Suspended Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene has resigned from his roles in the City of Johannesburg

Suspended Patriotic Alliance deputy and City of Johannesburg MMC for transport Kenny Kunene has resigned as a councillor with immediate effect.

An ANC ward in Vryheid under the Mzala Nxumalo region in the north of KwaZulu-Natal has rallied behind embattled police minister Senzo Mchunu.

The Constitutional Court has set down Wednesday to hear the MK Party’s urgent application to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place police minister Senzo Mchunu on a leave of absence and appoint Prof Firoz Cachalia acting minister declared invalid and irrational.

Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille cornered the ANC’s Fikile Mbalula with the ultimatum to axe the minister or lose DA support on budget votes

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EFF leader Julius Malema has advised former higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane to go back to the drawing board and work on her conduct in parliament.

The EFF’s Julius Malema says KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi should be elevated to a national role, and warns the president is using a commission of inquiry to delay accountability.

The new board is set to take office on the first of August. Their tenure will run for a period of three years as stipulated by legislation

The delay in appointing a finance MMC in the City of Johannesburg stems from the perception that the position is seen as a stepping stone to the mayoral seat, making it a hotly contested post, ANC regional sources say.With the party due to hold its Johannesburg regional conference in September, two factions — referred to […]

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EFF leader Julius Malema has accused Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene of lying, likening him to a “26s or 28s gang thug.”

Fix the problem or face the music. That’s the ultimatum issued to the eThekwini municipality over the city’s ongoing sewage management crisis.

President says the allegations against minister Mchunu are untested and will be investigated by the commission of inquiry

“There is a power struggle there …  We want the truth to come out. What Mkhwanazi said must be repeated, backed by evidence in the ad hoc committee and in the commission of inquiry — and I’m going to sit in that committee. I’m not scared of police, soldiers or anyone, including drug cartels or and criminals.”

All 10 parties in the government of national unity voted for the Bill, with the support of ActionSA and Build One South Africa

“South Africans deserve honorable leaders, and Kenny Kunene cannot be seen as one.”

Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie says his deputy Kenny Kunene will be subjected to an investigation after police found him at the Sandton house of murder accused Katiso “KT” Molefe.

The Patriotic Alliance deputy president was present during the arrest on Monday of Katiso “TK” Molefe, who is accused of murdering Oupa Sefoka, otherwise known as DJ Sumbody

The Democratic Alliance had threatened to withhold its vote unless President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the errant higher education minister

Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba has commended the province’s traditional leadership and stakeholders for the smooth running of the 2025 initiation season, which officially concluded this week.

With its leader under fire after a visit to Morocco and flying the South African flag, the MK party argues that Western Sahara should be a province and not an independent country