Democratic Alliance delegates are set to gather in Midrand, north of Johannesburg on 11 and 12 April to elect new leaders
The ANC party had attempted to discuss the regional secretary and finance MMC’s decision with him amid concerns about this year’s local government elections
DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga put his hand up for the federal chair position held by Ivan Meyer
The ANC provincial working committee in the Free State has been accused of defying the party’s deployees in government, resulting in the near collapse of the Matjhabeng local municipality. Sources say provincial chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana and secretary Polediso Motsoeneng have used their political power to undermine premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae’s intervention in the municipality, which is […]
In Thabong township, many children have sores on their hands and feet, which locals say are caused by contact with sewage
The EFF has rejected a renewed partnership, leading to ANC Ekurhuleni regional secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi stepping down as finance MMC
Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress, while cautiously welcoming tax relief and social grant increases
Gauteng’s prolonged water crisis and Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s recent comments — for which he later apologised — about using hotel facilities during outages returned to the forefront as political parties responded to his State of the Province address. The speech did not provide sufficient detail on how the province would end the chronic water shortages, […]
The president is expected to respond to the MPs’ questions regarding oversight and reporting on a task team on political killings before conclusion of the committee’s inquiry in March
Makhubele’s departure follows months of internal leadership changes in Jacob Zuma’s party
ActionSA leader joins the likes of DA’s Helen Zille to claim city’s top post
MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae said the state of municipalities was not encouraging
Senior Democratic Alliance officials are backing Western Cape agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer to replace the party leader as agriculture minister after its April federal congress
The president has pushed back against MPs claims’ that the successes outlined in his State of the Nation address should be credited to coalition partners
MPs had criticised the president for establishing another task team to tackle the country’s water crisis after he set up a police special investigations task team to probe those implicated in corruption at the Madlanga commission
The Economic Freedom Fighters said it would take up a position on the council’s opposition benches instead
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
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
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
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
The Lanseria smart city remains a dream and hunger, unemployment and crime continue to be high but there has been progress in Eskom’s turnaround
The president said senior officials in municipalities would be appointed through an independent process free from political interference
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
This was Ramaphosa’s ninth address since being elected in 2019