the interim implementation of the State Capture Commission report by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Presidency released and also submitted to Parliament a progress report on the…
Mayor Dada Morero says that the City is ready to host the upcoming G20 summit that is scheduled to take place later this year. Joburg Mayor Dada Morero says that the City is ready to host the upcoming G20 summit that is scheduled to take place later this year. World leaders will descend onto South…
Former president Thabo Mbeki attends the Liberation Movements Summit in Kempton Park on the East Rand on July 27, 2025. Legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala says former President Thabo Mbeki’s application for his former justice minister Bridget Mabandla’s intervention in a case of victims of apartheid is an effort to exonerate his administration. In January, the…
FILE | Former ANCYL Secretary Sindiso Magaqa. A former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court on Tuesday. The 55-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary Sindiso Magaqa in 2017. Magaqa was a…
The High Court in Polokwane is expected to hear the Hawks’ urgent application to compel the executive mayor of the Polokwane Municipality John Mpe, to furnish them with documents. This application was previously withdrawn last Thursday, with no indication of the reason for the withdrawal. Mpe is under investigation for alleged corruption, including granting municipal tenders…
ActionSA briefs the media on its ongoing role in the multi-party coalition governing the City of Tshwane, which has driven the City’s remarkable turnaround over the past nine months. Live stream below:
Mayor John Mpe Embattled Polokwane Municipality Mayor John Mpe believes there is a political campaign within the ANC as well other political parties to smear his name. Mpe was reacting after the withdrawal of an urgent application to compel him to provide documents related to some transactions. The Hawks withdrew the urgent application for access…
