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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his remarks after the official announcement of the South African general election results at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Results Operation Centre at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, on June 2, 2024. (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

South Africa starts countdown to elect new president and speaker following election results

The clock started ticking once the electoral commission declared the final result of the vote on Sunday night

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Photo: GCIS
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Why it would be prudent to keep judges off Ramaphosa impeachment panel

The reputation of the judiciary could suffer in the political repercussions of the process

  • Mbekezeli Benjamin
8 min read
Former parliamentary speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Thursday thanked the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) for allowing her to speak at a public ANC event for the first time since her arrest last year. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

Mapisa-Nqakula elected as speaker of parliament

Former defence minister voted in ahead of the Democratic Alliance’s Annelie Lotriet

  • Paddy Harper
1 min read
With local government elections just over a month away on 1 November, the ANC is unlikely to replace newly elected Johannesburg mayor Jolidee Matongo, who died in an accident on Saturday, mere weeks after the death from Covid-19 of his predecessor Geoff Makhubo.
ANC

Jolidee Matongo elected as Johannesburg’s new mayor

ANC’s Matongo was the only candidate nominated for the city of Johannesburg mayoral candidate, the speaker of council announced

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Democratic Alliance councillor Nora Grose. (Facebook)
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

DA councillor implicated in food relief fraud continues daily chores as case runs its course

The speaker of City of Cape Town says no sanctions are considered against City’s ward councillor, as yet

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read