MONDAY, 22 JUNE 2026, 05:47
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has postponed the legal battle between expelled National Freedom Party member Mbali Shinga and the party, after the court directed the NFP to file its answering affidavit first.
President Cyril Ramaphosa hosts President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya on a state visit
Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit member Colonel Gavin Jacob continues testifying.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto at the Union Buildings.
On Wednesday, Jacob provided details about the drug interception at the Isipingo depot in KZN.
The Presidency announced on Tuesday that the ICJ has given South Africa until 22 November 2027 to file its Reply to Israel’s Counter-Memorial, submitted in March this year
The MK Party has suspended its chief whip, Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, “with immediate effect”, pending an internal corruption investigation.
The ANC has recalled Madibeng Local Municipality Mayor Douglas Maimane from both his mayoral and councillor roles, with immediate effect.
President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke out strongly against xenophobia and illegal immigration when he tabled the Presidency’s budget to the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza has labelled claims by ATM parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula about a meeting between herself and lawyers for the president as “false, unwarranted and defamatory”.
Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse
The ANC Women’s League is expected to remove its president as internal tension rises over the party’s harsh treatment of women compared with how they treat the men
In October, when the ‘M&G’ first released the story that Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi had been allegedly soliciting 50% to 60% of staff salaries, claiming it was meant for Zuma, she described the allegations as ‘rumours and lies’
The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league
Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned senior ANC veterans, including Thabo Mbeki, against publicly criticising the party, while defending the ANC’s record during Jacob Zuma’s presidency and asserting his authority at Luthuli House
Former ministers Bheki Cele and Sisisi Tolashe are among five ANC members referred to the party’s national disciplinary committee for allegedly bringing it into disrepute.
With 163 days to the local government elections, the ANC has declared fixing local government its singular and non-negotiable priority, backing that declaration with a raft of decisions from its national executive committee (NEC) meeting that ended on Sunday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed papers in his bid to have a court set aside the independent panel’s report that found he has a prima facie case to answer for over the Phala Phala scandal.
Herman Mashaba says ActionSA would “embrace” a possible mayoral candidacy by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma in eThekwini, as the party sharpens its focus on undocumented foreigners ahead of November’s local government elections
The ANC faces mounting political pressure in eThekwini after municipal leaders were grilled by Parliament’s Scopa over R6.4 billion in irregular expenditure, governance failures and corruption allegations. Analysts warn the fallout could weaken the party before the local government elections in November
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says South Africa is a constitutional democracy and cannot allow vigilante groups to operate outside the law.