Colleen Makhubele resigns as MP and quits MK
Makhubele’s departure follows months of internal leadership changes in Jacob Zuma’s party
Politics
Former mayor Mashaba throws his hat into Joburg’s mayoral race
ActionSA leader joins the likes of DA’s Helen Zille to claim city’s top post
Free State premier declares year of decisive action to fix municipalities, drive economic growth
MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae said the state of municipalities was not encouraging
News24 | Coalition drama: ANC claims Mashaba backed out of Ekurhuleni talks to shield Tshwane mayor
The ANC in Ekurhuleni has accused ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba of stepping away from coalition talks to protect City of Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moyo.
Steenhuisen faces palace revolt
Senior Democratic Alliance officials are backing Western Cape agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer to replace the party leader as agriculture minister after its April federal congress
GNU achievements the result of ANC foundation, Ramaphosa says
The president has pushed back against MPs claims’ that the successes outlined in his State of the Nation address should be credited to coalition partners
News24 | ‘What type of father sells his own kids?’ ANC one-ups Zuma, MKP as war repatriation begins
The ANC is riding the wave of what it sees as a political victory for President Cyril Ramaphosa – the successful repatriation of members of the Zuma family and the MK Party (MKP) who were trapped on the frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Sona debate: Ramaphosa defends task teams and slow recovery
MPs had criticised the president for establishing another task team to tackle the country’s water crisis after he set up a police special investigations task team to probe those implicated in corruption at the Madlanga commission
News24 | ActionSA denies role in Ekurhuleni reshuffle chaos as EFF quits coalition government
Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA has distanced itself from any involvement in the City of Ekurhuleni’s governing coalition.
EFF rejects MMC posts in Ekurhuleni, says latest reshuffle ‘seeks to undermine’ the party
The Economic Freedom Fighters said it would take up a position on the council’s opposition benches instead
‘GNU responsible for country’s success’, MPs says in response to Ramaphosa’s Sona
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen much of the progress made ‘bears the unmistakable imprint of the DA’s principled participation’ in the government of national unity
ANC Tshwane officials are corrupt and politicians get blamed for it
The party singled out the city’s chief financial officer, whom it accused of flouting the Municipal Finance Management Act among other failings
News24 | Public Protector says senior staff will investigate Gcaleka’s ‘romantic partner’
Public Protector and advocate Kholeka Gcaleka says the distance between her and any investigation in which she may have a personal interest “is as clear as day”.
News24 | Parliament ad hoc committee probing Mkhwanazi’s allegations gets another deadline extension
The ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkwanazi’s allegations now has until the end of March to complete its work.
EXCLUSIVE: Ekurhuleni’s Xhakaza set to reshuffle mayoral committee amid ANC and EFF tension
The Economic Freedom Fighters will be accommodated in the reshuffled committee, sources told the Mail & Guardian
Trump envoy arrives in Pretoria amid stormy US-SA relations
The US has not had a permanent ambassador to South Africa since January 2025
News24 | UPDATE | SA police seek custody of late Zambian president Lungu’s body amid legal wrangle
The South African Police Service wants custody of the body of the late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, News24 has reliably learnt.
News24 | Public Protector recuses herself in probe into parly secretary over ‘romantic’ relationship
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has recused herself from the investigation into how Parliament secretary Xolile George’s salary ballooned more than 88% since 2022.
Herman Mashaba in bid to reclaim Joburg mayor’s office
ActionSA has confirmed that its leader is among five shortlisted candidates to lead the party’s 2026 Johannesburg mayoral campaign, with a final decision expected on 21 February
News24 | ANC leaders have ‘checked out of office’, says Soviet Lekganyane
ANC national executive committee member Soviet Lekganyane has criticised his party leaders for resisting its own renewal agenda.
News24 | Manyi, Makhubele and now Mokoena-Zondi: MK Party appoints new chief whip
The MK Party has announced Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi as its latest chief whip in yet another leadership change.