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Politics

Ramaphosa in Washington: Charm offensive or collision course?
Politics
/ 21 May 2025

Ramaphosa in Washington: Charm offensive or collision course?

Ideological clashes between Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump – not just tariffs or refugees – may prove the biggest threat to restoring tattered trade relations and diplomatic trust

By Des Erasmus
Born Free: Ernst van Zyl: 49 Afrikaans ‘refugees’, the Expropriation Act, Bela Bill Act, Talks with the Trump Administration, Farm Murders  – Podcast episode seven
Thought Leader
/ 21 May 2025

Born Free: Ernst van Zyl: 49 Afrikaans ‘refugees’, the Expropriation Act, Bela Bill Act, Talks with the Trump Administration, Farm Murders  – Podcast episode seven

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
Ramaphosa to press Trump on attending G20 summit, racial redress
Politics
/ 21 May 2025

Ramaphosa to press Trump on attending G20 summit, racial redress

The presidency believes the US president knows his invective against South Africa is devoid of truth

By Emsie Ferreira
Malema says Afrikaner asylum seekers look like ‘car guards’, not farmers
Politics
/ 19 May 2025

Malema says Afrikaner asylum seekers look like ‘car guards’, not farmers

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said that had AfriForum chief executive Kallie Kriel and his former deputy, Ernst Roets, have sought asylum in the US, they would have become ‘hobos’

By Lunga Mzangwe
Ramaphosa says decision to sign NHI Bill was politically sensitive
Politics
/ 19 May 2025

Ramaphosa says decision to sign NHI Bill was politically sensitive

This rendered it immune to high court review, he argues in an application for leave to appeal an order to hand over the reasons for his decision

By Emsie Ferreira
Solidarity threatens Ntshavheni with defamation over ‘inflammatory rhetoric’
Politics
/ 19 May 2025

Solidarity threatens Ntshavheni with defamation over ‘inflammatory rhetoric’

The trade union has accused the minister in the presidency of weaponising discourse instead of focusing on facts

By Des Erasmus
Ramaphosa to push for tariff relief, address refugee claims in US visit
Politics
/ 17 May 2025

Ramaphosa to push for tariff relief, address refugee claims in US visit

President Cyril Ramaphosa will use his Washington visit to demand an end to US trade tariffs and counter refugee claims of racial persecution.

By Mandisa Nyathi
Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’
Politics
/ 15 May 2025

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’

Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list

By Lunga Mzangwe
Lesufi considering alternatives to politics, rules out ANC top seven bid
Politics
/ 15 May 2025

Lesufi considering alternatives to politics, rules out ANC top seven bid

The premier and provincial co-convenor said the party would resurrect itself in Gauteng because there was no better alternative

By Lunga Mzangwe
Lesufi calls relocated Afrikaners ‘untransformed human beings’
Politics
/ 14 May 2025

Lesufi calls relocated Afrikaners ‘untransformed human beings’

He also said that ‘white only’ enclaves such as Kleinfontein would be dealt with within the ambit of the law

By Lunga Mzangwe
EFF purges KZN leaders accused of colluding with MK party
Politics
/ 14 May 2025

EFF purges KZN leaders accused of colluding with MK party

The EFF has removed two senior KwaZulu-Natal leaders after allegations of ghost branches, sabotage and defiance of Julius Malema’s directives

By Mandisa Nyathi
Ramaphosa tells CEO forum white people who fled to US are not being ‘hounded’
Politics
/ 13 May 2025

Ramaphosa tells CEO forum white people who fled to US are not being ‘hounded’

He told US President Donald Trump during a phone call there was no racial persecution in South Africa

By Lyse Comins
Lamola: Trump invited to G20, but attendance up to him to decide
Politics
/ 12 May 2025

Lamola: Trump invited to G20, but attendance up to him to decide

The foreign minister reiterated that the US president’s offer of refugee status for Afrikaners was not made within the international definition of asylum

By Emsie Ferreira
EFF sets its sights on North West – with the ANC
Politics
/ 9 May 2025

EFF sets its sights on North West – with the ANC

Despite public spats in Gauteng, the parties are teaming up in North West municipalities, including those where the ANC has a majority

By Mandisa Nyathi
Morero to ‘rotate’ Joburg’s non-performing senior managers and MMCs
Politics
/ 7 May 2025

Morero to ‘rotate’ Joburg’s non-performing senior managers and MMCs

The Johannesburg mayor is to declare a state of disaster for crime and lawlessness, starting in July

By Lunga Mzangwe
EFF accuses UK of ‘orchestrated’ visa delay to block Malema’s visit
Politics
/ 7 May 2025

