FRIDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2025, 12:35
Tenderpreneur Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala arranged for his sister to withdraw R300 000, which was allegedly given to former police minister Bheki Cele in a Woolworths bag.
The MK Party has snatched yet another ward from the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, signalling that the momentum from the general election continues for the party.
Matlala said he funded both the suspended police minister and his predecessor as a quid pro quo
The chief financial officer told parliament’s ad hoc committee that the suspended police minister used an information note calling for the police service’s restructuring to support his decision to disband the unit
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane says South Africa’s high levels of income inequality ‘render our society unstable’, as he addressed a public engagement session on the Fair Pay Bill.
An extended meeting of the DA’s federal council is under way, with the party expected to make it its formal policy that it opposes the District Development Model.
Dangor said the US argument that if one G20 member was absent from the leaders summit, then there could be no consensus, had been voted down
The DA’s Federal Legal Commission will probe the ongoing spat between two of its senior office bearers, a meeting of the party’s Federal Executive resolved on Sunday.
The Turkish president pledged deeper trade and strategic cooperation with South Africa while reaffirming his strong support for its stance on the Palestinian cause
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola says the US has not indicated whether it will be at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s offices for the handover of the G20 presidency.
Director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said South Africa’s G20 presidency highlighted the importance of trade within WTO rules and reforming the system through local mineral beneficiation
The minister in the presidency said Washington would have to account to other members if it blocked South Africa’s participation in the G20 next year
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised that a resilient world can only be achieved through inclusive economic growth, strengthening global partnerships, and reforming international institutions, highlighting the need for global preparedness.
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said since the US had assigned a chargé d’affaires to the handover, an equivalent level official would represent South Africa
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said countries understood ‘that there’s a bilateral issue between South Africa and the US, but that must not, in any shape or form, undermine or imperil the work of the G20’
President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that all G20 members except the US had signed the declaration
In an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s absence, Ramaphosa warned against allowing ‘anything to diminish the value, the stature or the impact of the first African G20 presidency’
The government said it would not be handing over the G20 presidency to any junior United States official
The G20, under South Africa’s presidency, has reached a consensus on adopting a summit declaration, though the details remain under wraps until it is published.
Several nations have raised $11.34 billion for the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with $36 million coming from the South African government and business community.