The US formally warned SA against pushing for a joint statement at this weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg that the Trump administration is boycotting.

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s chief of staff, Cedrick Nkabinde, met intelligence peddler Brown Mogotsi to facilitate meetings, but maintains they are not close associates.

The ANC has stated that it expects former minister and MP Malusi Gigaba to step aside after he appeared in court on fraud and corruption charges.

The US has once again taken what appears to be a subtle jab at South Africa’s G20 presidency, this time in comments made by US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.

MK Party MP Des van Rooyen has been appointed as the official opposition’s parliamentary caucus leader, replacing John Hlophe, who was suspended for promoting none other than Van Rooyen to chief whip without party leader Jacob Zuma’s approval.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has survived a motion of no confidence after the majority of parties in the Gauteng legislature voted against the motion.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the absence of the US from the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit does not diminish the work that South Africa has put into the meeting.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the DA’s Willem Aucamp as minister of forestry, fisheries and environment, replacing Dion George.

ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji is poised for a second term when the structure meets for its elective conference in Limpopo next month.

Prosecutors in the country work in an environment where they do not know whom to trust, even when intelligence comes from the police’s highest echelons.