EFF accuses UK of ‘orchestrated’ visa delay to block Malema’s visit

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader was to have addressed a conference at Cambridge University on 10 May

By Mandisa Nyathi
Make South Africa great again: The GNU as a catalyst for hope and reform
Opinion
/ 7 May 2025

Make South Africa great again: The GNU as a catalyst for hope and reform

Coalition politics, while not perfect, forces parties to negotiate and compromise, boosting accountability and combatting complacency and corruption

By Lindokuhle Hlehle Tonono
Mbalula again faces backlash over alleged interference in ANC regional conferences
Politics
/ 7 May 2025

Mbalula again faces backlash over alleged interference in ANC regional conferences

The secretary general has once more been accused of violating party rules to influence regional elections in Limpopo and Gauteng ahead of the 2027 leadership contest

By Mandisa Nyathi
Greylisting is a symptom. South Africa’s real crisis is dysfunction without consequence
Thought Leader
/ 6 May 2025

Greylisting is a symptom. South Africa’s real crisis is dysfunction without consequence

Financial crime governance should be happening in the boardroom and the legal and financial fallout from the lack of enforcement is becoming increasingly serious

By Annerize Shaw
Born Free: South Africa’s political future: GNU, budget 3.0 & 2026/2027 party elections? – Podcast episode six
Thought Leader
/ 6 May 2025

Born Free: South Africa’s political future: GNU, budget 3.0 & 2026/2027 party elections? – Podcast episode six

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
ANC Gauteng bets on internal renewal to lift 2026 election prospects
Politics
/ 5 May 2025

ANC Gauteng bets on internal renewal to lift 2026 election prospects

Internal polls forecast at least 40% of votes in the local government elections, while warnings against factionalism abound

By Lunga Mzangwe
New inquiry into whether prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes were blocked
Politics
/ 3 May 2025

New inquiry into whether prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes were blocked

Successive ANC-led governments have been criticised by some for prioritising national reconciliation ahead of justice for victims

By Gerald Imray
Godongwana holds firm amid pressure to resign over budget
Politics
/ 1 May 2025

Godongwana holds firm amid pressure to resign over budget

The finance minister says his U-turn on a VAT hike was a collective decision of the government of national unity

By Mandisa Nyathi
Born Free: Why is South Africa involved in the DRC? – Podcast episode five
Thought Leader
/ 1 May 2025

Born Free: Why is South Africa involved in the DRC? – Podcast episode five

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
Mbalula: Malema a danger for GNU and ANC
Politics
/ 30 April 2025

Mbalula: Malema a danger for GNU and ANC

The ANC secretary general said the Economic Freedom Fighters voting with the Democratic Alliance would not be a surprise should a motion of no confidence be brought against Ramaphosa

By Lunga Mzangwe
Malema’s accusations against MK party are ‘theatre of politics’, says Mzobe
Politics
/ 30 April 2025

Malema’s accusations against MK party are ‘theatre of politics’, says Mzobe

Taking control of the ANC would be part of uMkhonto weSizwe party’s ‘political project’ of unifying black people, the MK party’s head of presidency added

By Lunga Mzangwe
Israel is starving Gaza by design, SA tells International Court of Justice
Politics
/ 30 April 2025

Israel is starving Gaza by design, SA tells International Court of Justice

South Africa argued that a 50-day aid blockade was further proof of the genocide of the Palestinian population

By Emsie Ferreira
DA to fight employment equity law in court
Politics
/ 29 April 2025

DA to fight employment equity law in court

The final quotas make it virtually impossible for coloured and Indian workers to find or keep a job, argues the party

By Lyse Comins
VAT battle is over but coalition crisis continues
Politics
/ 24 April 2025

VAT battle is over but coalition crisis continues

Meetings are due in coming days and weeks to undo the damage after the finance minister caved on the tax increase

By Emsie Ferreira
Parties hail VAT reversal as ANC admits budget vote missteps
Politics
/ 24 April 2025

Parties hail VAT reversal as ANC admits budget vote missteps

The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the fiscal framework

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Zelenskyy pleads for global pressure against Russia after renewed attacks on Kyiv
Politics
/ 24 April 2025

Zelenskyy pleads for global pressure against Russia after renewed attacks on Kyiv

The Ukrainian president cut short a trip to South Africa after Russian drone and missile strikes which killed at least eight people and injured about 80

By Mandisa Nyathi and Emsie Ferreira
Born Free: The gender-based violence epidemic is South Africa’s hidden war – Podcast episode four
Thought Leader
/ 24 April 2025

Born Free: The gender-based violence epidemic is South Africa’s hidden war – Podcast episode four

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
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