The EFF leader said the ANC should know that it would never win the elections outright in the foreseeable future
Labour federations Cosatu and the South African Federation of Trade Unions have led calls for a budget that addresses massive unemployment and weak growth
The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation
For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address
A year after the president’s first State of the Nation address as the leader of a coalition government, performance has been good and bad
The implosion of parties such as the ANC and Zanu PF must serve as a cautionary tale for those that fought to liberate the continent
The president said the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence and illegal mining
The Democratic Alliance federal chair says she has been communicating with the party leader on WhatsApp
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said the notion that 30% constituted a pass mark was political sloganism
The Morogoro Consultative Conference, convened under the quiet but resolute leadership of Oliver Reginald Tambo, was no celebration. It was a reckoning
It may be time for a leadership change
This was the year that was — South Africa’s chequered 2025, a year that ends not with resolution, but with reckoning
The party is set to address factionalism, corruption and alliance fallout ahead of next year’s local government elections
On the first day of the party’s national general council, chairperson Gwede Mantashe slammed Ramaphosa’s detractors and urged them to ‘say whatever you want to say here and not outside these walls’
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
The finance minister announced a lower inflation target of 3%, which the South African Reserve Bank has been pushing for
The fallout is the latest threat to the fragile government of national unity that has frequently come to the brink of collapse over policy clashes between its two largest parties
The Democratic Alliance is arguing that it’s in the ANC’s electoral interests to back the proposal
Only 26 promises made to the electorate, only 21%, have started and none have been fully implemented
Several prominent foundations have withdrawn from the national dialogue citing poor planning and questionable spending
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
All 10 parties in the government of national unity voted for the Bill, with the support of ActionSA and Build One South Africa
The Democratic Alliance had threatened to withhold its vote unless President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the errant higher education minister
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
The African Transformation Movement claims the police minister sabotaged the team investigating political killings and protected politically connected suspects
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 state has tried the neoliberalism model in various forms for 31 years, and it has not worked
There has been nothing remarkable about the government of national unity’s first year in office, but the steadying of the ship has been invaluable
Observers say the government of national unity has kept parties such as the EFF and MK in check, but jobs, growth and reform remain elusive