MK party sacks Manyi as chief whip, replaces him with Makhubela
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Ramaphosa’s big Trump trade-off
But he secured tentative trade talks as negotiations with officials on a pact between South Africa and the US were set to continue
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Trump confronts Ramaphosa over farm murders in White House exchange
Some of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegates told the US president there were excessive levels of crime in South Africa, and asked for his help to curb it
MK party targets Ramaphosa, Godongwana in motion of no confidence over budget ‘chaos’
uMkhonto weSizwe party is calling for the nationalisation of mineral resources, land redistribution without compensation and the expansion of the VAT zero-rated basket
Budget 3.0 tentatively accepted by some political parties
The EFF criticises it as ‘unimaginative’ and not benefiting poorer South Africans, while the DA calls it a step towards ending ‘unchecked government spending’
Ramaphosa to press Trump on attending G20 summit, racial redress
The presidency believes the US president knows his invective against South Africa is devoid of truth
News24 | Johann Rupert in Washington for Ramaphosa-Trump meeting, annoyed by ‘Afrikaner refugees’
Johann Rupert, South Africa’s richest man, is in Washington DC and could be part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegation to meet US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Malema says Afrikaner asylum seekers look like ‘car guards’, not farmers
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said that had AfriForum chief executive Kallie Kriel and his former deputy, Ernst Roets, have sought asylum in the US, they would have become ‘hobos’
Ramaphosa says decision to sign NHI Bill was politically sensitive
This rendered it immune to high court review, he argues in an application for leave to appeal an order to hand over the reasons for his decision
Solidarity threatens Ntshavheni with defamation over ‘inflammatory rhetoric’
The trade union has accused the minister in the presidency of weaponising discourse instead of focusing on facts
Ramaphosa to push for tariff relief, address refugee claims in US visit
President Cyril Ramaphosa will use his Washington visit to demand an end to US trade tariffs and counter refugee claims of racial persecution.
Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’
Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list
Lesufi signals exit from politics, rules out ANC top seven bid ahead of 2027 conference
The premier and provincial co-convenor said the party would resurrect itself in Gauteng because there was no better alternative
News24 | Trollip denies he was assaulted in ‘wild’ altercation at Parliament
When is a punch-up not a punch-up? When the leader of a political party says it wasn’t.
News24 | Mbalula denies ‘one-way erosion’ of ANC’s support in KwaZulu-Natal
The ANC’s recently-constituted provincial task team (PTT) has led the party to two by-election wins out of a possible five – and ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says based on these and previous other outcomes, there is no evidence of a “one-way erosion” of the party’s support in KwaZulu-Natal.
News24 | Lotteries commission looks set to plug funding gap after US aid cuts to SA HIV programmes
The National Lotteries Commission and the private sector look set to fill the funding gap in the health sector.
News24 | Irate mob chases ANC mayor away as tensions rise in Limpopo ahead of regional party conference
Angry Lebowakgomo residents chased away Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality ANC Mayor Meriam Molala and allegedly pelted her vehicle with stones on Wednesday.
News24 | Steenhuisen will respond to ActionSA’s question about his travel costs this week
Agriculture Minister and DA leader John Steenhuisen will respond this week to ActionSA’s question about his and his deputy’s travel costs.
News24 | GNU committed to sustaining Operation Vulindlela momentum, says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says “the days of standing by and watching while taps in our townships, factories, and rural areas run dry [or] sewage runs into, not only our rivers, but into homes of our people, should be over”.
News24 | Reserve Bank’s nationalisation not on the cards as Godongwana warns of large fiscal cost
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has emphatically rejected the idea of nationalising the SA Reserve Bank.