News24 | UPDATE | Mashaba’s axe falls: ActionSA purges underperforming councillors
At least seven ActionSA council members have been fired from the Johannesburg caucus as part of a province-wide purge, which includes Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
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Siviwe Gwarube calls meeting with KZN government over education department’s fiscal failures
National education minister Siviwe Gwarube has called a meeting with KwaZulu-Natal government over the province’s failing education department.
Lamola, Dirco reaffirm support for Gaza flotilla amid drone attack
The department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) has called for safe passage for the Global Sumud Flotilla which is carrying activists from several countries, including six South Africans, to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid to Gaza.
NPA in KZN says it can’t be blamed for delays in solving 121 PKTT cases
Director of public prosecutions for KwaZulu-Natal Elaine Harrison says her office cannot be blamed for any delays in investigations into 121 dockets from the political killings task team cases that were returned to the province.
IN PICS | Kenny Kunene sworn in again in Joburg council
PA deputy leader Kenny Kunene is expected to return to the Johannesburg city council after his dramatic exit in July.
There was no need for political probes’ disbandment: KZN prosecutions boss
National Prosecuting Authority director of public prosecutions for KwaZulu-Natal Elaine Harrison has criticised suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision to disband the political killings task team
Women20 summit to gather global leaders in Joburg to mainstream gender in G20 talks
Johannesburg will host global women leaders, policymakers and civil society representatives next month for the Women20 South Africa summit, which aims to put gender equality and women’s economic empowerment at the centre of G20 discussions.
‘It was floating on social media’: NPA says Mkhwanazi did not formally inform them about PKTT disbandment
National Prosecuting Authority director of public prosecutions for KwaZulu-Natal Elaine Harrison says her office was not formally informed about the disbandment of the political killings task team in the province.
News24 | I will ‘vacate’ position as minister on Tuesday if Kunene is not reinstated as MMC – McKenzie
PA president and Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has threatened to resign from his ministerial job on Tuesday if his deputy, Kenny Kunene, is not reinstated as an MMC in the City of Johannesburg.
RECORDED | Madlanga commission hears from senior NPA official
The Madlanga commission looking into criminality within the criminal justice system is on Friday hearing testimony from a senior National Prosecuting Authority official.
SA’s heritage honoured at UN amid calls for justice, women-led peacebuilding
South African media personality, businesswoman and humanitarian Carol Bouwer addressed global leaders at the 2025 UN General Assembly in a moving tribute to Heritage Day, hosted with the UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund.
Mchunu did not have legal authority to disband political killings task team, Madlanga commission hears
SAPS Legal Affairs Division’s Maj-Gen Van Rooyen testifies that the decision to disband task team fell within exclusive authority of the national commissioner
News24 | Former DA MP Renaldo Gouws joins FF Plus
Social media personality and short-lived DA MP Renaldo Gouws has joined the FF Plus, the party announced on Tuesday.
RECORDED | Ramokgopa announces load-reduction interventions
Minister of electricity and energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is on Thursday holding a media briefing to announce interventions aimed at ending load reduction.
News24 | Mashatile asks South Africans to participate in National Dialogue ‘to build nation they want’
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on South Africans to use the National Dialogue to build the nation they hope for, one in which no one is left behind.
I want the man who ordered the hit, says wife of murdered Richmond municipal manager
“I wish he could rot in jail because he is a danger to society and I hope the police are still coming for the mastermind who sent the killer.”
Former municipal manager charged with Sindiso Magaqa’s murder denied bail
The alleged mastermind behind the hit on former ANCYL secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa was denied bail in the Umzimkhulu magistrate’s court on Tuesday.
‘I was born in Soweto, not Zimbabwe’: Zandile Dabula responds to questions about her identity
Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula has responded to critics who called for her deportation as they claim she is from Zimbabwe.
KZN public works MEC Martin Meyer wages war against officials on the take over delayed infrastructure projects
KwaZulu-Natal public works and infrastructure MEC Martin Meyer has declared war on corrupt department officials who solicit bribes from service providers in exchange for tenders.
News24 | Court orders Alexander Forbes to clarify policy documents in Mabuza’s R44.7m pension dispute
The Mpumalanga High Court has ordered Alexander Forbes Financial Services to address inconsistencies in its policy documents regarding former deputy president David Mabuza’s R44.7 million pension payout.
Zille criticises Joburg water budget mismanagement
There is no service more basic and essential to human life and dignity than water, says DA Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille.