| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.09.2024 | Sacked Sita board members to be reinstated | Former communications minister Mondli Gungubele chatting to his successor, Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT
The supreme court of appeal has denied the minister of communications & digital technologies’ application for leave to appeal in a mat... |
| 16.08.2024 | SA withdraws nuclear energy plan for further talks | South Africa will delay the launch of a procurement process for a new nuclear power station to allow for more consultation, energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Friday, following legal challenges.
The government said in December la... |
| 06.08.2024 | Africa’s wealthiest City: Johannesburg needs $12 Billion to revamp crumbling infrastructure | South Africa’s Johannesburg, ranked as the continent’s richest city due to its concentration of businesses and estimated 12, 300 millionaires, is facing a substantial infrastructure crisis.
The city requires 221 billion rand ($12 billion) t... |
| 01.08.2024 | EFF, DA in agreement: SA is governed by a grand coalition not a GNU | The ANC’s Fikile Mbalula and DA’s Helen Zille.
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Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chairperson Helen Zille has conceded that South Africa is governed by a grand coalition between itself and the ANC and... |
| 30.07.2024 | The Expulsion of Jacob Zuma: A Political Earthquake in South Africa | The African National Congress (ANC) has made a seismic decision. Former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the party he once led. This move is more than just a political maneuver; it’s a statement. It echoes through the corridors o... |
| 28.07.2024 | JUST IN: ANC expels its former president Jacob Zuma | Former President Jacob Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Images: X/MK Party and @PresidencyZA
The African National Congress (ANC) has expelled its former leader and president Jacob Zuma.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ANC’S DECISION TO EXPEL... |
| 25.07.2024 | Voices of Change: Laura Bates and the Fight Against Sexism**
** | ** In a world where silence often reigns, some voices rise above the noise. Laura Bates is one of those voices. A campaigner, author, and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, she has become a beacon for those fighting against gender ineq... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rowing Wave: Paris 2024 Olympics Set to Make History**
** | ** The Paris 2024 Olympics are just around the corner, and the world is ready to watch. Among the many sports, rowing stands out. It’s a dance on water, a test of strength and strategy. This year, the rowing competitions will be held at the... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Political Theater of Bias: A Tale of Two Hearings**
** | ** In the grand arena of politics, the stage is set for a performance. The players are familiar: politicians, tech moguls, and the ever-watchful public. Recently, two articles highlighted the duality of political bias and the hypocrisy that... |
| 19.07.2024 | Tenacious D Tour Canceled After Controversial Trump Comment | Jack Black cancels upcoming tour dates for Tenacious D after bandmate Kyle Gass makes a controversial comment about Donald Trump during a show in Australia. The comment leads to calls for deportation and criticism from officials. Black and ... |
| 19.07.2024 | Ramaphosa pledges to revive battered economy | President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Thursday to revive South Africa’s flagging economy and extend prosperity to the many left out of it, by resuscitating factories and farms, building roads and seizin... |
| 19.07.2024 | Has the GNU gagged Ramaphosa over Palestine-Israel issue? | DA leader and Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: @ParliamentofRSA via X (Twitter)
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the Opening of Parliament Address at Cape Town City Hall on Thursday evening a... |
| 17.07.2024 | Jacob Zuma disciplinary hearing: Will MK Party leader fight to stay in the ANC? | MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. Image: Phill Magakoe / AFP
The disciplinary hearing of former African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma will take place virtually on Wednesday, 17 July.
In the historic 29 May elections, the MK Party r... |
| 17.07.2024 | Zuma calls ANC outcast Tony Yengeni to represent him at disciplinary hearing | Former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni talks to supporters after being released from Malmesbury Prison, 65km outside of Cape Town, on 15 January 2007. Image: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia
Jacob Zuma has roped in former ANC national executive committee ... |
| 17.07.2024 | ANC denies Duduzile’s ‘wild claims’ on Zuma’s disciplinary hearing | Duduzile Zuma and her father Jacob. Images: X/@DZSambudla
The African National Congress (ANC) has denied claims that it had instructed all its members not to represent former president Jacob Zuma in his disciplinary hearing.
