Politics
Pressure mounts for DA to announce their executive committee members
The DA clashed with newcomer Action SA last week – with insiders claiming they couldn't agree on the posts which were offered to the party led by Herman Mashaba...
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Former Dirco Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim passes away aged 84
Ebrahim started his political journey as a youth activist and rose through the ranks of the African National Congress (ANC), serving in Parliament and as a deputy minister.
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Ex-NW Premier Mokgoro warns new cohort against making empty promises
During his address at his farewell dinner on Friday, Job Mokgoro quoted former President Thabo Mbeki, saying the failure of municipalities run by the ANC since the 1990s was a reflection of the failures of the party.
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ANC inducts new councillors based on lessons learnt from declining support
The ANC is processing the tough lessons it has learnt from a continued electoral decline that's expected to inform how it trains its new crop of councillors.
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ATM: We remain committed to removing Ramaphosa through no confidence vote
The party said Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will again have to reconsider its call for a secret ballot vote when the matter reaches the National Assembly.
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Mpumalanga ANC blasts Nkomazi Mayor Johan Mkhatshwa for refusing to step down
Johan Mkhatshwa has been temporarily suspended to face disciplinary action, along with Speaker of the local council, Siphiwe Mashele.
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After appeal win, ATM to go ahead with motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa
The African Transformation Movement will forge ahead with its motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa after scoring a victory in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
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ANC to take disciplinary action against Nkomazi Mayor Johan Mkhatshwa
The ANC in Mpumalanga is reacting to the behaviour of Johan Mkhatshwa who ignored party instructions in his bid to return as Nkomazi mayor.
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DA elects Siviwe Gwarube as its deputy chief whip in Parly
The decision was announced on Thursday afternoon by the party's parliamentary chief whip Natasha Mazzone.
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ANC: Not all provincial structures will meet deadline for regional conferences
New timelines are likely to be discussed and developed when the party’s national executive committee meets next weekend.
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Court rules MPs should be obligated to disclose internal campaign donations
A full bench has found that the Executive Ethics Code, which compels MPs to disclose benefits they receive is "unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid".
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Mapisa-Nqakula to decide on use of secret ballot in Ramaphosa no confidence vote
The ATM party tabled its motion of no confidence in February 2020, claiming state-owned enterprises had collapsed under Ramaphosa’s watch and alleging a range of other failures on his part.
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DA wants probe into GP health dept after sanitisers worth 12.7m expire
The Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Jack Bloom said that the over 140,000 bottles of sanitiser were sub-standard.
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Mpumalanga ANC suspends Johan Mkhatshwa for taking up Nkomazi mayoral position
Johan Mkhatshwa and his supporters defied the ANC when he accepted nominations to return to the mayoral position – that's after failing to emerge as the party’s preferred candidate for the post during its internal vetting process.
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DA still hasn’t announced Gauteng MMCs as talks with ActionSA stall
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba - whose mayoral ambitions were crushed - has confirmed the two parties met on Monday to discuss MMCs in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
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Sanef criticises Mbalula for blaming SABC for ANC's poor elections
ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula accused the public broadcaster of not showing the good side of the ANC by focusing on negative service delivery issues.
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SABC rejects Mbalula claims that its coverage to blame for poor voter turnout
SABC management believes that SABC News covered the polls in line with its editorial policies and Icasa's election regulations.
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Blame game doesn't help us, says ANC's Mbalula in wake of polls
African National Congress (ANC) head of elections, Fikile Mbalula, that the party had started to evaluate what went wrong, adding that their biggest loss came from Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
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Jury still out on whether coalition govts will work, Ramaphosa tells MPs
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that those elected to councils should put the interests of people first and not their parties.
