The outcome of the 2024 national elections left South Africa in uncharted territory. When the ANC fell short of a majority, managing only 40% of the vote, the country was uncertain about what lay ahead.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the flooding that hit several parts of the Eastern Cape.

The motion of no confidence against Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis was defeated, with 138 councillors voting against it, 46 in favour, and one abstention.

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.

When is a punch-up not a punch-up? When the leader of a political party says it wasn’t.

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.

The National Lotteries Commission and the private sector look set to fill the funding gap in the health sector.

Angry Lebowakgomo residents chased away Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality ANC Mayor Meriam Molala and allegedly pelted her vehicle with stones on Wednesday.

Agriculture Minister and DA leader John Steenhuisen will respond this week to ActionSA’s question about his and his deputy’s travel costs.

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”.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has emphatically rejected the idea of nationalising the SA Reserve Bank.

South Africa is politically nimble on the international stage, but its good diplomatic messaging has earned it little monetary value.

The Protection of State Information Bill could result in the abuse of power and unreasonable infringements of rights, as well as undermine the principle of legality, says Parliament’s legal services which sent the contentious bill back to the House.

The hush-hush four-hour marathon meeting between the ANC and Afrikaner Leadership Network at a hotel in Sandton has been at least four weeks in the making, and the PAC finally convinced the organisations to meet on Tuesday.

The EFF has accused the British High Commission in South Africa of deliberately failing to process a visa application in time for party leader Julius Malema to visit the UK for an address at Cambridge University.

The DA has submitted a motion of no confidence in Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero and Speaker Nobuhle Mthembu.

Whether or not the United States government honours the invitation to attend the G20 meeting later this year, South Africa will make the event a success, according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Kenny Morolong has expressed concern for the safety of journalists after the disappearance of Aserie Ndlovu and his partner, Zodwa Mdhluli, in February.

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.