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Julius Malema.

Malema granted leave to appeal his conviction

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been granted leave to appeal his firearms conviction to the Full Bench of the High Court in Makhanda.

Axed from party lists, Joburg councillors threaten to skip final council sitting

Several City of Johannesburg councillors excluded from candidate lists ahead of the local government elections are planning to boycott the final council sitting.

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

Mbalula step-aside ‘unjust’ as ANC leaders call AfriForum case politically motivated

Senior ANC members have rallied to defend secretary-general Fikile Mbalula after the NPA decided to prosecute him for crimen injuria, calling the AfriForum-driven case…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC heads to ConCourt in bid to get 181 councillors on ballot

The ANC has approached the Constitutional Court to overturn an Electoral Court ruling and compel the IEC to include 181 candidate councillors on the ballot after missing the…

Lungisa is not the only one: Ramokgopa speaks out about ANC's IEC list crisis

ANC Treasurer-General Gwen Ramokgopa addresses the party's IEC candidate list controversy, explaining that Andile Lungisa's situation is not unique while urging members to…

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

House to Let: Ramaphosa and Mashatile both off work due to Ill health

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile have both stepped back from official duties temporarily due to medical reasons, the Presidency announced.

The ANC is powerful

Electoral Court dismisses ANC case over councillor candidate submissions

The Electoral Court has dismissed the ANC's challenge regarding the submission of councillor candidate lists to the IEC, leaving the party unable to field 181 councillors unless…

ANC-SACP rift spills over into chaotic Cosatu congress

Tensions between the ANC and the SACP have spilled into the Cosatu congress, resulting in heated disputes, leadership stalemates, and the eventual postponement of the conference.

Refuting the claims: Though he admits the role of money in the organisation, Fikile Mbalula has denied culpability.

The ANC politics of money

A legal dispute between Fikile Mbalula and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has put a spotlight on the entrenched culture of vote-buying and money politics shaping ANC leadership contests.

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…