Deputy President Paul Mashatile 1 minute ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile joined the family of the party’s former president, Chief Albert Luthuli, at the Pietermaritzburg High Court for the reopened inquest into his death. The Luthuli family is seeking to overturn the findings of the original inquest, which concluded that Luthuli’s 1967 death was accidental….
DIRCO Minister Ronald Lamola. 1 minute International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is expected to brief the media this morning on South Africa’s role as the current president of the G20. South Africa assumed the G20 presidency in December 2024, taking over from Brazil. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says Lamola will provide…
EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media on the suspension of the VAT increase. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has termed the denial of his visa to the United Kingdom as an “act of cowardice”. Malema was speaking at Ward 24 in Freedom Park, Soweto, just days before Wednesday’s by-election. “They…
3 minutes As the South African Communist Party (SACP) prepares to contest the 2026 Local Government Elections for the first time, political analyst Dr Levy Ndou warns the party will need to intensify its efforts to gain voter support. The assessment follows Friday’s bilateral meeting between the SACP and the Congress of Traditional Leaders of…
1 minute The African National Congress (ANC)’s regional elective conference in the Peter Mokaba region in Limpopo has been postponed indefinitely due to unresolved disputes. The conference was scheduled to start yesterday, just outside Polokwane. The party’s current regional chairperson and Polokwane Municipality Executive Mayor, John Mpe, is expected to run for a third term….
An ambulance leaves the Lily mine, which is owned by Vantage Goldfields, near Barberton, east of Johannesburg. 2 minutes ActionSA has temporarily suspended its plan to independently retrieve the bodies of three mine workers trapped underground at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga, pending government intervention. The workers died in 2016 when a container they were working…
2 minutes Limpopo’s African National Congress (ANC) Peter Mokaba regional task team leader, John Mpe, says the regional elective conference will go ahead despite murmurs from disgruntled party members. Mpe says about 120 delegates from various branches have been accredited to attend the 10th regional conference. He will be contesting against Capricorn District Executive Mayor…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at an event. 1 minute The South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) will jointly mobilise for a referendum to resolve the land question. The announcement follows bilateral talks held today by the SACP and Contralesa in Braamfontein, Johannesburg today. SACP General-Secretary Solly…
ANC Norman Mashabane Region’s newly elected officials. 1 minute Mopani District Municipality Mayor, Pule Shayi has been re-elected as the African National Congress (ANC) Norman Mashabane Region Chairperson in Limpopo. Shayi beat the region’s former secretary, Goodman Mtileni by a large margin at the ANC’s Elective Conference currently under way outside Tzaneen. The elections started…
DA leader John Steenhuisen. 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has extended the party’s condolences to the friends and family of a long-time party member and ambassador to Thailand, Douglas Gibson. Among others, Gibson served as a chief whip of the Democratic Party and continued to be a member of the Democratic Alliance….
