ActionSA’s Jhb mayoral candidate must fix service delivery collapse: Beaumont

ActionSA national chairperson and Joburg mayoral candidate, Michael Beaumont. ActionSA in Johannesburg says its mayoral candidate will be chosen based on their ability to turn around the service delivery collapse in the city. That’s according to the party’s national chairperson, Michael Beaumont. The party’s selection committee has shortlisted five candidates, including Beaumont, party leader Herman Mashaba,…

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SANDF deployment will include Eastern Cape: Cachalia

Members of the SANDF at the State of the Nation Address in Cape Town. Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia has told the National Assembly that soldiers will also be deployed to parts of the Eastern Cape, along with the Western Cape and Gauteng. Cachalia says the deployment will happen in the next few days. He…

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TRC Cases Inquiry urged to look into Batohi for dereliction of duty

Former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi. TRC Commissioner Yasmin Sooka says the TRC Cases Inquiry should look into former NDPP Shamila Bathohi for dereliction of duty in relation to the prosecution of these cases. This was his testimony at the commission probing efforts to stall the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era perpetrators….

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Members of Parliament debate Ramaphosa’s SONA

SONA 2026 campaign aimed at wearing local pictured outside the Cape Town City Hall on 12 February 2026. Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum are debating President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). The debate will take place Tuesday and Wednesday and the president will reply on Thursday. In his SONA,…

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Over 280 KZN traditional leaders become Commissioners of Oaths

Confirmation of 288 Amakhosi as Commissioners of Oaths at the Archie Gumede Conference Centre. KwaZulu-Natal rural communities will no longer have to travel long distances to certify documents, after over 280 traditional leaders have been empowered to be Commissioners of Oaths.  288 amakhosi were officially confirmed by KZN Premier Thami Ntuli to perform this duty and given…

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Emfuleni ANC Mayor Sipho Radebe defies party order to resign

Emfuleni Local Municipality Mayor Sipho Radebe. Mayor of Emfuleni local municipality in Gauteng and African National Congress (ANC) member Sipho Radebe says he remains the mayor and will not resign. This follows allegations that the ANC’s Sedibeng regional executive committee instructed Radebe to resign. Radebe has told SABC News that he is engaging his party. “You…

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Scathing criticism of Mbeki heard at TRC inquiry

Thabo Mbeki at The African Peace and Security Dialogue. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry has heard a scathing attack on former president Thabo Mbeki on the fourth day of public hearings at the TRC Cases Inquiry in Newtown, Johannesburg. Lukanyo Calata, son of Fort Calata who was part of the Cradock Four…

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