A banner of the Ditsobotla Local Municipality is seen during a vaccination drive in Lichtenburg on 12 October 2021. 4 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) in North West has proposed that the Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality be dissolved and all its areas incorporated into nearby municipalities. The party says this is one of the…
1 minute National Assembly has called a Joint Sitting Debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address. LIVE | National Assembly debates President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA: Day 2
EFF members in parliament ahead of the SONA debate. 3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to close Israel’s embassy in South Africa as a sign to show that the country will not be intimidated by foreign forces. His remarks follow an Executive Order issued by US…
2 minutes The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party’s leader in Parliament, Dr John Hlophe has urged South Africa not to surrender the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the rebels. This is amid calls by some political parties for the SANDF peacekeepers to withdraw from the war-torn eastern DRC. 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…
US President Donald Trump 4 minutes The signing of an executive order by US President Donald Trump to cut financial assistance to South Africa dominated the debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA). President Ramaphosa delivered the SONA last week Thursday. Trump cited disapproval of South Africa’s land policy and its genocide case…
EFF leader Julius Malema seen speaking at an event. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for delivering his 8th State of the Nation Address (SONA) as if it were his first. He says Ramaphosa failed to provide any updates on progress made over the years. Malema was…
1 minute Members of the National Assembly debate President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). LIVE proceedings:
2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence says South Africa’s deployment of its soldiers to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aligns with the country’s foreign policy. Parliament on Monday held a special sitting during which the deaths of 14 South African soldiers in the DRC were debated. Their bodies are expected to be repatriated from the Uganda capital…
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga. 3 minutes Action SA has joined calls for Defence Minister Angie Motshekga to resign. ActionSA MP Athol Trollip supports the calls for her to step down. “As confirmed by Minister Motshekga in her reply to my parliamentary question, she said the deployment is devoid of strategy and a lack of national interest…Frankly, there is no defensible reason to continue….
uMkhonto weSizwe MK Party MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla 2 minutes The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has swiftly responded to Commander Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s series of inflammatory posts on X. The posts, which directly targeted the party’s secretary general, were deemed offensive and in breach of the party’s disciplinary code. The party described her utterances as “unacceptable, divisive,…
