Kenny Kunene: I will not pay Malema a cent for calling him a cockroach

The African Transformation Movement claims the police minister sabotaged the team investigating political killings and protected politically connected suspects

The ANC secretary general said the police minister still had to tell his side of the story and there was no basis yet for rebutting the police commissioner’s accusation

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula announced Mabuza’s death in a post on social media platform X

The party leader’s daughter and its spokesperson have been accused of ignoring party structures and resisting being told what to do

Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC

Some ANC members want former speaker Margaret Arnolds to return after the incumbent was ousted

Nobuhle Mthembu was ousted as speaker as the ANC moved to punish ActionSA for refusing to back Morero

Al Jamah-ah has denied striking a deal with the DA to oust the ANC mayor, despite claims it lobbied parties and has been eyeing the seat

The DA leader’s interest in the position has sent political parties scrambling to find stronger candidates as the 2026 municipal elections loom

Observers say the government of national unity has kept parties such as the EFF and MK in check, but jobs, growth and reform remain elusive

Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’

The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party