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…
Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. 2 minutes Action SA has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Report into Phala Phala farm saga. The party’s National Chairperson, Michael Beuamont says the application was submitted last week, to obtain the IPID’s report on the theft that…
[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…
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…
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…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) is threatening another court litigation against the Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza. The party says if the consultation time for the tabling of the revised Budget is not extended further to include the public to make the inputs, the party will…
