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”.

Fed up with what they describe as “tyranny”, at least 100 former National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members have formed a breakaway union.

Sibuyile Magingxa, the co-winner in Johannesburg’s R263-million water tanker tender, and his romantic partner, Lesedi Phala, were part of the South African delegation. Their presence, absent from official records but captured in photos and video alongside Paul Mashatile, exposes a deeper problem: access without accountability and the power of political proximity.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says he will consider the EFF’s urgent request to him to declare a national state of disaster in response to the floods in the Eastern Cape.

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.