Push for skills and lifestyle audits for police top management
Police portfolio committee chair Ian Cameron says audits will ensure a fit-for-purpose service responsive to current and future needs of the department.
Politics
LISTEN | ‘ANC is its own worst enemy’: Ramaphosa says party’s biggest threats are within
‘We are at a critical point as a movement,’ says ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa.
‘ANC cabinet must do the work and talk about it’: Mantashe wants party to amplify its achievements
Gwede Mantashe highlighted the party’s challenges and the importance of restoring its image and political dominance.
News24 | ANC launches mandatory foundational course amid widening ‘trust deficit between us and the people’
The ANC faces a “crisis of authority, legitimacy and trust”, party president Cyril Ramaphosa said when he delivered the OR Tambo memorial lecture.
POLL | Do you think the EFF will ever recover from losing Floyd Shivambu?
It seems every time Floyd Shivambu speaks about his exit from the EFF he leaves a sour taste in the mouths of the red berets.
RECORDED | Ronald Lamola meets Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha
Minister of international relations and co-operation Ronald Lamola is hosting Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha during his visit to South Africa.
‘He’s moving like someone who is an enemy of Julius’: Sizwe Dhlomo on Shivambu’s remarks about EFF
Media personality and businessman Sizwe Dhlomo has weighed in on Floyd Shivambu’s departure from the EFF to join the MK Party, saying his exit has significantly hurt party members.
Ramaphosa: ANC members who failed to appear before the integrity commission over state capture to face disciplinary action
Changes to the integrity commission hope to reaffirm it as the custodian of the ANC’s values, ethics and organisational discipline
News24 | GNU bust-up: Ramaphosa defends Russia ‘valuable ally’ remarks, DA says SA stands with ‘valued ally’ Ukraine
President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to allay fears of those sympathetic to the West after his comments about Russia.
News24 | KZN MEC suspends 2 officials after exposé on ex-Generations actor’s R61m asbestos tender
The KwaZulu-Natal Public Works and Infrastructure Department suspends two senior officials for alleged malfeasance after News24 exposé.
News24 | MK Party’s Shivambu claims he conceptualised EFF, says leadership, excluding Malema, knew about exit
MK Party national organiser Floyd Shivambu claims he “conceptualised” the Economic Freedom Fighter’s identity, from the party’s name to using titles such as “commissars” and “commander-in-chief” in reference to its leaders.
State capacity should be ‘No 1 investment’, says PSC chair Somadoda Fikeni
Much work still needed to be done to help politicians come to grips with the complexity of state administration and oversight, Fikeni said.
News24 | ‘Unwavering’ ANC punts BELA Bill days after party leaders met with DA counterparts in clearing house
The ANC has continued to punt the contentious Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, which is one of several issues that the party cannot come to an agreement on with its government of national unity partners, the DA and the IFP.
News24 | Former police deputy minister Bongani Mkongi quits ANC, announces search for new political home
Former police deputy minister Bongani Mkongi has resigned from the ANC, he announced on Saturday.
News24 | Judge Madondo roped in to train KZN traditional leaders on justice, governance
About 50 traditional leaders in KwaZulu-Natal will be trained on justice and governance by judge Mjabuliseni Madondo.
Helen Zille is a ‘problem’ for the GNU and undermines John Steenhuisen as a leader, says ANCYL’s Collen Malatji
The ANCYL president says they will remove president Cyril Ramaphosa if things don’t improve
ANC extends integrity commission’s terms of reference, clears Ramaphosa over Phala Phala
The ANC’s integrity commission is another body that has investigated Ramaphosa and cleared him of wrongdoing.
Former deputy police minister Bongani Mkongi quits the ANC
Mkongi said he is looking for a permanent political home whose agenda aligns with the National Democratic Revolution.
News24 | Rise Mzansi will not stay in Lesufi’s minority government at all cost, says Vuyiswa Ramokgopa
Rise Mzansi has settled into the government of provincial unity (GPU) in Gauteng, building a relationship with Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and other parties in the minority government, but the party will not remain in the partnership at all costs.
Willies Mchunu’s move to the MK Party is no surprise, says former KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu
Mchunu says the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is not going to die and will recover the ground it lost on 29 May
WATCH LIVE | Memorial service for former labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana
The memorial service for former labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana is under way in the Jakes Gerwel Hall at the University of the Western Cape on Saturday.