uMkhonto weSizwe Party members during a rally. Mary Phadi is no longer the leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party in Mpumalanga. The party has successfully challenged her reinstatement as the convenor and leader of the party in the province. Phadi was expelled in October last year for alleged violation of the party’s constitution and misappropriation…
African National Congress (ANC)’s Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says former Deputy President David Mabuza embodied the spirit of the Freedom Charter. The Freedom Charter’s principles emphasize equality, human rights, and social justice, advocating for a society where all citizens have equal opportunities and rights. Mbalula was speaking after paying his respect at Mabuza’s family farm in…
EFF Deputy President, Godrich Gardee, outside the Mabuza family home in Mpumalanga. Deputy President of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Godrich Gardee has hailed the late former Deputy President David Mabuza as a man of peace and unity. Gardee says Mabuza was committed to the liberation of the people of South Africa, and that he…
An empty classroom The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng has raised concern that more than 500 schools in the province have had their electricity and water disconnected due to outstanding utility bills amounting to R58 million. The party says the disconnections have severely impacted the provision of basic services. DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education, Sergio…
[File Image] Former President Jacob Zuma looks on during a press conference where he speaks about his political future in Orlando East, Soweto. The uMkhonto Wesizwe Party is accused of violating its own constitution by not following internal procedures when the leader of the party in Mpumalanga Mary Phadi was expelled. Advocate Zandile Mshololo, who…
Vehicles with containers at Durban port President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged President Donald Trump’s letter imposing a 30% tariff on South African exports to the US, citing trade imbalances and market restrictions. U.S. President Trump has posted this letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa in which he explains that South Africa will be charged a tariff…
Prison cell. Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, Kgomotso Ramolobeng says the committee has decided to review the medical parole system. Briefing the media on the committee’s oversight duties at Parliament, Ramolobeng says there are ongoing discussions with the minister in charge to consider the review of the medical parole system following repeated…
Former ANC Youth Leage secretary general Sindiso Magaqa. The family of the late former African National Congress Youth League Secretary-General, Sindiso Magaqa, has welcomed the sentencing of Sbusiso Ncengwa who pleaded guilty to his murder. Ncengwa has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for Magaqa’s murder by the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court. Ncengwa faced 11 charges…
Sibusiso Ncengwa appears before the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal on 07 July 2025 during his sentencing for the murder of former ANC Youth League Secretary, Sindiso Magaqa. The man who pleaded guilty to being part of the killing of former African National Congress ANC Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, has been sentenced to…
The Peace and Security Cluster Committee Chairpersons will on Monday, brief the media and the public as part of the 7th Parliament’s regular Committee Cluster Media Engagement programme. The media briefing will be held under the theme: “Deepening the values of peace, justice, safety and security.” LIVE STREAM:
