ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has strongly criticised the DA for taking legal action against Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth.

The MK Party (MKP) has won another councillor seat, this time in the Mandeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.

The government’s expenditure on public servants’ salaries declined between 2013 and 2022, and the state employees wage bill is not the sole challenge to the nation’s fiscus – so says Public Service and Administration Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, who has defended the government’s enormous wage bill.

Former DA leader Tony Leon has written the insiders’ account of the early days of the GNU and it makes for a riveting read.

How can a single member of the executive, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, unilaterally withdraw a decision of Parliament related to the proposed 0.5 percentage point VAT increase, without the legislature’s involvement?

The KwaZulu-Natal government will dole out R86.141 million for the Zulu royal household this financial year, according to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli.

News24 apologises to Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie for using the phrase “Send me!” in the headline of a story reporting how more than R800 000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on his trip to the Paris Olympics last year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will cuts short his working visit to South Africa and will return home due to an overnight attack in his country.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced the withdrawal of the proposed VAT increase of 0.5 percentage points.

The government has established an inter-ministerial committee to engage the US following its imposition of 30% tariffs on South African goods.

Represented political parties will get R335 521 000 in the 2025/2026 financial year, courtesy of the taxpayer.

Promoting “the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic” will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision on who to appoint as South Africa’s next ambassador to the United States.

Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality and care for marginalised individuals and groups, said President Cyril Ramaphosa as he offered his condolences on behalf of the government and South Africans to Catholics on the passing of the pontiff.

An Eastern Cape royal family has outright rejected Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s recognition in the gazette last month of Prince Freeman Dumelani Sigcau as the acting king in the deeply divided AmaMpondo kingship.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied that US special envoy Mcebisi Jonas granted an interview to news website Semafor, calling his reported quotes “fabricated” and “entirely unfounded”.

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is confident of restoring ties with the USA.

The ANC’s dominance is diminishing even further while the DA is emerging as a viable alternative for voters, according to recent polls from three organisations.

ANC MPs who were absent during the 2 April parliamentary sitting to adopt the 2025 fiscal framework and revenue proposals could face disciplinary action.

DA KwaZulu-Natal leader Francois Rodgers believes the national and provincial governments of unity will survive, despite disagreements between the ANC and DA over the fiscal policy at a national level.

The leader of one of two parties that helped the ANC get the Budget and fiscal framework over the line when it voted in support of it in the National Assembly has taken the party’s proposed alternatives to the 0.5-percentage-point VAT increase to the ANC.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile compared the DA to a “crocodile” in an allegory he made while speaking about the government of national unity during the commemoration of Chris Hani in the Eastern Cape.