
Zuma: Some MK party members are lucky I have not fired them
The party alleged that fired secretary general Floyd Shivambu, who has now been expelled from MK, had left with a R28 million debt
SUNDAY, 09 NOVEMBER 2025, 00:57

The party alleged that fired secretary general Floyd Shivambu, who has now been expelled from MK, had left with a R28 million debt
A week before the first event of the National Dialogue, the legacy foundations, touted to play a key role in the initiative, announced that they would not participate on 15 August and that they withdraw from the preparatory task team.

The city faces grant cuts unless a credible recovery plan is submitted, as tensions grow in the governing coalition

Loyiso Masuku is gaining ground ahead of the ANC’s Johannesburg regional conference where the two will vie for the chairperson position

The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently

There are concerns that the decision will weaken the ANC in future elections
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The ANC secretary general said the party would not compromise on policies like black economic empowerment which have attracted the wrath of Washington

The suspended Patriotic Alliance deputy president had previously vowed that the EFF leader would not get a cent from him and that he would not apologise

The MK spokesperson maintained there was a coordinated attack against him and the daughter of the party’s president
The Independent Development Trust Board announced that it has placed the trust’s beleaguered CEO, Tebogo Malaka, on precautionary suspension.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed respected judge Dunstan Mlambo as deputy chief justice.
The National Council of Provinces passed the Appropriation Bill on Wednesday, bringing Budget 2025’s fraught passage through Parliament to an end.
A forensic investigation into a more than R800-million oxygen plant tender awarded by the Independent Development Trust has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against CEO Tebogo Malaka, general manager for supply chain management Molebedi Sisi, and other officials.
The latest development in Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s business ties has fuelled further questions about transparency and conflicts of interest.
Opposition parties in KwaZulu-Natal have called for an urgent probe into Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka after allegations of tender rigging and political interference in tender processes surfaced.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rebuked ‘some opposition parties’ that have labelled Operation Vulindlela a form of ‘privatisation’, describing the criticism as ‘baseless and misguided’.
Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane snubbed Parliament by failing to attend a meeting in which she was supposed to account for the administrative mess relating to her controversial appointment of SETA chairpersons.
The DA’s spokesperson on international relations, Emma Powell, claims the United States denied President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoy, Mcebisi Jonas, a diplomatic visa in May this year.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a judicial commission of inquiry into allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Former deputy president David Mabuza will be buried on Saturday in Mpumalanga.