President Cyril Ramaphosa at an ANC North West Provincial Executive Committee meeting, 11 September 2025. Residents from some parts of the Rustenburg Local Municipality are pinning their hopes on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to their municipality on Friday. A joint Cabinet and Northwest Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting, led by the President, will discuss service…
FILE | Former ANCYL Secretary Sindiso Magaqa. The ruling in the bail application of former Umzimkhulu municipal manager, Zweliphansi Sikohosana, in the Sindiso Magaqa murder case, will be handed down on the 23rd of September. Magaqa, who was a councillor and former African National Congress ANC Youth League secretary general, was shot in 2017. He…
Anti-Apartheid activist, Steve Biko. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will on Friday enrol the reopening of the inquest into the death of anti-Apartheid activist and Black Consciousness Movement founder and leader, Steve Biko. Biko died 48 years ago on the 12th of September 1977 after he was allegedly tortured by the then apartheid regime. A…
ANC NEC members attending the meeting in Ekurhuleni. President Cyril Ramaphosa has implored African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) members to take bold steps to end corruption and mismanagement at the local sphere of government. He was speaking at the party’s Special NEC meeting called to discuss the challenges facing the government and…
ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa. African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says municipalities must be an attractive destination for investment in order to create job opportunities. Experts say politicisation of local government and poor-quality councillor candidates are some of the factors for the collapse of service delivery at municipalities across the country. Ramaphosa earlier said…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. Speaking at the second African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) National General Council (NGC) meeting in Kimberley, the ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula says those who do not execute the mandate of the ANC, should leave the party. [WATCH] We do not have the luxury of infighting. We do not have the…
The Nelson Mandela University is hosting the annual Steve Biko lecture with Adv Muzi Skhakhane delivering the keynote address. Meanwhile, the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has been postponed to the 12th of November, for case management in the High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The reopening comes exactly…
Anti-Apartheid activist, Steve Biko. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed the re-opening of the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist, Bantu Steven Biko. The re-opening comes exactly 48 years after Biko died in police custody on 12 September 1977. The High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape today postponed the inquest to the…
Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs. The University of South Africa (Unisa)’s Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (TM-School) is holding the biannual conversation with its Chancellor and former President, Dr Thabo Mbeki. Livestream:
A woman casts her ballot during elections. Rise Mzansi, GOOD Party and Build One South Africa (BOSA) remain mum about a possible merger ahead of next year’s local government elections. Whilst details remain sketchy, BOSA has indicated that it will release a joint statement with those it intends to enter into an agreement with within…
