WEDNESDAY, 08 APRIL 2026, 15:51
Senior party insiders have accused Lesufi of attempting to place the Gauteng department of health under administration to politically weaken his potential rival, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
The party’s regional secretary said should it be forced into a coalition following the local government elections, with a majority, it would demand the mayoral chain
Ruth Mamolaba Ntlokotse says Jim filed a false affidavit in court and suppressed internal dissent, raising questions about governance and accountability
DA MPL in the Free State, Werner Pretorius, is the party’s candidate for the Manguang Metro in the upcoming local government elections.
Controversial forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan will appear before the parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating the infiltration of the criminal justice system.
The DA has announced political analyst and academic Professor Theo Venter as its mayoral candidate for the JB Marks Municipality in the North West.
The DA’s Joburg mayoral candidate, Helen Zille, says the City of Johannesburg faces so many challenges that she has often asked herself where she would start solving them if she were to wear the mayoral chain.
The outspoken, controversial Zimbabwean war veteran Blessed Runesu “Bombshell” Geza, 73, at the centre of a movement calling for the removal of president Emmerson Mnangagwa, died in the early hours of Friday at a Johannesburg hospital.
“This is not about Patrice waking up one morning and wanting to be president,” the lobbyist said. “It is about stabilising the centre of power before the ANC implodes”
Siviwe Gwarube and Geordin Hill-Lewis are among those touted to take over party leadership
Next local government elections will be a decisive test, Malema says as party launches plan of attack
The ANC Youth League has called for the immediate dismissal of all mayors and municipal managers in municipalities, which the Auditor-General has flagged as collapsed and non-functional.
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The DA leader insists he is “going nowhere” despite his announcement that he will not be contesting for the party’s leadership role
In a message seen by the M&G, he says that even if he does stand as leader, he intends to remain mayor
‘If I stood for re-election, I would have won hands down,’ DA leader says
Last year Mabuza’s daughter, Tamara Silinda, filed an urgent application to stop Alexforbes from paying the money to Nonhlahla Mnisi, who was the country’s second lady when Mabuza was President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deputy
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa did not say whether it had opened a case with the police
Sources in the DA say the decision was partly influenced by Steenhuisen’s soured relationship with Helen Zille
Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said she had received one of the death threats while travelling to parliament
At 58%, most of the households in the ANC-led Mpofana Local Municipality don’t have access to electricity, and the town is at risk of a “possible grid collapse”.