The suspended deputy national police commissioner said he was not aware that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu would disband a task team on political grounds in December 2024
The Economic Freedom Fighters said it would take up a position on the council’s opposition benches instead
Concerns raised by a number of students prior to a tennis match were not managed through appropriate leadership processes
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said much of the progress made ‘bears the unmistakable imprint of the DA’s principled participation’ in the government of national unity
The party singled out the city’s chief financial officer, whom it accused of flouting the Municipal Finance Management Act among other failings
The Economic Freedom Fighters will be accommodated in the reshuffled committee, sources said
The US has not had a permanent ambassador to South Africa since January 2025
A decade after his last SA show, J. Cole returns to Johannesburg with a chart-topping album and a tour billed as his final chapter.
Government responses remain limited, warns the EMS Foundation
The witness’s testimony has been rescheduled for 16 March, the last day of the Madlanga Commission sitting
ActionSA has confirmed that its leader is among five shortlisted candidates to lead the party’s 2026 Johannesburg mayoral campaign, with a final decision expected on 21 February
The benefits of lower grain prices, ample fruit and vegetable supplies, and potentially sideways meat prices will continue to be the major drivers of the deceleration in food price inflation in 2026
Marco Jansen’s deceptive slower ball and Aiden Markram’s unbeaten 86 power South Africa to a commanding T20 World Cup win over New Zealand.
Many of them buy for control over their own lives and protection rather than prestige. That’s worrying
For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address
The Gauteng leader said provincial officials had approached him to pursue the national position
The crisis has exposed governance and infrastructure gaps as residents face ‘Day Zero’ conditions in multiple high-demand areas
The Madlanga commission and parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating corruption in policing have opened a crucial public conversation, analysts say
Even before his speech on Thursday, many opposition parties had already given the president a ‘fail’
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
For weary citizens, the president’s address has become a ritual of promises rather than a moment of reckoning. If it is to regain its dignity, it must strip away the gloss and return to its core purpose
The private forensic investigator denied having undue influence on the police, insisting he was just a concerned citizen who wanted to help in ‘uncapturing the criminal justice system’
The president said the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence and illegal mining
The president said the army would be deployed to tackle illegal mining and gang violence and pledged urgent action against organised crime
Party leader Julius Malema said the move signalled the president’s loss of confidence in the police
In a pointed message to powerful nations, the president declared that South Africa’s sovereignty was “sacrosanct” and would not be compromised
The president announced a mass vaccination drive of the country’s entire cattle herd as the government moves to limit economic damage, export bans and further losses to farmers
This was Ramaphosa’s ninth address since being elected in 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address live from Cape Town City Hall.
Sona thus serves as both a mirror and a map: it reflects where the government has been whilst charting its intended course
The matter stems from a project intended to prevent the Richards Bay area from running out of water. The contract value was inflated from an initial R407m
Amid the crisis in South Africa’s creative sector, artists and film crews march to demand funding, spaces and government accountability before Sona 2026