As previously r... |
| 17.07.2024 | Zuma dares ANC to face him as disciplinary hearing gets new date | Former ANC president and current uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma dances on stage of the MK Party’s last rally in eMalahleni on 26 May 2024, ahead of the general elections on 29 May 2024. Image: Michele Spatari/AFP
Jacob Zuma w... |
| 16.07.2024 | ‘Better to be irritated by EFF’: SACP chief’s warning to ANC before GNU Cabinet | SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila. In this image, he was campaigning for the ANC on 21 May 2024 ahead of the general elections eight days later. Image: @SACP1921 via X (Twitter)
Solly Mapaila, the general secretary of the South African C... |
| 15.07.2024 | SA will decarbonise at a pace affordable to economy – Cyril Ramaphosa | South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed the coal-dependent nation’s commitment to moving towards renewable energy. Image: SA news website
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirmed on Monday the coal-dependent natio... |
| 13.07.2024 | First Government of National Unity cabinet lekgotla kicks off in Tshwane | African National Congress (ANC) president and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: Wikus de Wet / AFP
President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the first cabinet lekgotla of the Government of National Unity (GNU) at the Sefako Makgath... |
| 08.07.2024 | South Africa to embrace renewables in major policy shift | Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Image: GCIS
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has vowed to accelerate the shift to renewable energy from coal, breaking with his predecessor who opposed swift decarbonisation and pledged to keeping... |
| 07.07.2024 | ANC Free State’s Phiwe Mathe steps aside over GBV charges | ANC Free State PEC member Phiwe Mathe. Image: X/Central News
The African National Congress (ANC) youth league spokesperson in the Free State, Phiwe Mathe, has stepped aside from his duties as provincial executive committee member and spokes... |
| 04.07.2024 | Boost for tech skills as home affairs visa concession extended | Newly sworn-in home affairs minister Leon Schreiber has extended a temporary concession for foreign nationals who are currently awaiting the outcome of visa, waiver and appeal applications to 31 December.
The processing of some of these app... |
| 04.07.2024 | DA pulls member from Gauteng deputy speaker seat after talks with ANC collapse | DA MPL Refiloe Ntsekhe. Image: X/@RefiloeNtsekhe
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Refiloe Ntsekhe will resign from her position as deputy speaker in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
He said that after a prolonged engagement involving var... |
| 03.07.2024 | BREAKING: ANC confirms Lesufi will announce Gauteng cabinet TODAY | ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. Image: X/@myANC
The African National Congress (ANC) says the task of setting up government in Gauteng is long overdue and it would be irresponsible to continue with the impasse between itself and the De... |
| 02.07.2024 | DA unhappy about being offered two MEC positions in Gauteng | Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Image: X/Gauteng Provincial Government
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng says the African National Congress (ANC) is only offering it two MEC positions.
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| 01.07.2024 | Who’s who in South Africa’s new cabinet | Electricity & energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a cabinet including members of opposition parties that agreed to join a ruling alliance after elections on 29 May failed to produce an outright winn... |
| 01.07.2024 | ANC confirms date for Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing | Former President Jacob Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Screenshot: X video
The African National Congress (ANC) has set the date for the disciplinary hearing of its former president Jacob Zuma.
On Monday, 1 July, the ANC National Discipl... |
| 01.07.2024 | Nando’s reacts to new Government of National Unity Cabinet | President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
Chicken fast food chain Nando’s has reacted to the new National Executive announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday evening.
Nando’s operates over 1 200 outlets in 30 countries.
Their logo depic... |
| 30.06.2024 | DA communications minister to bring policy shake-up | Newly appointed communications minister Solly Malatsi
South Africa has its first minister of communications in the democratic era who isn’t a member of the ANC – and significant policy changes could be on the cards.
President Cyril Ramaphos... |
| 30.06.2024 | Parties close in on cabinet deal | President Cyril Ramaphosa
Political parties are close to reaching a deal on who gets which cabinet posts, various media outlets reported on Sunday, the last hurdle to setting up a government after the ANC lost its majority in an election fo... |
| 30.06.2024 | Francois Jansen: ‘KZN is the nation’s new political chessboard’ | Georgian former chess world champion Nona Gaprindashvili has resolved her legal dispute with streaming giant Netflix. Photo: STUDIO PROMOTIONAL IMAGE
Francois Jansen says that KwaZulu-Natal could be the nation’s new political chessboard.
Kw... |
| 26.06.2024 | 2024 Cabinet announcement: Will the ANC yield to DA demands? | Is there a secret deal between the ANC and DA that could lead the former yield to all its Cabinet demands? Image: File/Fotor
South Africa waits with bated breath for a 2024 Cabinet announcement. This follows the President’s inauguration for... |
| 25.06.2024 | Newly sworn-in ANC MP Zizi Kodwa: State’s case against me is ‘nonexistent’ | Zizi Kodwa was sworn in on Tuesday for the seventh Parliament. Image: Parliament of South Africa.
