Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday after a long illness, surrounded by his family, a spokesperson said
Launching a billboard that pokes fun at the Gauteng premier’s recent gaffe about water shortages, the DA said the ANC had lost touch with voters and would lose its majority in all municipalities in the province later this year
The ANC provincial working committee in the Free State has been accused of defying the party’s deployees in government, resulting in the near collapse of the Matjhabeng local municipality. Sources say provincial chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana and secretary Polediso Motsoeneng have used their political power to undermine premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae’s intervention in the municipality, which is […]
The EFF has rejected a renewed partnership, leading to ANC Ekurhuleni regional secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi stepping down as finance MMC
Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding
The president should address this
The Economic Freedom Fighters said it would take up a position on the council’s opposition benches instead
The party singled out the city’s chief financial officer, whom it accused of flouting the Municipal Finance Management Act among other failings
The Economic Freedom Fighters will be accommodated in the reshuffled committee, sources said
The witness’s testimony has been rescheduled for 16 March, the last day of the Madlanga Commission sitting
For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address
The Madlanga commission and parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating corruption in policing have opened a crucial public conversation, analysts say
The private forensic investigator denied having undue influence on the police, insisting he was just a concerned citizen who wanted to help in ‘uncapturing the criminal justice system’
The president said the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence and illegal mining
The president said the army would be deployed to tackle illegal mining and gang violence and pledged urgent action against organised crime
The private forensic Investigator described the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner’s media briefing last July as an attack against rivals within the South African Police Service
The Democratic Alliance federal chair says she has been communicating with the party leader on WhatsApp
Senior party insiders have accused Lesufi of attempting to place the Gauteng department of health under administration to politically weaken his potential rival, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
The party’s regional secretary said should it be forced into a coalition following the local government elections, with a majority, it would demand the mayoral chain
EFF leader Julius Malema urged parliament’s d hoc committee probing corruption in the criminal justice system to compel the private forensic investigator to answer every question posed to him
“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