KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli speaks during community engagements at Cecil Emmett Hall in Vryheid on November 6, 2025. A faction of the National Freedom Party (NFP) led by the party’s National Chairperson Msawenkosi Mkhabela says the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU) is here to stay, despite the party’s president Ivan Barnes earlier announcing the…
FILE PHOTO | Advocate Dali Mpofu making presentations in court. Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu is taking the Legal Practice Council (LPC) to court in a bid to set aside the remaining four amended charges in the Council’s disciplinary case against him, describing it as “frivolous and baseless”. Mpofu faces a disciplinary hearing before the…
Khomotso Phahlane at Ad Hoc Committee hearing A hostile exchange has taken place between the evidence leader of the Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town looking into concerns of national security, Advocate Norman Arendse and the former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane. Advocate Arendse accused Phahlane of misleading the committee by denying he approved…
Dictionary definition of legislation. The National Assembly has passed the Special Appropriation Bill. The bill allocates additional money to the Department of Health. Additional funding was requested by the Department after the United States withdrew its PEPFAR funding to South Africa and other countries last year. Democratic Alliance MP Janho Engelbrecht says political differences should be put…
[FILE IMAGE]: MK Party Chief Whip Colleen Makhubele (R) in the National Assembly. The MK Party has removed its Treasurer-General Mpiyakhe Limba and Chief Whip Colleen Makhubele. The party has removed Limba and replaced him with Brian Molefe, who is also a Member of Parliament. In the National Assembly, Makhubele was removed as Chief Whip…
FILE| Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will resume on Monday 26 January. This has been confirmed by the Commission in a statement this Monday afternoon. Spokesperson Jeremy Michaels says that the Commission will continue from where it left off in December 2025. The Commission…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa will next week attend the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The President will also meet the UAE President, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a working visit. The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is an annual event hosted in the UAE capital…
ANC members and supporters hold party flags in anticipation of January 8 Statement, 10 Jan 2026. African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the party is not dying and will bounce back. He was speaking during his delivery of the January Eighth Statement at Moruleng Stadium outside Rustenburg. The ANC lost its majority in…
ANC’s 114th birthday celebrations at Moruleng Stadium, outside Rustenburg With local elections just few months away, the African National Congress (ANC) has declared 2026 as the year to fix local government and transform the economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the party’s January 8 Statement at Moruleng Stadium, outside Rustenburg on Saturday. The ANC’s main 114th…
ANC and SACP flags The South African Communist Party (SACP) first Deputy President Madala Masuku has described the African National Congress (ANC) as the leader of society. Despite heightened tensions between the ANC and the SACP, Masuku wishes the governing party well in its renewal project. In a notable display of political messaging, Masuku says,…
