Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi speaking at a SAPS Awards ceremony. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that his July press briefing was aimed at highlighting challenges faced by the police in the country. Mkhwanazi is the first witness to take the stand at the commission underway in Pretoria. The commission…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola. The National Police Commissioner, Fanie Masemola, is ready to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry should he be summoned, according to SAPS national spokesperson Athlenda Mathe. Mathe was speaking on Wednesday at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg, where businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was denied bail pending attempted…
Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi, speaking at an event. The Congress of the South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called on its alliance partners, the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), to sort out their tension and not to drag it into their differences. Relations between the two historical allies have…
African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party doesn’t want the tripartite alliance to break up. Relations between the ANC and the SACP have been strained following the Communist Party’s decision to contest future elections independently. At the heart of the two parties’ differences is what the SACP says…
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga speaking during an event. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has expressed concern over the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, which kicks off in Pretoria on Wednesday. The MK Party has questioned the timing of the commission’s commencement, saying that it is suspect, given the court case that the party filed to decide on…
Members of the Democratic Alliance singing. The DA says it is willing to collaborate with any party to improve underperforming municipalities across the country. The statement follows ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa’s remarks to party councilors, where he outlined a service delivery action plan that was adopted during the National Executive Committee meeting over the weekend….
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and the party’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile. African National Congress (ANC) veteran Omry Makgoale has backed the party’s President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments that municipalities led by the Democratic Alliance (DA) are better managed than those under the ANC. President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged African National Congress (ANC) councillors to emulate municipalities…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses ANC councillors at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on September 15, 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged African National Congress (ANC) councillors to emulate municipalities governed by the Democratic Alliance (DA). He has outlined the service delivery action plan, which was adopted by the ANC’s National Executive Committee meeting over the…
ANC councillors gathering for roll call in Nasrec on 15 September, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the party’s councillors across the country are their only hope to return the party to its former glory. He was speaking while introducing the party’s Service Delivery Action Plan to over 4 500 councillors at…
Kimberley Municipal Manager Thapelo Matlala Civic movements in Kimberley have welcomed the decision of the Sol Plaatje Municipality in the Northern Cape to place its Municipal Manager (MM), Thapelo Matlala, on precautionary suspension. This follows corruption allegations against him and allegations of interfering in supply chain processes. Community leader Kgagamatso Motebe says even though it…
