Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality building. 3 minutes The hung council of the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality is divided over the suspension of the municipal manager. Some parties in the Limpopo council voted to place the municipal manager, Ntoampie Thobela, on suspension on allegations of corruption and mal-administration. The council believes Thobela acted against its mandate, when he…
MK Party’s Dr John Hlophe 2 minutes Legal analyst Abigail Ngobeni says the Western Cape High Court’s ruling declaring the decision of the National Assembly to designate uMkhonto weSizwe Party Parliamentary leader, Dr John Hlophe as one of its representatives to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), as unconstitutional and invalid did not come as a…
MK Party’s John Hlophe and other members 1 minute The Western Cape High Court has declared unconstitutional and invalid the decision of the National Assembly to designate uMkhonto weSizwe Parliamentary leader, Dr John Hlophe as one of its representatives to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The Democratic Alliance (DA) approached the court over Hlope’s designations…
Suspended Road Accident Fund CEO Collins Letsoalo 2 minutes Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) has raised concerns about the critical state of the Road Accident Fund (RAF), following the fund’s Chief Executive Officer Collins Letsoalo being placed on special leave. This as the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) continues its investigations into alleged tender…
Minister of DOJ&CD Mmamoloko Kubayi 2 minutes Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says there has been no deliberate attempt by the state to delay justice in apartheid-era cases. She was speaking at the Gqeberha High Court, where the third inquest into the 1985 murders of the Cradock Four is under way. The inquest is probing the…
3 minutes It has been 49 years since the uprisings on 16 June 1976, when the youth in Soweto marched in protest against the compulsory introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in their schools. The youth of the day demonstrated their will to influence political change in the country. However, since then, South…
1 minute The reopened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli resumes in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The Luthuli family is seeking to overturn the findings of the original inquest, which concluded that his death was accidental. Chief Luthuli died in 1967 after allegedly being struck…
1 minute The Western Cape High Court is hearing the EFF’s urgent application on the increase of the General Fuel Levy. The General Tax Levy increase is expected to take effect tomorrow. LIVE STREAM:
MK Party leader Jacob Zuma (C) before addressing party members 1 minute uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma will brief the media in Durban today. He is expected to focus on the current political climate in the country. This after the Western Cape High Court ruling yesterday that the National Assembly’s decision to designate party’s…
The late Deputy Chief Whip in Parliament, Khethamabala Petros “KP” Sithole 3 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has sent its condolences to the family of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Chief Whip Khethamabala Petros Sithole. Sithole was attacked and killed in Katlehong on Gauteng’s East Rand on Saturday night….
