Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille cornered the ANC’s Fikile Mbalula with the ultimatum to axe the minister or lose DA support on budget votes
The narrow terms of the original proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit to only look into dodgy lottery grants has hobbled the SIU, despite it having applied for an amendment to its terms 15 months ago
The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police
The province’s politics is a marketplace of competing interests, where loyalty is transactional and power is a prize to be bartered
The National Dialogue has not even begun and has already become irrevocably politically tainted
The provincial police commissioner’s allegations against the police minister and the higher education minister’s Seta appointments have undermined their reputations
But the Democratic Alliance has said it will boycott the dialogue that will take place over nine months, calling it a waste of time and money
The ANC secretary general said the party backs the inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa into corruption claims against the police minister
National police commissioner Fannie Masemola confirmed that internal investigations were under way into allegations against the deputy commissioner for crime detection
South Africa’s commitment to a foreign policy of non-alignment and Cyril Ramaphosa’s experience with negotiations to end apartheid serve as an example
The Human Sciences Research Council report was released a day after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he had placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on a leave of absence amid corruption allegations against him
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on leave following explosive allegations of criminal syndicates infiltrating law enforcement agencies
Observers have suspected that deep systemic problems lie in the country’s law enforcement
Parties have called for the president to take action regarding allegations against the police minister
The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of Seta boards
Donald Trump’s ‘solution’ to South Africa avoiding the tariff hike – move production to the US – is nothing more than economic blackmail
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says he has never met or spoken to Vusimuzi Matlala, despite allegations of political interference in a R360 million South African Police Service tender
KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has accused the minister of having ties to the criminal underworld
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
The statistics agency’s youth report notes worsening joblessness, hunger and safety concerns among South Africa’s youth
The ministry of international relations called for the de-escalition of the conflict between Israel and Iran
In his weekly newsletter, the president warned that economic growth without transformation would entrench exclusion, while acknowledging that transformation without growth was unsustainable
Both men possess an ability to command attention and generate loyalty through their unconventional, often incendiary, approaches to politics
South Africa needs a diverse group of allies and partners in a world undergoing seismic geopolitical changes
The scene in the Oval Office reflected the apartheid of the excessively wealthy, supported by Big Tech that peddles lies of white genocide, and the poor
The licensing of Elon Musk’s Starlink has sparked debate about whether South Africa’s black economic empowerment laws are an impediment to growth or path to an inclusive economy
The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem
What can Musk offer and what price are we willing to pay?
The Economic Freedom Fighters insist on the use of the struggle song as a rallying cry ahead of the polls
The president said the low growth was a function of the slow transfer of the means of production to black South Africans
Countries in Africa will continue to be pawns, and have to bow to the US, unless we work collectively to build our economic heft and better the lives of our people
As part of the delegation who met US President Donald Trump, the South African billionaire used facts and honesty to speak power to power