Zizi Kodwa seems confident that the state does not have a winnable case against him.
“I do this in strict compliance with ANC 55 conference re... |
| 24.06.2024 | GNU must accelerate policy reforms: Ramaphosa | President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
South Africa’s newly formed government must accelerate the pace of reform to help improve the business environment and attract investment, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Ten political parties signed u... |
| 24.06.2024 | ‘Steenhuisen for Deputy President’ delays Cabinet announcement | DA calls of Steenhuisen for Deputy President has led to an alleged impasse within the coalition government. Image: File/Fotor
Following the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) demand of John Steenhuisen for Deputy President, it appears the 2024 Go... |
| 23.06.2024 | Fikile Mbalula’s brother, Jabu, lands top job as MEC in Free State | ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. Image: X/ @MbalulaFikile
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula’s brother Jabu has been named the MEC for Community Safety, Roads and Transport in the Free State.
Ironically, i... |
| 23.06.2024 | ANC reaches agreement with these 10 parties to form Government of National Unity | Cyril Ramaphosa and John Steenhuisen shaking hands in Parliament. Image: GCIS
The African National Congress (ANC) has reached an agreement with 10 political parties to form a Government of National Unity (GNU) for the seventh administration... |
| 20.06.2024 | ‘Government of selective unity’: Gift of the Givers founder on GNU | Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman. Image: X/Gift of the Givers
Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says the Government of National Unity (GNU) is a government of selective unity.
EFF AGAINST ‘GRAND COALITION BETWEEN DA... |
| 18.06.2024 | MEET the new-new South Africa’s ‘class of 2024’ | Say hello to South Africa’s class of 2024. Image: File/Fotor
It’s time to meet South Africa’s nine provincial Premiers, plus the Speaker and Deputy of the National Assembly of the seventh administration. Voted in democratically as part of M... |
| 17.06.2024 | Jacob Zuma’s MK party joins South African opposition alliance | South Africa’s newly parliament met on Friday to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form a coalition government, Image: OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT and Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP
South African former president Jacob Zuma said on Sunday his new party ... |
| 16.06.2024 | NPA dismisses claims of Gwede Mantashe’s ‘imminent arrest’ | Gwede Mantashe. Image: GCIS
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Investigating Directorate (ID) has refuted claims that ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe’s arrest is imminent.
One of the alleged friends told the publication that the idea b... |
| 16.06.2024 | ANC confirms Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing is still on the cards | Former President Jacob Zuma. Image: instagram/@jacobzuma_official
The disciplinary hearing of former African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma will still go ahead.
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| 15.06.2024 | Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa’s great mediator secures second term in office | President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Election results anouncement ceremony. Image: X/@PresidencyZA
A former trade unionist turned millionaire businessman, Cyril Ramaphosa was once described by Nelson Mandela as one of the most gifted leaders of... |
| 15.06.2024 | Government of National Unity: ANC-DA-IFP – Will it work? Have YOUR say! | Cyril Ramaphosa and John Steenhuisen shaking hands in Parliament. Image: GCIS
South Africa’s parliament on Friday re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African Nation... |
| 14.06.2024 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 14 June | Former president Jacob Zuma. Images: X/@Mk
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Friday, 14 June.
