ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday sought to put out fires and do damage control after angering ANC councillors and senior party leaders when he sang the DA’s praises on municipal governance.

Kohler Barnard says allegations are defamatory and entirely baseless

The City of Ekurhuleni has welcomed a ruling by the essential services committee that says municipal traffic, health, security, water and sanitation and waste collection services remain essential  and workers in these categories are not allowed to strike without a valid court order.

Former AfriForum deputy CEO and now director of the advocacy group Lex Libertas, Ernst Roets, has launched an investigation into South Africans who incite violence and celebrate murder on social media.

The South African Social Security Agency has applauded 42,000 beneficiaries who have enrolled in the new beneficiary biometric enrolment that was introduced in early September.

The DA made light work of the MK Party’s challenge to secure a commanding win in eThekwini’s ward 64 by-election by more than 2,000 votes on Wednesday.

Douglas Maimane says MEC Oageng Molapisi only responded in September, nine months later, to Quiet Kgatla’s appointment — but MEC’s office claims correspondence was sent to the mayor in July

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular

The release of an alleged drunk driver who crashed into several cars on the N3 near Pietermaritzburg, allegedly assaulted a traffic officer and was arrested after a high-speed car chase on Sunday is a “slap in the face for justice”, says Siboniso Duma.

The defence and military veterans ministry spent more than R20m on travel expenses from July 2024 to July 2025.

Minister Buti Manamela says money has been freed to help students who have run into registration problems.

President says continued poor performance by municipalities risks further eroding party’s performance

MEC Mntomuhle Khawula says eNyokeni precinct will be considered for year-round programming or multipurpose uses

The Hawks’ serious corruption investigation unit arrested a former CFO of the Ratlou local municipality in the North West and a 53-year-old female payroll clerk for alleged fraud on Monday.

The ANC leader said it also hurts him to see that some municipalities run by the party were ‘being run backwards’

Sarb governor Lesetja Kganyago has said South Africa would benefit from a lower and narrower official inflation target of 3%, which would be good for fighting the effects of inflation and for price stability.

ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has criticised party councillors, saying they are good at singing but have no capacity to manage municipalities.

PA leader Gayton McKenzie has urged supporters to be patient as investigations into his deputy Kenny Kunene are still under way.