MK Party gains momentum with fourth by-election win in KZN

[File photo] uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party members 2 minutes The uMkhontho we Sizwe (MK Party)has secured its fourth municipal by-election victory in KwaZulu-Natal since the start of 2025, winning ward 18 of the Mandeni Municipality, on the North Coast. This marks the second time former President Jacob Zuma’s party has wrestled control from the African…

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Nehawu backs SACP decision to contest local elections alone

A Cosatu May Day rally poster is seen in Mpumalanga ahead of Workers’ Day celebrations. 1 minute The National Allied Health and Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says it supports the decision of the South African Communist Party (SACP) decision to contest next year’s local government elections outside the tripartite alliance. Nehawu’s first Deputy Secretary-General, Mavuso December, was speaking…

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Uncertainty brews over upcoming ANC elective conferences in Limpopo

Members of the ANC are seen at the party’s Sekhukhune 9th Regional Conference in Limpopo on 25 April 2025. 2 minutes There is uncertainty on whether the African National Congress (ANC) regional elective conferences scheduled to get underway this weekend in Limpopo will go ahead. The party’s Vhembe and Mopani regions are scheduled to elect regional leaders on Saturday…

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ANC reaffirms its support for Palestine

ANC Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane. 2 minutes The African National Congress’s (ANC) Subcommittee Chairperson on International Relations, Nomvula Mokonyane says that the party reaffirms their commitment for the liberation of Palestinians. She spoke at a press briefing in Constitution Hill in Johannesburg during the launch of Week4Palestine, an initiative that brought activists, students and…

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Calls for Godongwana’s resignation unjustifiable: ANC

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget Speech before the National Assembly on March 12, 2025. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the call for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s resignation can only be justified if there is a failure to adhere to specific policies. Her comments follow the…

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Mantashe calls for unity among different races in the country

Artists perform at the National Freedom Day commemorations in Ermelo, Mpumalanga on April 27, 2025. 1 minute Acting President Gwede Mantashe has used his Freedom Day address to call for unity among different races in the country. Mantashe delivered the keynote address at the National Freedom Day commemorations in Ermelo, Mpumalanga yesterday. This after he…

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EFF welcomes Finance Committee meeting cancellation

Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Thambo. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes the cancellation of a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, following the party’s letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza. The party’s spokesperson, Sinawo Thambo, says a meeting, that was scheduled for the processing of…

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