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.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will respond to the explosive allegations of political interference and police complicity in crime in an address to the nation on Sunday night.

National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has assigned three parliamentary committees to consider allegations that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been colluding with criminal underworld players.

Following severe flooding in the Eastern Cape, the province is expected to receive a R504-million allocation of a R1.2-billion municipal disaster recovery grant.

Former deputy president David Mabuza has died in a Mpumalanga hospital at the age of 64.

Before former deputy minister Andrew Whitfield was axed, DA leader John Steenhuisen asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to reconsider his decision, dock Whitfield’s salary or publicly reprimand him.

A cache of pictures and videos show the cosy ties between Deputy President Paul Mashatile and the inner circle behind the new lottery operator, Sizekhaya Holdings.

In the first year of the government of national unity (GNU), experienced ANC Cabinet ministers had to constantly remind their DA colleagues that they do not only represent their political parties.

Following the axing of one of its deputy ministers, DA leader John Steenhuisen has warned President Cyril Ramaphosa that all bets are off if corruption-accused ANC ministers are not fired within 48 hours.

Tshwane speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana survived a motion of no confidence on Thursday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired Andrew Whitfield, one of his two deputy ministers of trade, industry and competition.

First, the ANC-led Impendle Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal failed to pay salaries on time in April and May. Now, another of the province’s local municipalities, IFP-led Jozini, has also failed to pay workers their June salaries on time.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been roped in to prevent the liquidation of state-owned Ithala Bank.

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the funeral service of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu should not go ahead pending an urgent court application.

Parliamentarians have been inundated with frantic messages from social grant beneficiaries who cannot verify their grant status – a new requirement imposed by National Treasury to root out corruption.

EFF leader Julius Malema has strongly criticised the estimated R700 million price tag for the National Dialogue, accusing the government of prioritising funds for ‘ukukhuluma’ (talking) while neglecting financial support for the youth.