The politics of the DA leader, who is a mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, one that manages inequality rather than transforms it
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner told the Madlanga commission that people implicated in the scandal still hold senior post
The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water
Patriotic Alliance sources say that despite investigations into the deputy president’s links to murder suspect Katiso Molefe, they have confidence in him
The Democratic Alliance leader in Gauteng said most of the work the ActionSA mayor for Tshwane has been taking credit for was done by her predecessor, Cilliers Brink
Polluted water is flowing into the Blood and Sand rivers
Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration
Buti Manamela’s appointment of three administrators has raised concerns from opposition parties and civil society about potential political interference
Critics wondered whether the convention would follow through with local ward talks and implement recommendations
The DA claims it was proven right to boycott the dialogue after Deputy President Paul Mashatile instructed ministers to attend the convention virtually
Several prominent foundations have withdrawn from the national dialogue citing poor planning and questionable spending
Kunene, the PA’s deputy president, resigned as a councillor after links to murder suspect Katiso Molefe
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 Democratic Alliance had threatened to withhold its vote unless President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the errant higher education minister
The parties said the higher education minister’s dismissal was a vital step towards restoring accountability amid governance failures and allegations of political interference
The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police
The National Dialogue has not even begun and has already become irrevocably politically tainted
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
He said nation building is hampered when enemies are embedded and ready to sabotage the government of national unity
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
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 DA leader’s interest in the position has sent political parties scrambling to find stronger candidates as the 2026 municipal elections loom
Democratic Alliance federal leader’s possible comeback as Joburg mayor also rattles rivals
Parties such as Xiluva, and the South African Rainbow Alliance have recently been absorbed by uMkhonto weSizwe party
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 president said the low growth was a function of the slow transfer of the means of production to black South Africans
uMkhonto weSizwe party is calling for the nationalisation of mineral resources, land redistribution without compensation and the expansion of the VAT zero-rated basket
Now that a VAT increase has been ruled out, the finance minister must find another way to plug a R75bn gap or risk collapsing public services and investor confidence
The premier and provincial co-convenor said the party would resurrect itself in Gauteng because there was no better alternative