The 82-year-old was a popular pick at the polls last month for many South Africans, garnering over two million vo... |
| 13.06.2024 | Departing government officials set for R81-million payday | Departing government officials will enjoy a sizeable endowment now that their services are no longer required. Image: File
Departing government officials, including Ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs) whose service is no longer requir... |
| 11.06.2024 | Custodian of SASSA grants will not return to National Assembly | Love her or loathe her, the current custodian of SASSA grants has been axed from her job. Image: File
Following the ANC’s inability to win a majority vote in the 29 May election, the custodian of SASSA grants for the last five years, Minist... |
| 09.06.2024 | Where to now for July 2024 SASSA grants? | What does the future hold for July 2024 SASSA grants in light of the still-to-be-formed government of national unity? Image: File/Fotor
It’s bizarre to think that July 2024 SASSA grants will be the first disbursed in the second half of 2024... |
| 08.06.2024 | What’s a 2024 SARS auto-assessment and how do you confirm it? | The latest on next month’s 2024 SARS auto-assessment process. Image: File/Fotor
With South African tax season officially opening on Monday 15 July 2024 – and running till Monday 21 October 2024 – many will receive 2024 SARS auto-assessment ... |
| 07.06.2024 | Ramaphosa announces Government of National Unity after historic elections | President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Election results anouncement ceremony. Image: X/@PresidencyZA
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the African National Congress (ANC), announced the formation of a Government of National Unity following the ANC’s ... |
| 06.06.2024 | Zizi Kodwa loses another job over corruption allegations | Kodwa steps aside from ANC’s NEC & NWC duties amid corruption allegations. Image: X/@GovernmentZA
Former South African Sports Minister Zizi Kodwa has stepped aside from his duties within the African National Congress (ANC) following cor... |
| 05.06.2024 | JUST IN: Zizi Kodwa and Jehan Mackay granted R30 000 bail | Businessman Jehan Mackay and former Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa in court. Image: X/Thabo Tshabalala
Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa and businessman Jehan Mackay have been granted R30 000 bail each.
Kodwa said som... |
| 05.06.2024 | BREAKING: Zizi Kodwa resigns as Sport, Arts and Culture Minister | Former Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa. Image: ANC
Zizi Kodwa has resigned as Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture.
The Directorate for Priority Crime and Investigation (DPCI) also known as the Hawks confirmed that Kodwa and Mack... |
| 05.06.2024 | Zizi Kodwa resigns as cabinet minister following arrest | Zizi Kodwa. Image: GCIS
Sport, arts & culture minister Zizi Kodwa has announced his immediate resignation. This follows his arrest on Tuesday and appearance in court on corruption charges on Wednesday.
He denies wrongdoing.
Kodwa appear... |
| 03.06.2024 | DEEP DIVE: ANC’s best – and worst – performing provinces in 2024 election | Cyril Ramaphosa Jacob Zuma South Africa elections 2024. Image: OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT and Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP)
South Africa faces an uncertain political landscape after the 2024 election’s final results confirmed that no single party an hold... |
| 02.06.2024 | «Африканский национальный конгресс» пострадал от коррупции и расколов | - |
| 02.06.2024 | ‘We’re removing the thieves’: Thandiswa Mazwai celebrates ANC loss in KZN | Thandiswa Mazwai celebrates the ANC’s decline. Image via Instagram @thandiswamazwai
While the African National Congress (ANC) is licking its wounds after failing to retain power in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in the 2024 elections, songstress Thand... |
| 02.06.2024 | ANC loses majority in Parliament for first time in South African democracy | - |
| 02.06.2024 | ANC offers R100k reward for info on voice note purporting to be Bheki Mtolo | ANC KZN top six member Bheki Mtolo. Image: Facebook/ANC KZN
The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has offered a R100 000 reward for information that can lead to the arrest and prosecution of criminals behind a voice note purp... |
| 01.06.2024 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Saturday, 1 June | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Saturday, 1 June Images: Stock/Canva
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Saturday, 1 June.
“This will be a mixture of snow and rain, and therefore, it might qui... |
| 01.06.2024 | S Africa polls to end 3 decades of ANC dominance as votes slashed to 40% | - |
| 01.06.2024 | DA ‘working hard’ to prevent ANC, EFF and MK Party coalition | Former President Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema in 2021. The CSIR had predicted that Zuma’s MK Party will beat Malema’s EFF to third spot, behind second-placed DA, nationally. Image: EFF
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it has to prevent a c... |
| 01.06.2024 | FINAL RESULT: Mpumalanga finishes counting votes, ANC top | President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. Image... |
| 01.06.2024 | ANC loses 30-year majority in South Africa's landmark election | - |
| 31.05.2024 | South Africa heads closer to coalition govt as ANC's vote share drops | - |
| 31.05.2024 | TABLE | How the ANC’s support has plummeted: 1994 to 2024 | President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: X/@PresidencyZA
South Africans went to the polls for the seventh general elections since 1994 on Wednesday, 29 May.
This age band accounts for 42% – or 11.7 million – voters on the voters’ roll.
