Politics

The Constitutional Court bids farewell to Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga with a Special Ceremonial Sitting. LIVE STREAM: 

Members of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) in Limpopo convened at their ordinary meeting on 28 July 2025 at the PEC Boardroom, Frans Mohlala House in Polokwane. The African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo has threatened to remove incompetent mayors and councillors in the province’s municipalities. This is one of the resolutions taken during…

Polokwane Municipality Mayor John Mpe addresses media briefing on July 24, 2025. Embattled Polokwane Municipality Mayor John Mpe says he will not make any comment on the investigations by the Hawks as the matter is already before the courts. He was reacting to the ruling of the High Court in Polokwane, which struck off the…

Outside City Hall in Cape Town. The Good Party has called for the resignation of City of Cape Town Speaker, Felicity Purchase, alleging that her continued presence in that role is divisive. EFF councilor, Mzubanzi Dambuza, was allegedly choked during a council meeting by security staff. The City of Cape Town could not be immediately…

The Presidency’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya The Presidency Spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya has reacted to comments made by former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo about the pain he felt when he had to swear in cabinet ministers who had serious state capture findings against them.  Zondo was speaking on the sidelines of the South African Council of Churches National…

Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi. Workers of the Umkhanyakude district municipality in Northern KwaZulu-Natal who are opposed to the appointment of an administrator are on strike and have blockaded the main gate to the municipal buildings with trucks.   Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi appointed Bamba Ndwandwe as administrator earlier this month.   Auditor-General (AG)…

Presidential Special Envoy to North America Mcebisi Jonas addresses the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s Winter Seminar on July 29, 2025. The Presidential Special Envoy to North America Mcebisi Jonas says the world is facing unprecedented times, but there should not be despair. He attended a seminar hosted by the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation in Johannesburg. The world…

Former ANCYL SG Sindiso Magaqa 55-year-old Zweliphansi Skhosana, a former Municipal Manager of the Umzimkhulu Municipality appeared briefly in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal, in connection with the murder of former ANC Youth League Secretary-General, Sindiso Magaqa in 2017. Skhosana was arrested in Durban on Monday. He was previously arrested in 2018 alongside Umzimkhulu…

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba ActionSA has launched the Tshwane Mayor’s Performance Tracker to monitor service delivery in the City. ActionSA is in a multi-party coalition and its councillor Nasiphi Moya is the City’s executive mayor. The Performance Tracker is available on the party’s website and tracks real-time performance across all wards, including turnaround times, unresolved…

FILE | Inside the Pretoria City Hall. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is opposed to the possible sale or lease of the Pretoria City Hall to the Iranian Embassy. This follows reports that the City of Tshwane received a letter from the embassy expressing interest to acquire a municipal building or land for the establishment of…