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,…
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…
FILE | Former President Thabo Mbeki and Former President Jacob Zuma Former Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) commissioner, Yasmin Sooka, has raised questions about the role that former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma have played in dealing with cases of apartheid-era political crimes. Sooka, who is also a board member of the Foundation for…
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….
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,…
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…
The Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the country’s criminal justice system under way at Parliament in Cape Town The work of the Ad Hoc committee probing allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system has now been extended to the 31st of…
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…
FILE | SANDF soldiers on patrol Defence Analyst Kobus Marais says the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in areas ravaged by crime in the Western Cape and Gauteng cannot be supported and condoned. Marais was responding to the announcement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address…
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…
