SUNDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2025, 13:10
When suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu acted alone in issuing a directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team, he “departed” from established protocol for dealing with a structure born out of an interministerial committee (IMC).
Although the date hasn’t been formally announced, the Electoral Commission of South Africa is ready to administer the 2026 municipal elections on the first Wednesday of November next year.
The IEC said 14 of the new parties were registered between August and October 2025
With Madagascar’s military government announcing it would be leaving the annual rotating position, South Africa is expected to become the next chairperson of the Southern African Development Community.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has reappointed Mosotho Moepya as chairperson of the IEC and confirmed new commissioners for the next seven-year term.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and government of national unity leaders have used their two-day strategic retreat at the weekend to adopt the Medium-Term Development Plan, among other things.
The IFP has thrown its weight and “unwavering support and confidence” in the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU) it leads.
The Impendle local municipality has failed to elect a new mayor following the unceremonious axing of ANC mayor Buyisani Mlaba in July
According to a source, she claimed that it was for party president Jacob Zuma
The Pietermaritzburg High Court has scotched the Umngeni-Uthukela Water board’s decision to suspend its chief governance and compliance officer, Sibusiso Madonsela, ordering that he be reinstated immediately.
A former Cogta MEC has said if the province is hung, then the government would have no choice but to call for an early election
ActionSA’s Mashaba has vowed to block the DA federal chair’s bid
Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team
Constantia resident Deputy President Paul Mashatile highlighted inequality in Cape Town as the reason why the Western Cape’s municipal model is not the best in the country.
The ANC has rejected the DA’s Inclusive Economy for All Bill, labelling it an “anti-transformation” bill.
The MK party is believed to be courting the ANC, promising that if it supports the motion, some MECs will retain their positions
The ANC has moved to “reconfigure” its leadership structure in the Western Cape with plans to set up a provincial task team.
She argues that black people get better services where her party is in control
The DA’s bid to topple Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi could be a non-starter because the EFF has rejected the party’s approach on the one hand, and ActionSA says its support will depend on the substance of the motion of no confidence on the other.
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team placed the SA Police Services leadership in a position of institutional uncertainty.
Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team