
Tshwane will be run by politicians, not administrators, says EFF
Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has said the current government is under no illusions about the challenges that lie ahead
WEDNESDAY, 16 APRIL 2025, 11:31
Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has said the current government is under no illusions about the challenges that lie ahead
Senior MK Party (MKP) officials are irate about how party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu runs the organisation “through a cabal” from his EFF days and how lax the organisation’s administration has become under his tenure, according to a high-ranking party insider.
The US embassy in Pretoria distributed the missive on Monday, days after it was published by the White House
Everyone deserves justice, no matter who they are, former public protector Thuli Madonsela reminded the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs as it works on the Immigration Amendment Bill.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has ended his more-than 10-year EFF membership after resigning and announcing that he is leaving politics altogether.
The 42-year-old did not directly apologise to Floyd Shivambu, as her father had demanded she do earlier on Tuesday
Magasela Mzobe says party leadership remains firmly behind Floyd Shivambu, who is acting on the orders of Jacob Zuma and senior leaders
In response, the presidency said the Constitution ‘provided for such matters to be decided by the courts in the event of a dispute’
His departure follows verbal attacks from Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema
South African political parties presented a united front in condemning US President Donald Trump’s latest executive order, which instructed his government to offer resettlement for Afrikaners seeking to escape persecution from “racially discriminatory laws and expropriation without compensation”.
The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’
Speaking through his spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, President Cyril Ramaphosa reminded his counterpart in the US, Donald Trump, that South Africa was a constitutional democracy.
With the impasse on the SABC Bill continuing, a meeting between Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi, National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza and Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as leader of government business, is on the cards.
The IFP is not a backbencher in the government of national unity (GNU), and public relations stunts cannot be the yardstick for high performance within the multiparty government.
The president was applauded for his stance on Trump’s backlash against South Africa, saying racial redress, equality and diversity would not be abandoned
The government of national unity has quietly reached an “agreement” on two key aspects relating to the National Health Insurance, News24 can disclose.
MPs have questioned the notion that mega-donors to political parties could influence policy.
M23 rebels declared a ceasefire in the DRC and the truce seems to be holding
The mineral and petroleum resources minister also told the mining indaba that the African continent must take charge of its mineral wealth
The presidency downplayed the effect of Trump’s freeze on all donor funding to South Africa
The ANC says the DA leader’s outbursts reflect his insecurity about his future
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