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Ethekwini mayor Cyril Xaba. Photo: City of eThekwini

eThekwini corruption scrutiny could hurt ANC in November elections, analysts warn

The ANC faces mounting political pressure in eThekwini after municipal leaders were grilled by Parliament’s Scopa over R6.4 billion in irregular expenditure, governance failures…

Four square behind Cyril: The ANC NEC special sitting which deliberated on the Section 89 Constitutional Court judgement, has ruled to support the president fully. Photo: My ANC

ANC closes ranks behind Ramaphosa

After Parliament established an impeachment committee linked to the Phala Phala scandal, Ramaphosa has refused to resign, insisting the Constitutional Court ruling does not…

ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji. Photo:  ANCYL

‘Convicted politicians’ cannot tell Ramaphosa to resign, Malatji says

ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji defends Cyril Ramaphosa, attacking Julius Malema and Jacob Zuma over calls for his resignation after the Phala Phala ruling

President Cyril Ramaphosa

‘I will not resign’, Ramaphosa says

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal

EFF supporters outside the Constitutional Court. (EFF/X)

EFF demands an immediate impeachment committee against Ramaphosa after Constitutional Court Phala Phala ruling

The party says parliament must immediately establish an impeachment committee to consider the panel’s findings on President Cyril Ramaphosa

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…

The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal

Constitutional Court expected to make landmark Phala Phala ruling on Friday

The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril…

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

Embattled KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development Mbali Shinga has been thrown a lifeline after the National Freedom Party made a dramatic U-turn on her expulsion from the party.
Photo: Facebook

Mbali Shinga thrown lifeline after NFP reverses expulsion decision

The National Freedom Party has granted KwaZulu-Natal MEC Mbali Shinga an opportunity to appeal her expulsion, a move that could stabilise the fragile provincial coalition…

The Communists don’t feature as a force of any kind in opinion polls and when it has tried its luck in local by-elections it has been routed, at times struggling to get even a handful of votes. All indications are that it will have zero impact in the local elections

ANC and SACP – Political Merry-Go-Round

The Communists don’t feature as a force of any kind in opinion polls and when it has tried its luck in local by-elections it has been routed, at times struggling to get even a…

Affirmation: Solidarity with Cuba, marking 65 years since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion by the imperialist US regime, which sought to destroy the Cuban Revolution. Photo: SACP

We stand with Cuba, our friend

The protests rejected this. They insisted that what we are seeing is the expansion of a single logic: imperial in character, colonial in structure, even when it speaks the…

Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane has been appointed acting national police commissioner. (GCIS)

Political parties cautiously welcome Dimpane’s appointment as Masemola becomes the fourth national police commissioner to be removed

Political parties have raised concern over instability in the SAPS leadership after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s suspension and Lieutenant General Puleng…

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

No work, big pay: As local government elections approach, the issue of city manager Noxolo Nqwazi’s suspension will probably be used to score political points rather than solve service delivery failures in Nelson Mandela Bay. Photo: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

City crumbles but manager bags millions

The saga of the Nelson Mandela Bay city manager, who has been under suspension for three years, highlights systemic mismanagement amid persistent service delivery failures and is…

Forecast: EFF leader Julius Malema says there will be no outright winner in any of the metros, except in Cape Town, opening the way for no party to win decisively in the national elections either. Photo: EFF

Malema: The future of South Africa is the EFF, ANC and MK Party

The EFF leader said the ANC should know that it would never win the elections outright in the foreseeable future

EFF no-return policy tested after former MK Party campaigner elected in Nongoma

A former MK campaigner’s election to the EFF’s Nongoma leadership has triggered internal anger and renewed questions about party discipline in KwaZulu-Natal

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have argued that judges should also undergo lifestyle audits.

‘Judges are not above scrutiny’: MK Party and ATM push for lifestyle audits

The political parties are calling for judges to undergo lifestyle audits, citing accountability concerns, judicial overreach and the delayed Phala Phala judgment

Nkululeko Dunga, the EFF provincial chairperson, secured an MEC position and will be sworn in as a member of the Gauteng provincial legislature. Photo: Twitter/EFF

EFF wins Gauteng war over ANC

Nkululeko Dunga is back in the provincial executive after the ANC agreed to an EFF MEC post, marking a major step in coalition politics before the 2026 elections

The ANC is considering legal action after a turbulent Maluti-a-Phofung council meeting in which mayor Malekula Melato was removed, amid claims of a flawed process and a leaked EFF recording.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that…