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Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. (Lubabalo Lesolle/Gallo Images)

Masuku, Morero, Chikane, Mnisi and Moleketi make ANC's final cut for Joburg mayor

The ANC has narrowed down its list of candidates for the Johannesburg mayoral position to five prominent figures: Dada Morero, Loyiso Masuku, Frank Chikane, Nomoya Mnisi, and…

Uncompromising: Herman Mashaba said he would collapse entities such as City Power and Johannesburg Water, arguing that they were unnecessary and costly. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mashaba plans special unit to arrest illegal immigrants

ActionSA president and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba has pledged to establish a dedicated police unit to arrest undocumented foreign nationals in the city if…

Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. (X)

Morero out; ANC Joburg submits only three names for mayoral candidacy

The ANC Johannesburg regional executive committee (REC) has submitted the names of Loyiso Masuku, Makhosi Ndlela, and Jabu Moleketi as its preferred mayoral candidates to the…

Slippery slope: The sinkholes started forming in the township in 2021, forcing families to abandon their homes as they were deemed unsafe. A clinic and schools also had to close. Photos: Lunga Mzangwe

Merafong sinks but funds go elsewhere

Cash-strapped Merafong City Local Municipality has spent almost half its R2.6 billion annual budget on professional services while failing to service its water and electricity…

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and Nhlamulo Ndhlela fired from MK party

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has expelled <u>Duduzile Zuma-Sambhudla </u> (https://mg.co.za/tag/duduzile-zuma-sambudla-incitement-charges/)and former national spokesperson…

African Transformation Movement (ATM) president
Vuyo Zungula Photo: X

Vuyo Zungula set to be announced as ATM's Johannesburg mayoral candidate

The parliamentary leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), Vuyo Zungula, is poised to become the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, a decision reportedly made by…

Top contenders: Loyiso Masuku and Dada Morero. Photo: City of Joburg

ANC factions clash over mayoral job

The battle over the ANC’s mayoral candidacy in Johannesburg appears far from over as two factions remain at loggerheads over who should become mayor of the City of Gold.

Solutions: Kenya’s Trade and Industry cabinet secretary Lee Kinyanjui acknowledged frustrations around economic competition and said governments needed practical policy frameworks for clarity. Photo: Supplied

Open the borders – Kenya minister

As South Africa moves to tighten immigration controls amid growing concern over undocumented migration, <u>Kenya’s</u>…

In Johannesburg, the regional executive committee (REC) is understood to have identified regional chairperson Loyiso Masuku as its preferred candidate for the City of Johannesburg’s mayoral position, party insiders familiar with the process say. (X)

Joburg ANC mayoral process faces scrutiny amid claims of flawed nomination process

Party insiders say concerns over compliance with ANC guidelines could result in the process being challenged or restarted, while similar disputes have emerged in other Gauteng…

The Mail & Guardian understands that mayor Dada Morero did not make it onto the list submitted to Luthuli House for interviews for the mayoral position.
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EXCLUSIVE: Masuku advances, Morero misses out as ANC considers Nhlanhla Lux, Frank Chikane, Chichi Maponya and Jabu Moleketi for Johannesburg mayor

Although the REC has decided on Masuku, the ROBs have been mandated to choose two out of the four proposed names

MK Party secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo

MK Party backs March and March

South Africans had surrendered certain areas because of illegal immigrants, party secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo said

Liam Jacobs (centre) has returned to the Democratic Alliance after a short stint with the Patriotic Alliance.
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Liam Jacobs defects back to the DA

DA leader said the party was not interested in the politics of chaos and personality cults

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (@MbalulaFikile/X)

Mbalula warns ANC veterans against public criticism

Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned senior ANC veterans, including Thabo Mbeki, against publicly criticising the party, while defending the ANC’s record during Jacob…

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. (File photo)

Mashaba: ActionSA “would celebrate” Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma as eThekwini mayoral candidate

Herman Mashaba says ActionSA would “embrace” a possible mayoral candidacy by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma in eThekwini, as the party sharpens its focus on undocumented foreigners ahead…

The people shall govern: Fikile April Mbalula, secretary-general of the ANC, at a conference in the West Rand. Photo: Supplied

ANC opens door to public in mayoral candidate search

The ANC has opened mayoral nominations to the public, allowing non-members to apply or be nominated as it reshapes its candidate selection process ahead of the local elections

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (@MbalulaFikile/X)

Mbalula: ‘I don’t care about your support. I won’t be blackmailed for 2027’

Speaking at the West Rand regional conference, the ANC secretary-general defended his leadership, rejected factional pressure and called for an end to corruption, factionalism…

Free State Cogta MEC Sakie Mofokeng says councillors who applied for jobs in the municipalities they serve are resisting provincial interventions aimed at fixing dysfunctional local government, amid accusations that he is using Section 139 administrations to consolidate political control. (Facebook)

Free State councillors apply for jobs in the municipalities they serve, fearing 2026 election loss

Free State Cogta MEC Sakie Mofokeng says councillors who applied for jobs in the municipalities they serve are resisting provincial interventions aimed at fixing dysfunctional…

Former president Jacob Zuma Photo: Mlungisi Louw/Getty Images

Zuma and Thales ordered to stop ‘Stalingrad tactics’ in arms deal trial

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to stop using ‘Stalingrad tactics’ to delay the long-running arms deal…

leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign and focus on his impeachment process. (Lunga Mzangwe)

Malema: Ramaphosa must resign and focus on his impeachment

South Africa cannot afford to have a president who is occupying office while being clouded by an impeachment process, the EFF leader says

D-Day for Ramaphosa

The case in the apex court concerns an application by the EFF and the ATM after parliament rejected a Section 89 panel report that found a prima facie case requiring further…