Interesting... |
| 30.05.2024 | South Africans begin voting in most competitive election since apartheid | - |
| 30.05.2024 | LIVE: High drama in KwaZulu-Natal vote as ANC struggles | The story as votes continue to be counted is that the ANC tally has dropped compared to the 2019 results, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: Marco Longari / AFP
The early picture as votes continue to be counted around the country is that... |
| 29.05.2024 | The Intense Political Showdown in South Africa | South Africa's political landscape is currently ablaze with fervor as political parties across the spectrum gear up for what is anticipated to be one of the most tightly contested general elections in decades. The African National Congress ... |
| 29.05.2024 | Cyril Ramaphosa casts vote, says ‘no doubt’ SA will back ANC | President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. Image... |
| 29.05.2024 | Election 2024: Hundreds of South Africans still waiting to vote | Hundreds of South Africans are still waiting to vote. Images: X/@Nqobile_D
As Election Day ends, hundreds of South Africans are still in line waiting to make their mark.
‘ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY’
ANC lead... |
| 28.05.2024 | Jacob Zuma’s MK party guns for ANC stronghold in South Africa vote | Cyril Ramaphosa Jacob Zuma South Africa elections 2024. Image: OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT and Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP)
In a village nestled in the mountains of South Africa’s hotly-contested KwaZulu-Natal province, former president Jacob Zuma’s new ... |
| 27.05.2024 | MK Party threatens legal action against IEC over Jabulani Khumalo | UMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has formally written a letter to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) questioning why expelled party leader Jabulani Khumalo was granted access to the National Results Operations Centre (ROC) in Midrand... |
| 26.05.2024 | South African opposition parties put ANC majority in their sights | African National Congress (ANC) supporters arrive by bus for the ANC’s last rally at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Image: PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP
South Africa’s opposition parties mounted an 11th-hour assault on Sunday on the ruling ANC’s 30... |
| 25.05.2024 | Parties bus voters across South Africa to pack stadiums | South Africa’s political parties launched a final boisterous weekend of stadium rallies and campaign walkabouts on Friday. Image: X/Our_DA
If there’s one thing the parties competing in next week’s South African general election don’t want t... |
| 24.05.2024 | South African vote rivals stage last rallies with ANC majority in balance | South Africa Elections 2024. Image: MARCO LONGARI / AFP
South African parties are gearing up for a final boisterous weekend of stadium rallies ahead of what is expected to be the most tightly contested general election in decades.
Under the... |
| 24.05.2024 | SABC fined R500 000 for refusing to air DA election ad | A screengrab of the DA’s election ad, which has been banned by the SABC from its platforms
Communications regulator Icasa has ordered the SABC to resume flighting a controversial Democratic Alliance election ad that depicts the burning of t... |
| 24.05.2024 | South African rivals rally voters as ANC majority hangs in the balance | South Africa’s political parties launched a final boisterous weekend of stadium rallies and campaign walkabouts on Friday. Image: X/Our_DA
South African parties launched a final boisterous weekend of stadium rallies and campaign walkabouts ... |
| 24.05.2024 | Explainer: How to vote in South Africa’s general election | Cyril Ramaphosa Jacob Zuma South Africa elections 2024. Image: OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT and Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP)
South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy is 30 years old and has seen six general elections held successfully to the 400-seat Natio... |
| 23.05.2024 | ‘Blinded by love’, some South Africans keep faith in ANC | President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: X/@GovernmentZA
South Africa’s ruling ANC faces its toughest electoral challenge yet at next week’s parliamentary vote, but the fierce loyalty of its remaining supporters should save it from a humiliating r... |
| 23.05.2024 | Mbalula bullish as AfriForum prosecution move gains momentum | ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula speaking to journalists at FNB stadium on 23 May 2024 ahead of the general elections next week. Image: @myanc via X (Twitter)
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has maintained his innocence as AfriForu... |
| 23.05.2024 | No jobs and little hope overshadow South Africa vote | South Africa’s unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world. Image: Pixabay
Wearing a yellow garbage collector’s hi-viz vest, political science graduate Tumelo Georgy joined a small protest outside the headquarters of a Johannesburg... |
| 23.05.2024 | Corruption, unemployment, crime: South Africa’s key election issues | FIVE main points shaping the ballot to elect a new National Assembly. Image: File
South Africans head to polls on Wednesday, 29 May in the most competitive general election in three decades, where the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ... |
| 22.05.2024 | The 10 men who want to be president of South Africa | African National Congress (ANC) president and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa waves to ANC supporters. Image: RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
South Africa’s 27 million+ registered voters go to the polls on Wednesday, 29 May in what is expecte... |
| 22.05.2024 | S Africa polls: How Mandela's once revered ANC lost its way with scandals | - |
| 22.05.2024 | Who are the main figures in South Africa’s election? | South Africa general elections 2024: Image: BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
South Africa’s 27 million+ registered voters go to the polls for general elections on Wednesday, 29 May in what is expected to be the closest vote in three decades of democra... |
| 20.05.2024 | Jacob Zuma’s ineligibility won’t cost MK party many votes – analyst | Jacob Zuma waves to supporters as he arrives for the People’s Mandate Launch at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Image: Phill Magakoe / AFP
The ruling by South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma is ineligible... |
| 20.05.2024 | Mbalula informs supporters: Zuma’s ANC tenure left party in a mess | Zuma left the ANC ‘in a mess’ – Mbalula tells supporters. Image: X/@MbalulaFikile.
