
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla pleads not guilty as trial over July 2021 unrest begins
The state is expected to call six witnesses, three of them being social media experts
SUNDAY, 28 DECEMBER 2025, 18:17

The state is expected to call six witnesses, three of them being social media experts

The government noted that it has responded to similar claims before, including clarifications on farm murders and refugee policy

Mchunu said he surrendered the devices on Thursday and pledged full cooperation with investigators
Several sets of data were deleted from two cellphones belonging to businessman and attempted murder-accused Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala before anti-corruption investigators could access them.

Hlophe took the decision without consulting with the leadership of the party

Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia said police inquiries provide a moment to reset SAPS
Western Cape ANC secretary Neville Delport has left the ANC to join the DA.
After butting heads with MK Party parliamentary leader John Hlophe, chief whip Colleen Makhubele has been removed from the post and replaced with former finance minister Des van Rooyen.

Mchunu and Masemola communicated via letters and were requested to align before meetings with ministers
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