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Zondo Report: ANC did not deal with failure of service delivery

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo suggest that money be lawfully recovered from former MEC → Read More

Floods prompt ANC to act on climate crisis

The recent floods that hit parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have prompted the ANC to propose that a parliamentary ad hoc committee on building climate change resilience be established. → Read More

Malema admits it will take a long time for EFF to govern

The EFF will not hurl insults at voters for not giving it enough support to govern, and will instead wait to see if bigger parties will want to enter into coalitions with it. → Read More

Steenhuisen lambasts ANC for poor service delivery in North West

DA leader John Steenhuisen believes that the ANC’s failure to submit all its candidates for the upcoming local elections is a reflection of its capabilities, adding that he would have been forced to resign as party leader if the DA was in the same situation. → Read More

ANC confirms disbandment of MKMVA and says it will defend the judiciary

In the wake of illegal gatherings and threats of violence by supporters of former president Jacob Zuma, the ANC national executive committee (NEC) has vowed to defend all democratic institutions. → Read More

State ignored Covid-19 advice

Government was warned long before the third wave that a catastrophe loomed if restrictions were not tightened. → Read More

Zamani Saul blasts Magashule

Just moments before his uncontested re-election as chairperson of the ANC in the Northern Cape on Friday evening, Zamani Saul delivered an uncompromising speech about the role of the secretary-general in the ANC, resulting in a devastating critique of the suspended incumbent, Ace Magashule. → Read More

Premier Zamani Saul sets out to fill Kimberley’s big holes

Angry residents now want the mayor and his team fired for incompetence. → Read More

Why the ANC was ordered to stand down in Tshwane

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile gave the party an instruction to not even try to contest for the Tshwane mayor position because it would have been a pointless exercise. → Read More

Ace Magashule’s pals score big

Millions of rands worth of PPE tenders have been awarded to companies and individuals with ties to the ANC’s secretary-general. → Read More

Tobacco industry given confidence boost by chance to appeal ban

The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has been granted leave to appeal the high court’s ruling in favour of government’s cigarette and tobacco products ban. → Read More

Efforts to revive VBS Bank under way

The SA Reserve Bank has received a letter requesting the VBS Mutual Bank licence to be reactivated. → Read More

Hospital in QwaQwa in breach of Covid rules

The department of employment and labour in the Free State is investigating Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Hospital in QwaQwa for contravening Covid-19 regulations. → Read More

‘State lied about tobacco ban’

The association taking the government to court over the tobacco ban has accused it of inflating the number of people who supported the ban and using literature that does not show the link between cigarette smoking and the Covid-19 coronavirus. → Read More

DA staff face more retrenchments

The DA is looking into the possibility of retrenching more staff to create a structure that is more suitable to its needs. The decision will be made before the end of the party’s financial year next month. → Read More

‘If it means we have to die, that is fine’ – Zuma backers plot his defence

Infuriated by the judiciary’s issuing of an arrest warrant for the former president, pro-Zuma forces lay the groundwork for a fightback campaign. → Read More

ANC’s Lebogang Maile to work on forcing Tshwane mayor and council speaker out

Having so far failed in their joint effort with the EFF to dethrone the DA in Tshwane, the ANC is leaving it to Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile to flex his muscles. → Read More

DA ready to axe Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa

Despite his special leave being rescinded by the DA, a cloud still hangs over the head of Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa, with sources claiming the party’s ready to axe him. → Read More

Parly should deal with Malema calling judges ‘traumatised and old’ – Mogoeng

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has said that it was up to Parliament to deal with a remark by EFF leader Julius Malema that judges are “traumatised and old”, which he made during a Women’s Day commemoration in the Northern Cape last month. → Read More

Axed councillors to ‘divorce’ ANC

The 15 councillors in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality in the Free State, who were fired by the ANC’s disciplinary committee for misconduct last year, say they are fed up and are breaking away from the party. → Read More