Flags of the Democratic Alliance are seen at the party’s Eastern Cape Elective Congress on 27 February 2026. City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Democratic Alliance (DA) Sedibeng District Municipality Caucus leader, Sibusiso Dyonase will be contesting for the position of federal leader at the party’s upcoming Congress. The DA congress will take…
Minister of Social Development Nokuzola Tolashe speaking at a government event. ActionSA MP Dereleen James is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire the Minister of Social Development Nokuzola Tolashe. James has laid a criminal complaint against Tolashe at the Cape Town Central Police Station. She claims that Tolashe has misled Parliament for failing to…
Emergency services pull victims from the wreckage following a bus crash on the N2 in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal, on March 9, 2025. 1 minute The death toll in the bus crash on the N2 in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal has risen to nine. More than 60 passengers suffered injuries, ranging from critical to minor. One of the deceased…
FILE | Businessman Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala in court. The Head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) Advocate Andrea Johnson has confirmed that they are currently investigating Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Johnson said this before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during a media briefing in July. Johnson…
Money appears to be a significant motivating factor for some delegates participating in the two-day National Convention in Pretoria after misplaced expectations of financial compensation arose. This comes after it was made known that delegates would be volunteering their services and time and wouldn’t receive any compensation. According to the Eminent Person’s Group’s Bheki Ntshalintshali,…
DIRCO Minister Ronald Lamola. 1 minute International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is in Russia to preside over the 18th Inter-Governmental Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation. The platform will be used as a structure to coordinate economic and trade relations between South Africa and Russia. Russia remains one of South Africa’s key allies, especially in…
Moroadi Cholota at the High Court in Bloemfontein. Moroadi Cholota’s legal representatives say they are shocked by the Free State High Court decision to dismiss her bid challenging the court’s jurisdiction to try her. The court dismissed four grounds Cholota mounted against the state, finding that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that it did not misrepresent facts when it requested…
FILE | Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya. Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into corruption allegations against law enforcement agencies has denied the Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya’s announcement that he will appear before it. The committee was established to look into threats to national security, following allegations…
Johannesburg Emergency Services vehicle. The Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (Joburg EMS) say they are on high alert following a high fire danger alert issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) for today citing windy and warm weather conditions that could fuel uncontrolled veld fires. EMS Spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says, “From our side, as the…
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya addresses the second High-Level Meeting of Women Judicial Leaders of Africa in Sandton, Johannesburg. Chief Justice Mandisa Maya has urged countries across the continent to appoint more women to senior positions in the judiciary. She was speaking at the second High-Level Meeting of Women Judicial Leaders of Africa in Sandton, Johannesburg….
