President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the Political Overview at ANC’s 5th NGC in Bokburg. African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the party can only be appealing to the electorate when its deeply connected to communities. Ramaphosa was delivering his Political Overview at the party’s 5th National General Council in Boksburg in Ekurhuleni. The five-day…
Family of a victim stabbed to death allegedly by a 39-year-old man at Malangeni Phase 2 in Umzinto Families of five victims, who were stabbed to death allegedly by a 39-year-old man at Malangeni Phase 2 in Umzinto on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, are angry and devastated. It is alleged that Lungisani Shabane, who is now believed to have taken…
South African Post Office (SAPO) The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it wants the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, to intervene in the ongoing business rescue process of the Post Bank and Post Office. Cosatu’s Parliamentary Coordinator, Matthew Parks, made a submission on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)…
COPE delegates The Congress of the People (COPE) says it’s determined to stabilise the party’s leadership ahead of the upcoming 2026 local government elections. COPE’s acting General Secretary Eric Mohlapamaswi reveals that the party’s Congress National Committee (CNC) has adopted a resolution to postpone the party’s National Elective Congress to April next year. The decision was taken during the…
National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) to march to the office of the Presidency in Pretoria. The National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) is expected to march to the Office of the Presidency in Pretoria today to demand government’s urgent intervention on the closure of smelters in the country. The union is protesting against the planned job…
ANC NGC under way at Birchwood Hotel The volatile relationship between South Africa and the United States, which has seen US President Donald Trump take a stern stance against the recent G20 hosts, will be among the issues on the agenda of the ANC’s four-day NGC meeting. But the fragile relations between the party and…
Tensions continue between the Ingonyama Trust Board and the AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. This, after King Misuzulu halted a planned three-day strategic engagement forum of the Ingonyama Trust Board with traditional authorities, citing that, as the Chairperson, he was not informed about the meeting. The King is the sole trustee of the Trust, which administers…
Drugs that were confiscated Six people were arrested and drugs worth millions of rands were discovered by police at a laboratory in Makapanstad in the North West. According to spokesperson for the Hawks Colonel Katlego Mogale, a member of the Western Cape Serious Organised Crime Investigation as well as the counter-narcotics and gangs unit in…
Andrea Stella, Fernando, Oscar and Max line up to congratulate Lando. McLaren’s Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won the Formula One championship for the first time and ended Max Verstappen’s four-year reign with a nervy third place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull’s Verstappen, who ended…
IEC banner. The Electoral Commission (IEC) in the Eastern Cape says it is anticipating a large number of parties to register to contest the 2026 Local Government Elections. The commission says it has already received many queries from potential political parties. On Monday, the IEC brought its pre-election workshops in preparation for next year’s much…
