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Mkhwanazi must submit an original statement, Malema tells committee on police corruption
Politics
/ 7 October 2025

Mkhwanazi must submit an original statement, Malema tells committee on police corruption

The committee was forced to adjourn after the EFF leader objected to the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner submitting the same statement given to the Madlanga commission

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Mashaba could face off against Zille for Joburg mayor
Politics
/ 3 October 2025

Mashaba could face off against Zille for Joburg mayor

ActionSA leader ready for race if party can’t find better mayoral candidate

By Lunga Mzangwe
Where to from now for Malema after guilty verdict
Politics
/ 2 October 2025

Where to from now for Malema after guilty verdict

EFF leader Julius Malema faces a major setback in his presidential ambitions after he was convicted on firearm charges, threatening his
political future

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Mystery still surrounds Mthethwa’s death
Politics
/ 2 October 2025

Mystery still surrounds Mthethwa’s death

Neither the presidency nor the department of international relations has given much detail after the ambassador’s body was found at a hotel in Paris

By Lunga Mzangwe
Pressure on eThekwini to account for clandestine appointment of ANC-linked official
Politics
/ 1 October 2025

Pressure on eThekwini to account for clandestine appointment of ANC-linked official

The Democratic Alliance and ActionSA want the city to probe how the former uMzumbe metro employee got a senior job

By Sandile Motha
Malema found guilty in illegal firearm discharge case that could derail his political career
Politics
/ 1 October 2025

Malema found guilty in illegal firearm discharge case that could derail his political career

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader’s pre-sentencing hearing is scheduled for January

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Mthethwa dies before answering for his role in police capture
Politics
/ 30 September 2025

Mthethwa dies before answering for his role in police capture

Mthethwa died before he could clear his name after Mkhwanazi’s allegations

By Lunga Mzangwe
Khumalo says Mchunu associate Mokgotsi acted as middleman for dodgy payments
Politics
/ 30 September 2025

Khumalo says Mchunu associate Mokgotsi acted as middleman for dodgy payments

The Madlanga commission heard testimony about text messages between Mokgotsi and Matlala that detailed payments to the suspended police minister, manipulation of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and the sharing of classified information

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Cogta, Salga keen for the passing of Bill limiting smaller parties’ influence on municipalities
Politics
/ 30 September 2025

Cogta, Salga keen for the passing of Bill limiting smaller parties’ influence on municipalities

The Bill seeks to stabilise local government by ensuring that parties which make the composition of municipal councils are a true representation of the will of the majority, Deputy Minister Namane Masemola said

By Sandile Motha
Malema to wait another day to know his fate in firearm case
Politics
/ 29 September 2025

Malema to wait another day to know his fate in firearm case

Delivery of the ruling by magistrate Twanet Olivier will continue on Tuesday

By Lunga Mzangwe
Mchunu disbanded task team to protect the drug cartels
Politics
/ 26 September 2025

Mchunu disbanded task team to protect the drug cartels

The inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Zille goes all in for Joburg top job
Politics
/ 26 September 2025

Zille goes all in for Joburg top job

The Democratic Alliance federal chair declined to commit to a time frame within which she planned to fix the city’s problems if elected mayor

By Lunga Mzangwe
Masemola: Mchunu disbanded political killings task team after Matlala arrest
Politics
/ 23 September 2025

Masemola: Mchunu disbanded political killings task team after Matlala arrest

The national police commissioner concluded his testimony on Tuesday linking murder suspects Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to the police minister

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Mpumalanga High Court reserves judgment on Mabuza pension appeal until 30 September
Politics
/ 23 September 2025

Mpumalanga High Court reserves judgment on Mabuza pension appeal until 30 September

Mabuza’s daughter Tamara Silinda wants the court to stop Alexforbes from paying R44 million to former second lady Nonhlahla Mnisi

By Lunga Mzangwe
Masemola testifies that Mchunu believed political killings only happened before 1994
Politics
/ 23 September 2025

Masemola testifies that Mchunu believed political killings only happened before 1994

The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Kunene has no links to Katiso ‘TK’ Molefe, report finds
Politics
/ 23 September 2025

Kunene has no links to Katiso ‘TK’ Molefe, report finds

The party is expected to redeploy him in the Johannesburg council and will demand he gets back his MMC for transport position

By Lunga Mzangwe
Ramaphosa’s office says DD Mabuza’s pension saga is a family matter
Politics
/ 22 September 2025

