Mashaba’s party may vote in favour of the loan if the R200 prepaid electricity service charge is scrapped
Superfans, artists, and artistes are running for cover as the new minister settles in
Regional leaders want the relationship with the Red Berets to end
Rule by coalition government compels parliament to rewrite its rules
The ANC has re-elected Nomvuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela as deputy speaker after the Democratic Alliance’s Refiloe Nt’sekhe resigned
John Hlophe was impeached for trying to sway two apex court justices to decide applications linked to the arms deal in Jacob Zuma’s favour
Zwane quit his post because he could not balance work for the party and his business
The Democratic Alliance will lead five portfolio committees but the bulk have remained under the leadership of the ANC
The negotiations around the formation of the government of national unity showed that South Africans can work together, despite differences
ANC MPs have been elected to chair the portfolio committee overseeing ministries now headed by the Democratic Alliance
Despite the ANC, Economic Freedom Fighters and the minority parties being in government together in the city, the Red Berets voted against a R2.5 billion loan proposed by the coalition
Influential committee posts are shared among the members of the province’s governing coalition
An inflated cabinet filled with divergent viewpoints could also be a place in which any serious proposal for reform will go to die slowly, according to one expert
So who will win the fight to control the aircon in next week’s cabinet lekgotla?
The president appointed opposition newcomers where they can be most effective but did not rid cabinet of compromised members of his party
Budgets and policy positions look set to be political footballs when support is needed to pass tabled legislature motions
But there is solace in the fact that the Economic Freedom Fighters and the uMkhonto weSizwe party are unlikely to ever agree with the Democratic Alliance
President Cyril Ramaphosa set to unveil a medium-term strategic framework at the opening of parliament on 18 July
When a unity government was being formed in the 1990s there was suspicion and mistrust
The new government must make zero stunting a funded national priority
Divisions in the party over coalition with the DA, losses in KwaZulu-Natal and unwillingness to accept defeat are among reasons for the province being unable to finalise a government
The Democratic Alliance federal council chair said if the ANC in Gauteng did not want to work with her party, it should say so
ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission
Sifiso Maseko has been appointed as the interim secretary general
The ANC accuses the Democratic Alliance of bullying, while the latter in turn has criticised the ANC’s negotiation tactics
The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.
The team’s work was previously torpedoed by resistance from ANC eThekwini councillors
Step-aside be damned; instead it’s a quickstep up to parliament for Zizi Kodwa and others
Negotiations have involved who will get what, and how many portfolios, in the new cabinet
It’s too early to judge how this parliament will perform, but the notion that 2024 will be a refresh for our politics must surely be declared stillborn
The ANC economic transformation head also said the opposition did not understand the ‘basics’ of the process to appoint directors general
The Red Berets are trying to convince the ANC to keep their local government arrangements intact