With national and provincial elections looming just a week away, Fikile Mbalula, the African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, addressed supporters ... |
| 20.05.2024 | ANC targets 80% mark in Eastern Cape campaign | ANC wants to breach 80% mark in Eastern Cape: ‘We’re campaigning like it’s nobody’s business’. iMAGE: SABC News.
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape has set ambitious goals to surpass the 80% threshold for the first time... |
| 19.05.2024 | Should the SABC have discretion to reject a political ad? | Michael Markovitz
Back in the day – sometime in 1993 – I was a 30-something media activist (with an ill-fitting suit). Despite my questionable dress sense, I was selected by anti-apartheid civil society groups and the ANC to be one of the d... |
| 19.05.2024 | HOW the NHI bill will reshape SASSA grants in 2024 | We explore how the NHI bill will reshape SASSA grants in 2024. Image: File/Fotor
The much-maligned National Health Insurance bill has finally been signed into law by the President, and here’s how experts predict the NHI bill will reshape SA... |
| 17.05.2024 | Mantashe attributes ANC’s challenges to societal values: ‘ANC does not have Amasela” | ‘ANC does not have Amasela’: Mantashe blames society’s character in the ANC. Photo: GCIS / Flickr.
ANC’s national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, asserts that the party doesn’t harbour corrupt individuals within its ranks, known as “Amasela.”
... |
| 16.05.2024 | ANC walking political tightrope over Eskom plant closures | The now-closed Komati coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga. Image: Eskom
In a ward the ANC won handily in local elections three years ago, party campaign worker Poppy Vilakazi has been getting a decidedly frosty reception lately.
“Mostly ... |
| 16.05.2024 | Senior citizen apprehended for vandalising ANC campaign poster | Elderly woman nabbed for swatting ANC election poster. Image: Facebook: Highgate Hotel.
An elderly woman may face repercussions following a seemingly harmless expression of political discontent.
A comparable event occurred in the northern s... |
| 16.05.2024 | NHI accused of facilitating ‘looting’ and ‘excessive’ taxation | An excuse to ‘loot’ and ‘tax South Africans blind’. Image: X/@PresidencyZA.
Floyd Shivambu, the deputy leader of the EFF, has strongly criticised the enactment of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act, arguing that it is illogical and mis... |
| 16.05.2024 | 2024 unemployment rate increase is poorly timed for ANC | The 2024 unemployment rate spells trouble for the ANC at the polls. Image: File/Fotor
With less than two weeks to go to the election, South Africa’s 2024 unemployment rate has ticked up, bringing with it bad news for the African National Co... |
| 15.05.2024 | IN FOCUS: South African communities terrorised by gold mining gangs | Illegal miner killed, multiple other Zama Zamas injured in police shootout Photo: Netcare911/SAPS
Walking between the corrugated iron shacks of the informal settlement west of Johannesburg she calls home, Lutho Makheyi points out trenches f... |
| 13.05.2024 | Load shedding respite is no political ploy: Ramaphosa | Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected opposition allegations that a recent pause in the electricity cuts that have plagued the country for years was due to the election coming up on 29 May.
Rolling power cuts imposed ... |
| 13.05.2024 | REMINDER: How South Africa voted in the 2019 elections | South Africans will go to the polls for the seventh general elections in a little over a fortnight. Here’s how the 2019 voting went … Image: File
South Africans will go to the polls for the seventh general elections since 1994 in a little o... |
| 10.05.2024 | South Africa’s top court hears critical Jacob Zuma election case | South Africa’s top court was hearing an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible to stand for office. Images: X/@Mk
South Africa’s top court was hearing an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma... |
