Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube holds briefing on BELA Act commencement.

The ANC’s Fébé Potgieter-Gqubule says the introduction of mother tongue education in all South African languages up to grade 12 is the right direction.

“We are on course to end our year with a 94% completion of our backlog.”

“There’s no win-win there because the DA did not want clauses 4 and 5 [of the Bela Act] so that did not actually happen. Now, we are moving ahead with the implementation so I am saying it’s not a win-win,” said Mbalula.

The DA says the outcome of negotiations on the BELA Act is the result of compromises by GNU parties.

ANC briefing on enactment of full BELA Act.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula is on Saturday briefing the media on the full implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the full implementation of the BELA Act.

President Ramaphosa has signed the Presidential Proclamation to bring the act into operation today.

 Zille says Gwarube must draw up norms, standards to govern BELA Act.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered Minister Gwarube to fully implement the Bela Act.

The SACP, EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe party are all looking at potential new alliances

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The annual SONA in 2025 will still be hosted at the Cape Town City Hall.

ActionSA has called for Mbalula’s immediate removal.

The IFP’s national executive committee has recalled its Amajuba district municipal mayor Prince Ndabuko Zulu in Newcastle.

Pre-existing policy tensions between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance have been the biggest stressors on Ramaphosa’s government