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.

While electoral reform could improve the accountability, stability and inclusivity of the South African political system, ultimately, it would be up to the voters to “punish failed and corrupt leaders, and reward progress”, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said on Wednesday.

Another point of contention between government of national unity (GNU) partners – the ANC and DA – is brewing as the DA lobbies the public to object the draft regulations for the private security industry that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has recently published for comment.

The EFF believes the incumbent fiscal framework entrenches crises ranging from fiscal consolidation, rising debt-service costs, and the “regressive” value-added tax increase, among other things.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula will announce the ANC’s decisions on the future of the Government of National Unity (GNU) on Tuesday.

With talks to get the government of national unity back on track, Deputy President Paul Mashatile has reiterated the ANC never depended on the DA for anything.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has made it clear the ANC will proceed with implementing the national Budget with or without the support of the DA.

If ActionSA leaders made a mistake on the national Budget, they will own that mistake, but for now the party wants a Budget for the country.

Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza has rejected requests to postpone Parliament’s vote on the 2025 Fiscal Framework and Revenue proposals.

The Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa and DA leader John Steenhuisen are scheduled to meet on Tuesday morning to discuss the Budget deadlock.

According to a New York Times report, the United States has deployed teams to convert commercial office space in Pretoria into ad hoc refugee centres for white Afrikaners.

The ANC appears nonchalant about the prospect that some of its leaders could face sanctions by a hostile Trump administration.

Much of the more than R10 billion irregular expenditure at the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality won’t be recovered any time soon as officials place a great emphasis on write-offs as opposed to clawing back their lost money.

The company contracted for demolition work on the razed parliamentary buildings, despite a chequered track record with government contracts, faces penalties after failing to complete its work on time.