Ramaphosa’s office says DD Mabuza’s pension saga is a family matter

AlexForbes said it would not oppose the application by Mabuza’s daughter to have the R44 million pension pay out stopped

By Lunga Mzangwe
Masemola: ‘I could not take Mchunu to court over disbandment of political killing task team’
Politics
/ 22 September 2025

Masemola: ‘I could not take Mchunu to court over disbandment of political killing task team’

Masemola told the Madlanga commission the disbandment process was ‘by design’ and had begun while he was on leave

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Masemola says Mchunu did not consult before disbanding the political killings task team
Politics
/ 22 September 2025

Masemola says Mchunu did not consult before disbanding the political killings task team

Masemola was questioned about whether a police commissioner could refuse directives from the police minister and initially said it depended on the nature of the directive

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Mayor blames population growth for Joburg water crisis
Politics
/ 19 September 2025

Mayor blames population growth for Joburg water crisis

The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water

By Lunga Mzangwe
Battle over DD Mabuza’s estate
Politics
/ 18 September 2025

Battle over DD Mabuza’s estate

The former deputy president’s daughter from a previous marriage has gone to court to lay claim to funds from his estate in a battle with his widow

By Lunga Mzangwe
Mkhwanazi: Political killing task team disbanded when closing in on Gauteng syndicates
Politics
/ 18 September 2025

Mkhwanazi: Political killing task team disbanded when closing in on Gauteng syndicates

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony would deal with political interference by parliamentarians and the national executive

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Mkhwanazi: Mchunu not briefed before disbanding political killing task team
Politics
/ 17 September 2025

Mkhwanazi: Mchunu not briefed before disbanding political killing task team

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
DA governs the best-run municipalities, Ramaphosa tells ANC councillors
Politics
/ 15 September 2025

DA governs the best-run municipalities, Ramaphosa tells ANC councillors

The ANC leader said it also hurts him to see that some municipalities run by the party were ‘being run backwards’

By Lunga Mzangwe
ANC summons councillors to talks
Politics
/ 12 September 2025

ANC summons councillors to talks

An NEC source said the party was not worried about MK party sleeper agents in their ranks

By Lunga Mzangwe
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse calls for a political ‘revolution’
Thought Leader
/ 10 September 2025

Sipho Hotstix Mabuse calls for a political ‘revolution’

‘The poetry and music of revolutionary poets should come to the fore to tame the unreasonableness of our politicians who are failing us by serving themselves and not the people’

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
Msimanga: Moya a ribbon cutter who takes glory for DA’s work
Politics
/ 10 September 2025

Msimanga: Moya a ribbon cutter who takes glory for DA’s work

The Democratic Alliance leader in Gauteng said most of the work the ActionSA mayor for Tshwane has been taking credit for was done by her predecessor, Cilliers Brink

By Lunga Mzangwe
Ramaphosa grilled in parliament on US tariffs, Postbank and Iran
Politics
/ 9 September 2025

Ramaphosa grilled in parliament on US tariffs, Postbank and Iran

The president said the government would never go ‘on bended knee’ to get the best deal in ongoing trade discussions with the United States

By Umamah Bakharia
Victims everywhere you look, so no one is a victim
Opinion
/ 7 September 2025

Victims everywhere you look, so no one is a victim

Frustration over the gap between what citizens want and what’s being done is leading to a loss of faith in the future, in South Africa and all over the world

By Donovan E Williams
Floyd Shivambu announces Afrika Mayibuye Movement party, with himself as president
Politics
/ 5 September 2025

Floyd Shivambu announces Afrika Mayibuye Movement party, with himself as president

This follows months of consultations with communities on whether there was a need to form another political party in South Africa

By Lunga Mzangwe
R11.5m Digital Vibes funds laundered through bogus cattle sales, SIU says
Politics
/ 5 September 2025

R11.5m Digital Vibes funds laundered through bogus cattle sales, SIU says

New evidence in the matter suggests that former health minister Zweli Mkhize and his family received funds funnelled through the sale of cattle and the purchase of a farm

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Zille tops DA internal polling for Johannesburg mayor candidate
Politics
/ 5 September 2025

Zille tops DA internal polling for Johannesburg mayor candidate

The party’s federal chairperson is the internal favourite for the post but its Gauteng leader denied the existence of divisive factions

By Lunga Mzangwe
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