“This is not about Patrice waking up one morning and wanting to be president,” the lobbyist said. “It is about stabilising the centre of power before the ANC implodes”
The uncritical cheerleaders for the West cannot be taken seriously until they acknowledge that the West supports and collaborates with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt
The commission heard testimony from police officials who regularly sent sensitive information to Matlala and relayed his messages to senior officials
KZN police say Lesetja Senona arrived at the office on Saturday and exhibited strange behaviour, prompting security personnel to seize his devices
The EFF leader suggested that the United States might attempt to influence the elections over policy differences with South Africa
Councillors approved a deputy mayor position for the first time in the city’s history, with 107 voting in favour
Senona this week admitted to being close friends with businessman and alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala but denied any involvement in his business activities
Smaller parties in the coalition running the metro accuse the ANC mayor of failure to address chronic service delivery problems in Johannesburg and not consulting them enough
Morero should long have heeded the call to quit for the stability of the city, or face the humiliation of a motion of no confidence
Lesetja Senoma testified that he was not aware of Matlala’s criminal history although they were close, adding that he did not do background checks on friends
His body was recovered in southern Mozambique days after the vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floodwaters
The annual remuneration for a full-time councillor serving as executive deputy mayor is estimated at R1 280 117
Lesetja Sesona said the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner sent the messages before his appearance in front of the Madlanga commission
Lesetja Sesona rejected allegations made against him at the Madlanga Commission, saying his relationship with Matlala was casual, with no business dealings
Anthony Gopaul said the suspended police minister broke protocol and often contacted him to request case updates
Party sources said they found a woman at the house trying to burn the ballot papers
Allegations of manipulated ballots and conflicts of interest at the regional conference have deepened factional divides
The provincial secretary says he will accept nomination for chairperson of the ANC
He said the party would be run strictly, with zero tolerance for corruption, ill-discipline and factionalism
Residents told party leader Cyril Ramaphosa about water shortages, electricity outages, potholes, and slow service delivery, and he promised them the ANC would prioritise interventions
The ANC chairperson also urged the party not to elect a strongman president at its 2027 conference
The deepening rupture between the two was laid bare at the commemoration of Joe Slovo’s death
The South African Communist Party joined a protest march to the US embassy in Pretoria, accusing Washington of state terrorism
Residents were sceptical that anything would change after ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit to the area this week
The ANC president said this was a fact, whether people liked it or not
A moment of revolutionary reflection
The ANC chairperson dismissed as insignificant, the party’s loss last September of a ward which includes Marikana
At a Joe Slovo commemoration, Ramaphosa warned the communist party that going it alone would be a historic mistake and undermine the broader liberation alliance
The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law
Rasool is perhaps one of the few South African political figures able to articulate the global consequences of misused narratives
Diplomacy, domestic strains and a test of political authority underlined this year’s presidency
Malatji said those who raise such comments are obsessed with capturing the youth league and were not succeeding