EFF president Julius Malema speaking during a media briefing at the party’s National People’s Assembly in Nasrec, Johannesburg. 2 minutes EFF leader Julius Malema has described the events of the 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville when at least 69 people were killed by the then apartheid regime and 180 were wounded as not a massacre…
EFF Secretary-General Marshal Dlamini speaks during a party event. 2 minutes EFF Secretary-General Marshall Dlamini says the party has met with the ANC in a chief whip’s forum to discuss the possibility of voting for the national budget. While the national budget has been tabled in parliament, political parties must still vote for it to…
US President Donald Trump and SA President Cyril Ramaphosa 4 minutes The South African government is being cautious in a bid to re-establish good relations with the US and get past the current diplomatic stalemate. Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya briefed the media at the Union Buildings in Pretoria today. This briefing follows the expulsion of…
Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the US. 1 minute South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States (US) Ebrahim Rasool will depart the US later today, meeting a deadline set by the Secretary of State for his exit from the country after being declared persona non grata. Ambassador Rasool says he leaves the US with…
SA ambassador to US Ebrahim Rasool was declared a person non grata by the US. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested formations, including the African National Congress (ANC), that wish to welcome expelled South African Ambassador to the United States (US) Ebrahim Rasool, to avoid inflaming the current tense relations between the two countries….
A voter casts their vote in a ballot box 1 minute The ANC, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhontho Wesizwe are contesting by-elections in Joe Morolong Municipality in Northern Cape. The contested ward 1, previously represented by the ANC, became vacant following the death of a councillor. The ward was won by the ANC in…
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe honoured with an honorary doctorate in Politics and International Relations from the University of Johannesburg 3 minutes Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged the government to mend its strained relationship with the United States and strengthen longstanding ties with the European Union. Motlanthe’s remarks come in the wake of…
1 minute Former Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Joseph Kabila held talks at the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in Johannesburg, focusing on African leadership and development. The meeting between the two leaders comes after the collapse of DRC talks in Luanda, Angola. The discussions were aimed at finding the lasting peace in the eastern DRC. The M23 movement…
Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the US. 2 minutes A brand and reputation expert says the only way for Pretoria to maintain and protect its sovereignty is to take a firm stance and utilise its leverage over the United States (US) as best as possible. This is in reaction to former South African Ambassador to…
The by-elections would have been the last ahead of the scheduled 27 October local government elections. 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has won ward one in the Saldanha Bay municipal by-election in the Western Cape, according to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Provincial Electoral Officer Michael Hendrickse confirmed that eight parties…
