Flowers seen on a coffin. The late former City of Cape Town Mayor, Frank van der Velde, has been laid to rest in Cape Town. He died last weekend at the age of 81. Van der Velde served as mayor from 1991 to 1993. Current Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, was among those who attended Van der…
The funeral service of Former Deputy President, David Mabuza. The late former Deputy President David Mabuza has been hailed as a hero by many mourners who attended his funeral service on Saturday. Thousands of mourners from across the country attended the category two official state funeral of Mabuza held at the Hoerskool Bergvlam in Mbombela,…
Mabuza addresses National Assembly Former Deputy President and South African politician David Mabuza has died at the age of 64. As a former Deputy President, Mabuza will receive a Category 2 State Funeral with prescribed military ceremonial honours which will be held in his hometown in Mpumalanga. Below is a timeline highlighting some of the…
Honouring the late former Deputy President, David Mabuza. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party will hand over an ANC flag to the family of late Deputy President David Mabuza ahead of his remains being transported to Mbombela for the state funeral service on Saturday. Mabuza will then be laid to rest…
Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addresses the media in Midrand on June 19, 2025. Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Deputy President and former uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) Secretary General, now Mayibuye national convener, Floyd Shivambu, believes that millions of South Africans have lost faith in existing political parties and the country’s…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu at National Excellence Awards Durban ICC, 26 January 2025. Opposition political parties are calling for Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to be fired ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation tonight. It’s been exactly a week since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made explosive allegations against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu….
ANC members, including 1st Deputy Secretary General, Cde Nomvula Mokonyane is visiting the family of Theresa Mary Solomon, January 2025. An African National Congress (ANC) delegation is expected to visit the family of the late Cape Town Mayor and struggle veteran, Theresa Solomon in Newlands on Sunday. Solomon died last week at the age of…
Solly Malatsi, DA Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies leading an election campaign event in Roodepan. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it has pulled out all the stops for victory in the Sol Plaatjie Municipality’s Ward 1 by-elections on Friday in Kimberley. The party’s Second Deputy Federal Chairperson Solly Malatsi has led an election campaign…
The body of the late former Deputy President, David Mabuza has arrived outside his home in Barberton. Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu and ANC Provincial Secretary Muzi Chirwa is part of the delegation which has fetched the body of former Deputy President David Mabuza from the mortuary in Mbombela for transportation to his family home in…
An IEC banner seen at a voting station. The Electoral Commission has confirmed the rejection of the Islamic State of Africa’s (ISA) application to register as a political party. In a media statement, Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo cited three reasons for the decision: First, over 200 objections were received, with concerns that the party’s…
