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.

The South African government has “noted with a great deal of anxiety” the entry of the United States into the Israel-Iran war.

EFF leader Julius Malema has strongly condemned Israel’s actions, asserting that the country should continue to experience the same destruction and devastation it has inflicted on Gaza.

ANC veteran and former minister Bathabile Dlamini has defended the National Dialogue, saying South Africans should not miss this opportunity for “reckoning, redirection and rebirth”.

President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at the Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Pretoria on Friday.

The family of Zambia’s late president, Edgar Lungu, announced on Friday that he will be buried in South Africa after a row with the Zambian government over its plans for a state funeral.

Former MK Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu has announced the beginning of a process to form a new political outfit after he was accused of trying to overthrow former president Jacob Zuma.

The United Kingdom has refused to grant EFF leader Julius Malema a visa due to his “extremism”, which that country said includes his support for Hamas and a call to “slaughter white people”.