News24 | ‘The union has lost touch’: ‘Tired’ Nehawu members form breakaway union
Fed up with what they describe as “tyranny”, at least 100 former National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members have formed a breakaway union.
Politics
MK party’s ‘December 16’ faction pushing for spokesperson Ndhlela to be secretary general
The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party
News24 | amaBhungane | Who went to Paris with Paul? Tenderpreneur joined Mashatile’s France-SA business trip
Sibuyile Magingxa, the co-winner in Johannesburg’s R263-million water tanker tender, and his romantic partner, Lesedi Phala, were part of the South African delegation. Their presence, absent from official records but captured in photos and video alongside Paul Mashatile, exposes a deeper problem: access without accountability and the power of political proximity.
Malatji: Nkabane ‘cowardly’ for withdrawing ANC linked appointments as Seta board chairs
The ANC Youth League president said those who serve in government and are considered to be youth of the party should only fear him, not opposition parties
ActionSA: GNU gets F for failure to deliver
The party has developed a performance tracker that grades the government of national unity on everything from leadership and crime to education
News24 | Request to declare Eastern Cape floods a national disaster will be considered – Hlabisa
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says he will consider the EFF’s urgent request to him to declare a national state of disaster in response to the floods in the Eastern Cape.
Collen Malatji: ANC hates small boy Floyd Shivambu; no one cares about him — and Zuma realised it
The ANC Youth League president said he would rather EFF leader Julius Malema returned to the ANC than Shivambu, who he dismissed as having no support base
National Prosecuting Authority preparing to reinstate charges against Nulane accused
The supreme court of appeal held that the acquittal of officials and Gupta associates on fraud and money-laundering charges was a failure of justice
News24 | Disrupted unity: The state of the GNU one year on
The outcome of the 2024 national elections left South Africa in uncharted territory. When the ANC fell short of a majority, managing only 40% of the vote, the country was uncertain about what lay ahead.
Helen Zille’s mayoral bid divides DA
Democratic Alliance federal leader’s possible comeback as Joburg mayor also rattles rivals
News24 | Cabinet urges vigilance amid extreme weather, sends condolences to Eastern Cape flood victims
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the flooding that hit several parts of the Eastern Cape.
Zungula removed as ATM leader because of his ‘growing popularity’, say party insiders
Sources said that despite Vuyo Zungula being a member of the African Transformation Movement’s national executive committee, he was at the meeting that resolved to remove him as party president
Maimane: ‘Whether you and I accept it or not our relations with the US are crucial’
The Build One South Africa leader said South Africa had neglected its relations with the US with the underlying mantra that to be anti-west is to be progressive
African Transformation Movement replaces president in bid to grow party
Caesar Nongqunga is the ATM’s new president, while Vuyolwethu Zungula remains the parliamentary leader
Mayors Morero and Nasiphi laugh off possibility of Zille becoming Joburg mayor
Tshwane’s deputy mayor said the Democratic Alliance’s consideration of its federal chairperson as Johannesburg’s mayor suggested the DA’s lack of confidence in its leadership in the city
‘Msholozi finally heard us’: MK leaders welcome Shivambu’s axing as secretary general
But there are fears that his tense relationship with senior party figures may limit his effectiveness in parliament
Ekurhuleni city manager placed on special leave until retirement
The city council said it could not extend the contract of Imogen Mashazi, who is reaching retirement age, by two years
EFF loses fuel levy court challenge
The Economic Freedom Fighters slammed the ruling as setting a dangerous precedent on taxation without oversight and vowed to fight on
Malema: Zuma’s MK party wants to undermine EFF under the guise of ‘black unity’
Parties such as Xiluva, and the South African Rainbow Alliance have recently been absorbed by uMkhonto weSizwe party
New chief whip says MK party will try to repair relationship with EFF
Colleen Makhubele said fixing the relationship was important for the wellbeing of the progressive caucus in parliament
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Zuma sacks Shivambu as MK secretary-general
The decision follows Shivambu’s unsanctioned trip to Malawi