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Irresponsible & concerning – Political parties slam DA's call to end lockdown
During an address on Friday, the DA's Steenhuisen said the country’s strategy for dealing with COVID-19 was flawed.
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EFF calls for Lesotho PM Thabane’s immediate resignation
In a statement, the red berets condemned the 80-year old leader’s attempt to suspend the police commissioner and his decisions to suspend parliament and deploy the army.
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COVID-19: EFF condemns China’s ‘inhumane treatment’ of Africans
This after unconfirmed reports recently emerged that African communities in the Chinese city of Guangzhou were being subjected to forced evictions and arbitrary quarantining over suspicions of having coronavirus.
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Too late to apologise - EFF opens criminal case against Ndabeni-Abrahams
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams on special leave for two months, one of which will be unpaid, for breaking the rules of the government's lockdown.
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EFF’s Mandisa Mashego confirms resignation as Gauteng chair
Mashego said she handed in her resignation letters to the party in February and had so far served a two months’ notice.
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NCOP formally backs placing Tshwane Municipality under administration
The concurrence came after three months of instability in the Tshwane council.
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Makhura visits 9 communities to explain why Tshwane council was dissolved
The decision was taken last week following weeks of political turmoil.
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Scathing court ruling against Mkhwebane 'could bolster' case for her removal
The High Court in Pretoria set aside Mkhwebane’s findings that President Cyril Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament about a Bosasa donation to his CR17 campaign.
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Tshwane Council meeting postponed yet again
This latest sitting was called by acting speaker Zweli Khumalo to elect the new mayor and discuss a motion of no confidence against da office bearers.
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MPs 'pleased' with Acsa's measures to detect coronavirus at ports of entry
Since the first confirmed case reported this week, Acsa said it had increased its responsive measures including deploying military health personnel to airports.
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EFF welcomes Gauteng govt's move to place Tshwane under administration
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the municipality was currently incapable of fulfilling its constitutional obligations with no mayor and municipal manager, while council has failed to convene for some time.
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Eskom is the biggest threat to SA’s economy - Malema
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter brought in white companies to assist the ailing SOE, and that was part of the problems at the power utility.
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Malema: Black business is ‘too comfy’ managing ‘white economy’
The EFF leader challenged black business people to disrupt the status quo if a transformed and inclusive economy was to be achieved.
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Steenhuisen: ANC, EFF walkouts deliberate strategy to collapse Tshwane council
The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s interim leader John Steenhuisen said the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were just using Tshwane Speaker Katlego Mathebe as what they called a 'straw man' to collapse the council.
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Tshwane residents lament lack of service delivery & ‘selfish politicians'
Some Tshwane residents said the political battle over the control of the city was impacting negatively on service delivery.
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EFF: Malema family suing Mamabolo for R2m to obtain ‘justice’
Last month, Boy Mamabolo apologised on social media after accusing Malema of abusing his wife during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address in Parliament.
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EFF refutes claims Malema told Mamabolo how to draft apology
Malema and his wife are continuing with their lawsuit against Mamabolo after he accused Malema of physically abusing his wife
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Malema to Eskom CEO De Ruyter: The utility must work for the people
On Friday EFF supporters marched more than 11 kilometres from Sandton to Sunninghill in heavy rain to hand over a memorandum of demands to Eskom management.
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EFF march to Eskom causes Sandton gridlock
Party members are heading to Megawatt Park to hand over a memorandum to Eskom officials detailing their protest of load shedding and the privitasation of the utility.
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ANC yet to act against MPs who use GBV for political gain
ANC MP Boy Mamabolo claimed EFF leader Julius Malema abuses his wife while the red beret leader accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of assaulting his late former wife.
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Tshwane council special meeting postponed indefinitely after ANC, EFF boycott it
The meeting was convened by Speaker Katlego Mathebe following four failed attempts to hold such a sitting.
