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The Mail & Guardian understands that mayor Dada Morero did not make it onto the list submitted to Luthuli House for interviews for the mayoral position.
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EXCLUSIVE: Masuku advances, Morero misses out as ANC considers Nhlanhla Lux, Frank Chikane, Chichi Maponya and Jabu Moleketi for Johannesburg mayor

Although the REC has decided on Masuku, the ROBs have been mandated to choose two out of the four proposed names

MK Party secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo

MK Party backs March and March

South Africans had surrendered certain areas because of illegal immigrants, party secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo said

Liam Jacobs (centre) has returned to the Democratic Alliance after a short stint with the Patriotic Alliance.
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Liam Jacobs defects back to the DA

DA leader said the party was not interested in the politics of chaos and personality cults

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (@MbalulaFikile/X)

Mbalula warns ANC veterans against public criticism

Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned senior ANC veterans, including Thabo Mbeki, against publicly criticising the party, while defending the ANC’s record during Jacob…

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. (File photo)

Mashaba: ActionSA “would celebrate” Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma as eThekwini mayoral candidate

Herman Mashaba says ActionSA would “embrace” a possible mayoral candidacy by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma in eThekwini, as the party sharpens its focus on undocumented foreigners ahead…

The people shall govern: Fikile April Mbalula, secretary-general of the ANC, at a conference in the West Rand. Photo: Supplied

ANC opens door to public in mayoral candidate search

The ANC has opened mayoral nominations to the public, allowing non-members to apply or be nominated as it reshapes its candidate selection process ahead of the local elections

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (@MbalulaFikile/X)

Mbalula: ‘I don’t care about your support. I won’t be blackmailed for 2027’

Speaking at the West Rand regional conference, the ANC secretary-general defended his leadership, rejected factional pressure and called for an end to corruption, factionalism…

Free State Cogta MEC Sakie Mofokeng says councillors who applied for jobs in the municipalities they serve are resisting provincial interventions aimed at fixing dysfunctional local government, amid accusations that he is using Section 139 administrations to consolidate political control. (Facebook)

Free State councillors apply for jobs in the municipalities they serve, fearing 2026 election loss

Free State Cogta MEC Sakie Mofokeng says councillors who applied for jobs in the municipalities they serve are resisting provincial interventions aimed at fixing dysfunctional…

Former president Jacob Zuma Photo: Mlungisi Louw/Getty Images

Zuma and Thales ordered to stop ‘Stalingrad tactics’ in arms deal trial

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to stop using ‘Stalingrad tactics’ to delay the long-running arms deal…

leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign and focus on his impeachment process. (Lunga Mzangwe)

Malema: Ramaphosa must resign and focus on his impeachment

South Africa cannot afford to have a president who is occupying office while being clouded by an impeachment process, the EFF leader says

Deciding moment: President Cyril Ramaphosa

D-Day for Ramaphosa

The case in the apex court concerns an application by the EFF and the ATM after parliament rejected a Section 89 panel report that found a prima facie case requiring further…

Retired Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) Lieutenant Colonel Jakobus Prinsloo

Madlanga commission hears 541kg cocaine theft may have been inside job

A retired DPCI officer told the Madlanga commission that SAPS management knew the Port Shepstone facility lacked cameras, alarms and proper security

EFF president Julius Malema.

Musa Khawula ordered to apologise to Malema or face 30 days in jail

Khawula had previously insisted that he would not apologise for his remarks that Malema and his wife were headed for divorce

The SIU has referred an investigation into a R25 million irregular procurement of generators for the Boikhutsong pump stations in Ditsobotla Local Municipality to the Special Tribunal, after inflated pricing and procurement breaches involving Rensch Trading CC were detected

SIU flags inflated generator prices in R25m Ditsobotla contract probe

The SIU has referred a R25 million generator procurement investigation involving Ditsobotla Local Municipality to the Special Tribunal after uncovering inflated pricing,…

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Oupa Nkosi)

Mkhwebane: ‘I have been vindicated in the Ipid report on Phala Phala

The former public protector said President Cyril Ramaphosa sanctioned the police’s illegal conduct during their investigation into the Phala Phala theft

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi. (@mmkubayi/X)

Mmamoloko Kubayi dismisses ANC suggestion that she run for Johannesburg mayor

Sources close to Kubayi said the approach was not genuine but ‘malicious’ and meant to disrupt her

Meddling: ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, right, and his deputy Nomvula Mokonyane. Photos: Supplied

‘By hook or by crook’

The ANC has been served with court papers by branches seeking to halt the conference, which was officially set for Wednesday

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)

Zuma: ‘I’ll have tea with Ramaphosa’

The MK Party leader accused the ANC of “gatekeeping” the history of those who fought for freedom, including members of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s former armed wing

On Wednesday morning, EFF supporters marched to the court. They gathered outside, singing revolutionary songs, and followed proceedings on big screens amid a heavy police presence.

Malema calls for calm as sentencing looms

Malema warned his supporters not to be ill-disciplined and instead wait for the EFF leadership to direct them on what should happen next

Ivan Meyer, the DA’s former federal chairperson Photo:
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DA leader storms out of congress after losing federal chair position

The newly-elected leadership of the DA signals a generational change within the party