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President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa calls vote-buying in ANC conferences an ‘unacceptable’ rumour

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed allegations of vote-buying at party conferences as rumours, maintaining that money politics is unacceptable and must be rooted out of…

Mbalula: I won’t resign unless the ANC tells me to

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says he will not step down voluntarily following internal backlash over missed candidate submission deadlines with the Electoral Commission.

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Dlamini Zuma: Telling the truth has become ‘life-threatening’ in the ANC

NEC member Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has filed court papers challenging Fikile Mbalula's defamation suit, maintaining her claims of vote-buying at the ANC's 2022 national elective…

ANC’s Dada Morero

Battle for Joburg heats up

Johannesburg's mayoral race is heating up as political veterans and rising contenders clash over solutions for failing infrastructure, service delivery, and coalition control…

Momentum: This week MK Party president Jacob Zuma intensified the party’s campaign in the province, meeting traditional leaders and addressing public rallies. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

‘Pay up or go’: MK MPLs face Zuma’s final warning

MK Party President Jacob Zuma and treasurer general Brian Molefe have issued a seven-day ultimatum to KwaZulu-Natal MPLs to settle unpaid party levies or face automatic dismissal…

Frustrated IEC needs R300m to collect missing addresses for voter registration

546 political parties to contest 2026 local government elections

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed that 546 political parties and over 142,000 nominated candidates will contest the upcoming local government elections…

The landlord has arrived’: MK’s Baloyi vows to shake up Joburg election

MK Party Johannesburg mayoral candidate Bongani Baloyi promises municipal stability and aims to disrupt the upcoming local government elections across township and suburban…

ANC Eastern Cape crisis deepens: Members demand NEC halt councillor list as IEC deadlines looms

Disgruntled ANC members in the Eastern Cape have threatened legal action against the party's NEC, demanding a halt to the councillor candidate list finalisation amid rising…

‘Young Leagues are irrelevant’ 

Popcru president Thulani Ngwenya has questioned the relevance of the ANC Youth League and the Young Communist League, labelling leaders who fail to challenge the status quo as…

Momentum: This week MK Party president Jacob Zuma intensified the party’s campaign in the province, meeting traditional leaders and addressing public rallies. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

MK Party takes aim at ANC stronghold

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) is strategically targeting the Eastern Cape, a traditional ANC stronghold, to weaken the governing party and reduce its national support by…

Lengthy legal process EFF secretary general Godrich Gardee said on Tuesday that the party’s attorneys of record had not received notice from the sheriff of the court. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Gardee takes aim at AfriForum: "We won’t be distracted by lizards; We have a crocodile to face."

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president Godrich Gardee has dismissed AfriForum as a distraction, stating the party is focused on its election campaign for November 4th.…

ANC elective conference results.

Eastern Cape ANC court battles threaten 2027 national conference

Senior ANC leaders are concerned that ongoing litigation in the Eastern Cape, which has disrupted the provincial conference and seen the Provincial Task Team declared…

The Democratic Alliance.

DA to lay criminal charges against 10 municipal managers over failures of financial management

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is taking decisive action, announcing criminal charges against 10 municipal managers from nine municipalities across South Africa. The charges stem…

Women in politics face 'a struggle within a struggle'

ANC second deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane describes being a female leader in politics as "a struggle within a struggle," emphasizing the many battles women face and…

Sarupen: The DA saw its best growth when our leader was not in Parliament

Democratic Alliance federal council chair Ashor Sarupen has insisted that party leader Geordin Hill-Lewis will continue to serve as Cape Town mayor rather than move to…

PAC announces former ANC member, Thami Ka Plaatjie, as its Joburg mayoral candidate

The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) has named former ANC member Thami Ka Plaatjie as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg. The party also announced candidates for Ekurhuleni,…

EXCLUSIVE: MK chief whip warns party colleague over drunk claims and spurned romantic advances

uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) parliamentary chief whip Philasande Mkhize has issued a warning to MP Phumlani Khubukeli after he allegedly accused her of being under the…

'ActionSA is my last political home; I'm going nowhere'

Former Build One South Africa (Bosa) Gauteng Legislature member Ayanda Allie has joined ActionSA, vowing it will be her final political home. This move comes just a week after…

Phala Phala loot laundered for ANC, claims Zungula

African Transformation Movement (ATM) parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula suggests the $580 000 found at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm might have been illicit funds…

‘ANC is not my property’ – Morero

Former ANC Johannesburg regional chair and current City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero discusses his defeat at the December 2025 regional conference, stating he has…