The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police
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The provincial police commissioner’s allegations against the police minister and the higher education minister’s Seta appointments have undermined their reputations
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The ANC secretary general said the party backs the inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa into corruption claims against the police minister
He was also ordered to stop publishing defamatory statements against Polokwane mayor John Mpe and his family on all social media platforms
The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligate South Africa to provide basic healthcare to all people in its borders
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The matter is set to be heard at the Johannesburg high court on 23 July
Parties have called for the president to take action regarding allegations against the police minister
The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of Seta boards
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says he has never met or spoken to Vusimuzi Matlala, despite allegations of political interference in a R360 million South African Police Service tender
The African Transformation Movement claims the police minister sabotaged the team investigating political killings and protected politically connected suspects
The ANC secretary general said the police minister still had to tell his side of the story and there was no basis yet for rebutting the police commissioner’s accusation
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula announced Mabuza’s death in a post on social media platform X
The party leader’s daughter and its spokesperson have been accused of ignoring party structures and resisting being told what to do
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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
Some ANC members want former speaker Margaret Arnolds to return after the incumbent was ousted
Nobuhle Mthembu was ousted as speaker as the ANC moved to punish ActionSA for refusing to back Morero
Al Jamah-ah has denied striking a deal with the DA to oust the ANC mayor, despite claims it lobbied parties and has been eyeing the seat
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The DA leader’s interest in the position has sent political parties scrambling to find stronger candidates as the 2026 municipal elections loom
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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
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Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’
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The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party
The ANC Youth League president said those who serve in government and are considered to be youth of the party should only fear him, not opposition parties
The party has developed a performance tracker that grades the government of national unity on everything from leadership and crime to education
The ANC Youth League president said he would rather EFF leader Julius Malema returned to the ANC than Shivambu, who he dismissed as having no support base
The supreme court of appeal held that the acquittal of officials and Gupta associates on fraud and money-laundering charges was a failure of justice
Democratic Alliance federal leader’s possible comeback as Joburg mayor also rattles rivals
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Sources said that despite Vuyo Zungula being a member of the African Transformation Movement’s national executive committee, he was not at the meeting that resolved to remove him as party president