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Politics

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
Stan Mathabatha steps down as Limpopo ANC provincial chair
Politics
/ 2 September 2025

Stan Mathabatha steps down as Limpopo ANC provincial chair

Mathabatha said he was concerned by what he called ‘unethical and un-ANC tendencies’ by party members in regard to the elective conferences of the Vhembe and Waterberg regions

By Lunga Mzangwe
EXCLUSIVE: Boy Mamabolo to register Born To Win party after resigning from the ANC
Politics
/ 2 September 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Boy Mamabolo to register Born To Win party after resigning from the ANC

Mamabolo said his party would get to ‘eat’ the support of the Economic Freedom Fighters and the ANC

By Lunga Mzangwe
ANC cracks whip on errant councillors in troubled KwaZulu-Natal municipality
Politics
/ 2 September 2025

ANC cracks whip on errant councillors in troubled KwaZulu-Natal municipality

Five ANC councillors in the Impendle local municipality abstained during a vote of no confidence against mayor Buyisani Mlaba, resulting in his ousting by the IFP and EFF

By Sandile Motha
ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition
Politics
/ 29 August 2025

ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition

Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration

By Sandile Motha
EFF demands Joburg transport post as condition for continued support of ANC
Politics
/ 29 August 2025

EFF demands Joburg transport post as condition for continued support of ANC

The move is a strategy ahead of next year’s local government elections, as the party believes that fixing roads, traffic lights and public transport networks will prove its ability to govern

By Lunga Mzangwe and Mandisa Nyathi
EFF to appeal Equality Court hate speech ruling against Malema
Politics
/ 28 August 2025

EFF to appeal Equality Court hate speech ruling against Malema

The court found Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for remarks at a 2022 rally in Cape Town

By Mandisa Nyathi
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