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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

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has axed Nhlamulo Ndhlela as its national spokesperson and MP with immediate effect, appointing the former editor of ‘The Star’, Sifiso Mahlangu, as his replacement. Photo: X

MK Party axes Nhlamulo Ndhlela as spokesperson and MP

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has axed Nhlamulo Ndhlela as its national spokesperson and MP with immediate effect, appointing the former editor of ‘The Star’, Sifiso Mahlangu, as…

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

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…

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…

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

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen. (@DeanMcpherson/X)

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate says black politicians are failing their communities

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen has criticised black political leadership, saying it has failed residents amid service delivery crises including chronic water…

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

NFP expels KZN MEC for social development Mbali Shinga 

The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for social development has been removed from the National Freedom Party with immediate effect

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

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal

MK Party to oppose Gauteng provincial budget over ANC snub

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal, while the EFF also withholds support over the insourcing of…

Former National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Photo:   X

MK bid to block Batohi pension tests limits of presidential power

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s urgent application to block Shamila Batohi’s pension, after hearing arguments on urgency and the…

Malema: ‘Zuma is a kind old man’

The EFF leader also questioned why Johannesburg residents would vote for Helen Zille, saying she is ‘old’ and ‘does not have teeth’

Imposed: Floyd Shivambu, above left, and Bongani Baloyi.

War over positions in Zuma’s party

Party members decry being sidelined by opposition party defectors

The MK party has reinstated John Hlophe as its first deputy president and parliamentary party leader with immediate effect

MK Party reinstates John Hlophe as deputy president and parliamentary leader

Hlophe returns to MK leadership roles months after suspension linked to caucus dispute

In doubt: The Gauteng Provincial
Budget for the 2026/27 financial
year was tabled amid fears in
the province that if the MK party
and the EFF did not support it,
it could lead to a collapse of the
government, hence the idea of
lobbying the DA. Photo: Gauteng
Provincial Legislature

ANC weighs up wooing the DA in Gauteng 

Party internal sources say the DA is not fishing in the same pond with them and that the other parties are contesting its base

Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress. (GCIS)

Political parties criticise budget speech amid stagnant growth

Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress, while cautiously welcoming tax relief…

MK MP Colleen Makhubele resigned as a legislator and quit the organisation on Monday

Colleen Makhubele resigns as MP and quits MK

Makhubele’s departure follows months of internal leadership changes in Jacob Zuma’s party