Chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club, Donwald Pressly, argues that press clubs are not about stifling debate.

Cape Town Press Club chairperson Donwald Pressly has openly admitted that some members of the press club are also members of the ruling party.

ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga has welcomed the Cape Town Press Club's decision to discuss its membership admission criteria.

The ANC says the Cape Town Press Club cannot be regarded as a neutral ground for parties that have no presence in the club.

Media organisations say they had not known about a policy forcing journalists to request interviews with MPs through Parliament's media office.

Journalists demonstrated in Johannesburg on Thursday for the release of news photographer Anton Hammerl, who is being held captive in Libya.

A lot of "dirty money" was doing the rounds in the ANC, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.

If Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will not step down voluntarily he should be removed by force, said senior Cope member Philip Dexter on Tuesday.

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Monday vowed to take her fight against the Erasmus commission to the Constitutional Court. The commission was set up by Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool in December 2007 to investigate the City of Cape Town's probe into controversial councillor Badih Chaaban.

South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday he had not ruled out joining the race to head the African National Congress (ANC), a position that traditionally leads to the country's presidency. "I haven't made a final decision. I am waiting for the nominations process," he told the Cape Town Press Club.