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KZN's first premier Frank Mdlalose to be laid to rest today
Frank Mdlalose succumbed to COVID-19 related complications on Sunday.
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Scopa slams Eskom board for delaying probe into racism claims against De Ruyter
The committee had been requested to suspend its probe because the state-owned power utility was conducting its own internal investigation into the matter.
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'It is true that the ANC is divided’ - Ace Magashule
African National Congress secretary general Ace Magashule addressed the ANC Women’s League in Kliptown on 7 April 2021 in commemoration of what would have been the 150th birthday of struggle icon Charlotte Maxeke.
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Magashule admits the ANC's top 6 is divided
He has now spoken out about divisions in the party while addressing party veterans in Soweto.
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‘Unite and renew the ANC’- ANC commemorates Charlotte Maxeke
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address at the 150th birthday celebration of political activist Charlotte Maxeke in Gqudesi, Eastern Cape. Ramaphosa said corruption within the ANC must be addressed so that people could regain their confidence in the governing party.
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ZAMANI SAUL: The ANC’s RET grouping is a precursor to a new party
The real threat to internal cohesion of any political party is disruptive activities by intra-party groupings which find expression in different ways, forms and styles, writes Zamani Saul.
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Magashule wants SA’s economy placed in the hands of black majority
Magashule was in Soweto leading Gauteng’s celebrations on the life and times of struggle icon Charlotte Maxeke.
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Ramaphosa remembers brave & courageous Charlotte Maxeke
Ramaphosa was in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon leading the party's celebration of what would have been Maxeke's 150th birthday.
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IEC pours cold water on possibility of postponing local govt elections
Some political parties, including the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), wanted the elections delayed as the lockdown had limited their ability to campaign and the country faced a possible third wave of infections.
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IFP hails Frank Mdlalose as selfless leader
Velenkosini Hlabisa said Mdlalose was a humble servant who sacrificed personal career growth when he entered politics in 1975 during the formation of the IFP.
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Gauteng government sets aside R450m for bursaries
Gauteng Premier David Makhura delivered the keynote address at an awards ceremony on 6 April 2021 and hosted by the Gauteng City Region Academy. The event was to award bursaries to students to allow them attend institutions of higher learning.
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'Are we betraying the cause of freedom?' ANC asks as Solomon Mahlangu remembered
The African National Congress held a commemoration ceremony for struggle icon Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, who was hanged at the Pretoria Central Prison on 6 April 1979. Party deputy general-secretary Jessie Duarte made a call to members to remember what they stood for.
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DA to approach SAHRC to probe govt's slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy
The party said that this was in addition to the decision it took to explore further legal challenges against the South African government on the matter.
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DAVID MAIMELA: The blessing and curse of political deployment
The idea that the political system can have a depoliticised state or bureaucracy is not only naïve but dangerous, writes David Maimela
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Mmusi Maimane says Tony Leon's 'experiment gone wrong' comment offensive
One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane said that Tony Leon's 'experiment' remarks were a stark reminder that South Africa had a long way to go in building a non-racial country.
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UDM's Holomisa calls on Parly to probe corruption claims against Mapisa-Nqakula
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been accused of receiving wads of cash and gifts amounting to about R5 million from an SANDF contractor between 2017 and 2019.
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Zuma ‘rethinks’ the Constitution as it ‘subverts the will of the people’
The former president has made no secret of his disdain for the country’s judiciary; however, he took his discontent a step further in the meeting he had with the ANC leaders, including President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Nehawu KZN won’t campaign for ANC in upcoming elections over workers’ salaries
The union said if government failed to act, it would proceed with its plan of not campaigning for the African National Congress during the local government elections later this year.
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Zuma condemns ANC top 6 for being ‘left dry’
Zuma also decried what he said was a difficulty in meeting with Ramaphosa but said he had no “difficulty” meeting with the officials.
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Madikizela-Mandela would have called for ANC’s unity, renewal – says Ramaphosa
The President led a delegation in a wreath-laying ceremony to honour and remember the life of the struggle stalwart on Friday, 2 April 2021 which marks the third year since Madikizela-Mandela's passing.
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KZN cops investigate after suspect killed trying to attack farmer
Police are searching for the second suspect.
