President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the National Dialogue Convention at Unisa in Pretoria in August 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed the nominees from different social sectors to serve on the National Dialogue Steering Committee. The committee will be responsible for setting strategic priorities and coordinating implementation of the process across the country. Presidential Spokesperson Vincent…
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) says it will continue pursuing a vote of no confidence against the KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli citing safety concerns ahead of local government elections. Ntuli survived a motion of no confidence brought by the party on Monday. The Legislature in Pietermaritzburg descended into chaos earlier after…
Chaos erupted in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature over the motion of no confidence against Premier Thami Ntuli on December 15, 2025. The KwaZulu-Natal Speaker Nontembeko Boyce has suspended 32 members of the legislature for disorderly and unlawful conduct during the motion of no confidence sitting on December 15. It is reported that the suspended members are…
Mbali Shinga ,KZN NFP Chairperson who is currently placed on suspension KwaZulu-Natal National Freedom Party Chairperson, Mbali Shinga has been placed on immediate suspension. Shinga’s suspension comes after she openly defied party instructions to support a motion of no-confidence vote against Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli last week. Shinga, who serves as the MEC for social development…
FILE| The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader Jacob Zuma and other party members. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) says leadership changes within the party are inevitable given its rapid formation ahead of the 2024 general elections. Speaking to the SABC News while reflecting on its second anniversary, MKP Head of the Presidency Magasela Mzobe says…
South African R200 notes The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has recommended a 4.1 percent salary increase for public office bearers for the 2025/2026 financial year. This is contained in the government gazette that was published this week. The proposed salary increases, if approved, could see the President earning R137 000…
National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi The Nkabinde Enquiry says the Justice Department has not yet responded to National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi’s application for the amendment of the enquiry’s terms of reference. She made a similar application to the enquiry whose panel has since rejected it. The enquiry will…
Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria, 5 Dec 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the interim report of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System. Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed this in a statement. The handing over of the Madlanga…
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry The Presidency confirmed that the interim report of the Madlanga Commission be handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, 17 December but it will not be made public. SABC News has covered the Madlanga Commission and a highlights tool has been created with nearly 200 clips of witness testimonies since…
Madlanga Commission sitting. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry says it has received evidence from 28 walk-in submissions. The Commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, is probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Commission Spokesperson Jeremy Michaels says 45 of the 89 submissions to the…
