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Sanef, veteran journalists and political leaders have paid tribute to Baldwin Ndaba, remembering the veteran reporter as a fearless accountability journalist, mentor and beloved newsroom presence whose work left a lasting mark on South African journalism

Baldwin Ndaba remembered as ‘a newspaper man’s reporter’

Sanef, veteran journalists and political leaders have paid tribute to Baldwin Ndaba, remembering the veteran reporter as a fearless accountability journalist, mentor and beloved…

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (File photo)

Gauteng tables R179 billion budget, R1.4bn of which has been allocated to legislature and political parties

Panyaza Lesufi’s office has been given R1.6bn in 2026/2027

The Gauteng Legislature embraces the future through the voices of young elected representatives

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (File photo)

Opposition parties dismiss Gauteng premier Lesufi’s economic plans as pie in the sky

The Democratic Alliance’s Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga points to rampant crime and unclear policies as major hurdles to investment and creating jobs

Gauteng legislature elects ANC deputy speaker after Democratic Alliance rejection

The ANC has re-elected Nomvuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela as deputy speaker after the Democratic Alliance’s Refiloe Nt’sekhe resigned

File photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images

EFF scrambles to retain some power in Gauteng

The Red Berets are trying to convince the ANC to keep their local government arrangements intact

Helen Zille. (Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)

Talks hit the rough over cabinet seats

Negotiators from the ANC and the DA met on Thursday to try to ease tensions in the GNU

Life goes on without the EFF

Gauteng is meant to have ruled on whether overalls are appropriate in the halls of power, but the red berets seem happy working outside the house.

The party has promised mass protests if the acting speaker

EFF and the overalls: Nine days of missed work

On Thursday the Gauteng legislature will rule on the EFF’s overalls. But the red berets seem happier working without the legislature, anyway.

EFF supporters

Gauteng Legislature lays criminal charges against EFF

Charges of trespassing and intimidation have been laid against the EFF, after its members allegedly forced entry into the provincial legislature.

Gauteng Provincial Legislature speaker Lindiwe Maseko.

Gauteng Legislature given shake up

Gauteng Legislature speaker Lindiwe Maseko has announced the appointment of new Cabinet and executive members during the committee restructuring.

Gauteng health and social development minister Ntombi Mekgwe will take over as government and housing minister.

Mekgwe takes over from Mmemezi after Gauteng council reshuffle

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has reshuffled her executive council after the resignation of government and housing minister Humphrey Mmemezi.

Another night of terror in Gauteng

Thousands of refugees in and around Johannesburg faced another night filled with anxiety on Tuesday evening as xenophobic tensions and violence continued to spread through the…

‘Third force’ involvement in attacks

The police have ”concrete evidence” of a suspected third-force involvement in xenophobic attacks in and around Johannesburg, the Gauteng Legislature heard on Tuesday. ”The police…

Mbeki acts as violence explodes

As a fresh wave of severe xenophobic violence gripped Johannesburg on Sunday, with five people killed in the Cleveland area, hundreds fleeing to the safety of police stations and…