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Although many might be eager to see Eskom go away, there are valid reasons for questioning how effective government reforms to the energy sector will actually be. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images

Communities vital to Mpumalanga’s energy transition — premier

Mtsweni-Tsipane stresses the importance of getting communities’ buy-in and says that no one must be left behind

Mxolisi Dukwana. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Free State under new management as Mxolisi Dukwana gets nod from ANC top brass

The newly elected ANC Free State chairperson is expected to make a complete overhaul in his cabinet in the coming weeks

Mxolisi Dukwana. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Mxolisi Dukwana heads the list of Free State ANC candidates to replace premier Ntombela

Three names to be handed over to the top seven for consideration after the ANC decided to recall Sisi Ntombela

Murder-accused ANC leader Mandla Msibi. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Murder-accused MEC Mandla Msibi asked to step aside

During a media briefing on Tuesday, Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane told journalists that she had fired MEC Mandla Msibi with immediate effect

Mxolisi Dukwana. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

ANC Free State member takes legal action against speaker for allegedly bumping Dukwana up list

An ANC member has accused the Free State speaker of flouting the Electoral Act after the ANC list was changed twice, resulting in Mxolisi Dukwana being sworn in as a member of…

Out of office: President Cyril Ramaphosa initially refused to meet Job Mokgoro, because there
was ‘no need to’, a source said

North West premier Job Mokgoro resigns

Ramaphosa has finally met with premier Mokgroro resulting in him announcing his resignation on Thursday morning

Pissed off: Outgoing North West premier Job Mokgoro says underperforming municipalities and unemployment are being used as a smokescreen in the contested province.

‘You have treated me like a pisspot,’ Job Mokgoro tells ANC

The ANC in the North West is scrambling to oust its premier after a ‘bungled’ process

Klingon: Job Mokgoro is resisting the North West interim provincial committee’s call for him to step down as premier. (Tiro Ramatlhatse)

Mokgoro was party to talks of his resignation

The North West premier has defied the interim provincial committee’s decision

A province riddled with violent crime and gangsterism has a new sheriff after Police Minister Bheki Cele approved the appointment of Thembisile Patekile as police commissioner in the Western Cape.

New Western Cape police commissioner to sort out old problems

The province gets a permanent police commissioner to fight crime and violence during a time of instability in the police force

Eastern Cape premier and ANC chairperson Oscar Mabuyane has called allegations of wrongdoing levelled against him part of an orchestrated attack to discredit him. (Oupa Nkosi)

‘I’m being targeted for speaking out against powerful ANC figures’ — Mabuyane

The Eastern Cape ANC chair says he will stand for a second term despite a campaign against him as part of an agenda to paralyse the province

Mpumalanga premier removes Mabuza loyalists from her cabinet

Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane’s bold reshuffle is sure to ruffle feathers when the party heads to its elective conference this year

Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the province would do whatever is needed to address the shortage of additional space and beds to accommodate the rising Covid-19 admissions in hospitals.

State of the Provinces: Makhura takes hard line on corruption — Mabuyane downplays it

The Gauteng and Eastern Cape premiers have been ravaged by scandal over the past year, in both instances involving the political heads of their health departments

ANC members can’t vote with their conscience in motion of no confidence – Magashule

North West ANC crisis: Ace steps in

Supporters of Premier Job Makgoro want the interim provincial committee disbanded for suspending him

Mpumalanga premier fined for attending Mthembu funeral without a mask

Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane goes into isolation and pledges to buy 1000 masks to show her ‘remorse’

Premier of KwaZulu-Natal Sihle Zikalala (centre). (GCIS)

Zikalala’s clean-up should scour director general first

​KZN’s new premier will have to start his promised clean up of the provincial government at the very top and fire its director general

“The DA represents the future of our changing nation. We may not be perfect, but we’re honest, we work hard and we have a plan to completely reform our country.” (Paul Botes/M&G)

Maimane out of running for Western Cape premier

The DA has announced that Dan Plato will be Patricia De Lille’s successor while Maimane has “declined” to run as premier candidate

Maimane’s office has said that the party will be ready to announce its candidate for premier this week. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

DA to decide if Maimane will be Western Cape premier candidate

The party’s federal executive will meet on Tuesday to discuss who will be the DA’s candidate for Western Cape premier

Patricia Kopane is a member of the DA’s federal executive, federal legal commission and the party’s federal council. (Peter Mogaki/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

Patricia Kopane named as DA candidate for Free State premier

Kopane, who is also the shadow minister of health, has been the DA leader in the Free State since 2012

Wendy Nelson.
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North West appoints finance MEC as acting premier while Mahumapelo is on leave

Following the announcement that Mahumapelo would take "a leave of absence", the North West PEC has moved to appoint Wendy Nelson as acting premier

DA deputy federal chair Makashule Gana.

Gana says he’s simply the best

The DA’s member of the Gauteng legislature believes he has what it takes to be premier