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Controversial Dina Pule returns to cabinet as Steenhuisen is officially demoted

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a significant Cabinet reshuffle, bringing back former Communications Minister Dina Pule as the new Minister of Social Development. This…

Duty to voters: Geordin Hill-Lewis has defended his proposed changes to the party’s Government of National Unity deployment list. Photo: Supplied

DA shake-up triggers internal revolt

Democratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis's proposed reshuffle of Government of National Unity deployments has met with significant internal resistance, as party members…

Due process: Multiple sources say senior DA leaders were blindsided by Geordin Hill-Lewis’s proposed reshuffle this week. Photo: Supplied

Angst and anger as DA reshuffles

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Geordin Hill-Lewis’s decision to seek sweeping changes to the party’s representation in the government of national unity (GNU) has ruffled…

Steenhuisen demoted as Hill-Lewis reshuffles his cabinet 

Democratic Alliance (DA) federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove John Steenhuisen as minister of agriculture. Hill-Lewis, who succeeded…

Public commentary:  Many analysts are preferred by some media houses because they are dependable in their framing regardless of the issue under discussion, the analytical trajectory is often remarkably similar. Screen shot courtesy of SABC

Political analysts and the dearth of sound public discourse

Whenever a major political development occurs, audiences are often presented with a familiar cast of commentators. A relatively small group of commentators often appears across…

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen

DA asks Public Protector to probe eThekwini ‘R2 500 bag of samp’ scandal

The DA has asked Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka to investigate eThekwini’s R280 million soup kitchen programme after alleging that suppliers charged more than R2 500 for a 10kg…

Calls are intensifying for former Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe to resign from Parliament and relinquish her role as president of the ANC Women’s League Photo: Phando Jikelo / RSA Parliament

Axe falls on Sisisi Tolashe

Ramaphosa appointed Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister of women, youth and persons with disabilities, as interim minister of social development

Newly elected DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema

New DA KZN leader targets ANC and MKP support 

Newly elected DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema says the party is ready to expand aggressively ahead of crucial municipal elections.

The presidency has defended President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent working visit to Zimbabwe. (@ZimLive/X)

‘Just a meeting, nothing else,’ says the presidency of Ramaphosa’s Zimbabwe visit

The presidency has rejected DA criticism over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Zimbabwe visit

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi. (@mmkubayi/X)

Mmamoloko Kubayi dismisses ANC suggestion that she run for Johannesburg mayor

Sources close to Kubayi said the approach was not genuine but ‘malicious’ and meant to disrupt her

Embattled KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development Mbali Shinga has been thrown a lifeline after the National Freedom Party made a dramatic U-turn on her expulsion from the party.
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Mbali Shinga thrown lifeline after NFP reverses expulsion decision

The National Freedom Party has granted KwaZulu-Natal MEC Mbali Shinga an opportunity to appeal her expulsion, a move that could stabilise the fragile provincial coalition…

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen. (@DeanMcpherson/X)

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate says black politicians are failing their communities

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen has criticised black political leadership, saying it has failed residents amid service delivery crises including chronic water…

Tolashe faces second wave of criminal complaints as DA enters SUV probe

The move comes amid mounting political pressure and follows ActionSA’s earlier criminal complaint, which it says the Hawks are investigating

Court battle:  South African Predator Association is seeking an order to set aside minister’s failure to set export quotas.

Legal fight deepens over lion bone trade

The NSPCA and EMS Foundation have been admitted as intervening respondents in a High Court case that could determine whether the Minister is legally required to set export quotas…

Ivan Meyer, the DA’s former federal chairperson Photo:
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DA leader storms out of congress after losing federal chair position

The newly-elected leadership of the DA signals a generational change within the party

Outgoing federal council chair Helen Zille. Photo:(@Our_DA/X)

Resist pull of race-based politics, warns Helen Zille

Outgoing federal council Helen Zille calls on delegates to campaign in good spirit and accept congress outcomes

From 1 April to 5 May, the levy on petrol will drop from R4.10/litre to R1.10/litre and on diesel from R3.93/litre to R0.93/litre, while other levies, including the Road Accident Fund and Carbon Fuel Levy, remain unchanged.

Fuel prices rise on Wednesday; government announces temporary relief

Petrol will rise by R3.06 a litre and diesel by up to R7.51/litre but a temporary R3/litre fuel levy relief will be in effect until 5 May

The government of national unity (GNU) has already shown resilience despite moments of tension.  Photo: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence

The DA’s growing tendency to publicly frame the successes of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as primarily its own achievement undermines the basic principles, protocol and…

The ANC is considering legal action after a turbulent Maluti-a-Phofung council meeting in which mayor Malekula Melato was removed, amid claims of a flawed process and a leaked EFF recording.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that…

In poll position: Geordin Hill-Lewis annoucing his candidacy to be the next Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance. Photo: DA

Anxiety in DA over loss of cabinet perks

A source said the ministers viewed deployment in government as their new life and they are too comfortable with the benefits