EFF remains resolute on the 2025 budget stance

2 minutes The EFF is adamant that it will not support the 2025 budget despite meeting with a high-level delegation that ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula led in Sandton, Johannesburg yesterday. In a statement, the EFF says the engagement must not be mistaken for participation in seeking alternatives to the VAT increases. The EFF says the…

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Expelled MKP founder hit with another punitive cost order

uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) founder Jabulani Khumalo in the Electoral Court in Johannesburg on June 3, 2024. The expelled founder of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Political Party, Jabulani Khumalo, has been hit with another punitive cost order. This, after he withdrew his urgent application for the directorship of the MK Party NPC – a non-profit…

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SACP contesting elections will impact ANC negatively: Mbalula

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has conceded that the South African Communist Party’s (SACP) decision to contest elections separate from the tripartite alliance will have a negative impact on the ANC. He says the ANC is continuing to engage the SACP with the hope that the two…

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ConCourt to host 30 year anniversary celebrations

Constitutional Court of South Africa. 1 minute The Constitutional Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, will host a ceremony on the 20th of June to mark 30 years since the doors of the Constitutional Court were first opened by the late former President Nelson Mandela in 1995. The occasion is significant within…

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No arrests in fatal shooting of WSU student: Police

FILE | Students at WSU campus 2 minutes Police in the Eastern Cape say no arrests have been made after the fatal shooting of a Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student at the Mthatha campus, as access to the crime scene is blockaded by protesting students. The shooting incident happened earlier today when protesting students allegedly…

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