Parties can currently circumvent disclosure by soliciting donations of under R100 000
But the party contends it has moved on from internal strife and is focused on the 2024 polls
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader may also face charges of animal cruelty when he tried to kill a cow, stabbing it repeatedly and twisting the knife
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen also called for parties to support its motion to dissolve the Johannesburg council
Flags will fly at half mast on government buildings until after the Zulu prime minister is buried
South Africa’s news headlines suggest the opposition and the ANC are still struggling to get its act together
Investigations have revealed that hitmen are hiring top lawyers to defend themselves and that the biggest threat to political victims is from within their own parties
Long-standing Economic Freedom Fighters members claim a bus list is a ploy to remove them from the party
The earth shook in Jozi but Magashule’s party is no seismic event, politically speaking
At least 73 people have died and scores injured when the building they lived in burnt down
Kgathatso Tlhakudi has claimed wrongdoing in the sale of the national carrier
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema says Cuba, Venezuela, Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo must also be added to the Brics economic bloc
The suspended public protector failed to provide input on a draft report, once again claiming lack of legal representation
Youth brigade says the deal contradicts the IFP’s position on coalitions
Veterans league president Snuki Zikalala said it wanted the ANC to terminate its “unethical” coalitions with the EFF and PA
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Mntuwoxolo Ngudle also said ANC hard hitters, including former president Jacob Zuma, must be part of its 2024 elections campaign in KZN
A meeting of coalition parties this past week put the DA in the hot seat when its coalition partners made heavy demands
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Velenkosi Hlabisa says the ANC provincial leader and corruption are impediments
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John Steenhuisen told party leaders that the 2024 elections would be a fight between the DA and EFF
Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party
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The so-called revolutionary party protested against Uganda’s deadly anti-queer legislation but then hosted Patrick Lumumba at the University of Cape Town
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen will still have the chance to arrest Putin – virtually
Malema’s iron fist leadership will cause future problems in the fledgling party
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader has urged the president to do this to avoid further civil unrest and violence similar to the July 2021 riots
A total of 11 wards in four provinces will be contested on 19 July
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The Democratic Alliance’s coalition agreement needs to reach its targeted 51% if it is to have any success in the 2024 elections
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The language on both sides of the kerfuffle highlights the depth of our political descent
While the motion to remove them was valid, the process of bringing it was flawed
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Seven opposition parties will agree on the rules of engagement to unseat the ANC
Former presidents were reinvited to the youth league congress after the ANC forked out money for their lunch
PA leader Gayton McKenzie said his party won the coveted Ward 7 in Johannesburg because voters “rejected nonsense” from the DA and ActionSA
The coalition was working towards toppling the IFP through a motion of no confidence in IFP mayors in hung municipalities