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.

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.

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 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.

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 ANC has moved to “reconfigure” its leadership structure in the Western Cape with plans to set up a provincial task team.

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.

Schools should have exhaustive anti-bullying policies instead of just addressing the scourge superficially through codes of conduct, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and ANC MP Joy Maimela said.

Afrika Mayibuye leader Floyd Shivambu, who has joined his third political party in less than a year, has fired his second-in-command, Nolubabalo Mcinga, as the party’s deputy president.

Former police minister Bheki Cele has backtracked on his relationship with tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, who is accused of attempted murder, clarifying that he does not know Matlala “very well”.

The MK Party’s denunciation of the Madlanga Commission probing criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system came into sharp focus during a press briefing on Thursday.

Former ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni, 71, has joined the MK Party to relieve an apparently overburdened party president, Jacob Zuma, from some of his duties.