Locals are seen outside a polling station during tense local municipal elections. 3 minutes The country’s municipal wards are in for a shake-up ahead of the 2026 local elections. This as the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) says its work for the ward delimitations is well on track before the crucial polls. Currently, South Africa has…
Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Deputy Chairperson, Dr. Alex Boraine Chairperson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu (centre) and Commissioner, Rev. Bongani Finca (right), commissioner at the first hearing in East London, Eastern Cape on April 1996. 2 minutes The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the government should focus on implementing the…
Adv Dumisa Ntsebeza. 3 minutes Former Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioner, Senior Counsel Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, has called for the Commission of Inquiry into the delay in prosecuting apartheid-era crimes to focus exclusively on determining whether political interference obstructed the work of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) marches against the Employment Equity Amendment Act on July 26, 2023. 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) has described the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) court challenge against the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) as anti-transformative. The DA launched a court action against Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth on the eve…
Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) wave party flags at an event. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) regional elective conference in the Norman Mashabane region in Mopane in Limpopo has been postponed to next weekend due to unresolved branch disputes. Nineteen disputes have been escalated to the National Dispute Resolution Committee of…
EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media on the suspension of the VAT increase. 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it does not expect meaningful change from the national budget speech later this month. This follows the rejection of the proposed national budget last month, largely due to a suggested Value Added Tax…
The by-elections would have been the last ahead of the scheduled 27 October local government elections. 1 minute A by-election is under way at ward 18 of the Mandeni Municipality on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. This after an African National Congress (ANC) ward councillor Phendukani Mabhida was gunned down at his home in February this…
Members of the Luthuli family are pictured at the re-opened inquest into the death of Inkosi Albert Luthuli in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 15 April 2025. 3 minutes The Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal has heard that the late former African National Congress (ANC) president, Chief Albert Luthuli, was sometimes assisted by the family…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will announce the names of the people who will lead the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the delays encountered in investigating and prosecuting Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases. This follows his announcement earlier this week that a Commission of Inquiry will be established. Ramaphosa…
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget Speech in Parliament. 1 minute Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will this afternoon brief the media on the technical process to be undertaken regarding the 2025 Budget. His Deputy Ministers David Masondo and Ashor Sarupen as well as and Director-General Dr. Duncan Pieterse will accompany Godongwana at…
