File: The Convenor of the African National Congress’ (ANC) Provincial Task Team in KwaZulu-Natal, Jeff Radebe speaks outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court where an inquest into the death of former party President, Chief Albert Luthuli is being heard on April 22, 2025. The African National Congress’s (ANC) Provincial Convenor in KwaZulu-Natal, Jeff Radebe has described this…
DA Mpumalanga leader Jane Sithole is pictured after her re-election on 14 February 2026. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Mpumalanga has re-elected Jane Sithole as provincial leader, and Bosman Grobler as the chairperson unopposed during an elective conference underway in Sabie. The party says it’s focusing on growing support in the province, starting from different…
Renowned SA poet, writer, and activist Diana Ferrus. The funeral of internationally renowned South African poet and activist Dr Diana Ferrus will take place today in Worcester in the Western Cape. She has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category 2. Ferrus died two weeks ago in Cape Town at the age of 72….
File: Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence Malusi Gigaba briefs the media on April 10, 2025. Chairperson of Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence Malusi Gigaba has hit back at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Member of Parliament (MP) Carl Niehaus for demanding that he recuse himself. Niehaus has cited the African National Congress’s…
Premier of the North West Province, Lazarus Mokgosi. The Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations of improper conduct against North West Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi, has heard how the head of the department of Co-operative Governance had instructed the former acting Chief Director to thoroughly assess the draft report on the appointment of Modisenyane Segapo as the…
[File] Former President Jacob Zuma. Former President Jacob Zuma has vowed to continue his fight to keep his African National Congress (ANC) membership in a bid to preserve his legacy among the party’s leaders. He was speaking during the launch of a book on the life of his first wife Sizakele Khumalo-Zuma in Inanda, north…
File: Retired Justice Sisi Khampepe chairs the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Commission of Inquiry on November 10, 2025. Lukanyo Calata has called for the Truth Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry to subpoena former Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma to come answer for their failings with regards to the investigation and prosecution of TRC cases. Representing families of victims,…
File: Former President Thabo Mbeki Former President Thabo Mbeki has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to join former President Jacob Zuma’s review application to challenge Justice Sisi Khampepe’s refusal to recuse herself as Chairperson of the Truth Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry. Amongst reasons advanced, Mbeki says Khampepe applied a subjective not an objective standard on the issue of bias. Secondly that Khampepe’s argument that the Inquiry’s Terms…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a strong warning to local authorities who neglect their responsibility to supply water to communities, saying they face serious consequences. Delivering the 2026 State-of-the- Nation Address (SONA) at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday evening, Ramaphosa said the consequences include criminal charges in their personal capacity…
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, February 13, 2026. Political parties have expressed mixed reactions to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered at Cape Town City Hall last night. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party criticised the speech, describing it as a complete waste of…
