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Embattled Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. File photo: X

Al Jama-ah’s Gwamanda withdraws motion against Johannesburg mayor Morero

Sources said Gwamanda had brought the motion out of anger after being dropped as a member of the mayoral committee

New police minister Senzo Mchunu. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Mchunu says detective services, crime intelligence are priorities

MPs challenged him on skewed spending, saying the poor suffered while billions went to protecting politicians This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…

Several parties in the new governing coalition firmly supported Hlophe’s nomination, while the Inkatha Freedom Party stayed on the fence.

National Assembly appoints impeached John Hlophe to Judicial Service Commission

The Democratic Alliance objected but the ANC accepted his nomination on the basis that no law or rule of parliament barred him from serving on the JSC

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)

Ramaphosa may make space in cabinet for smaller parties

The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.

Second term: President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as president. (Photo by WIKUS DE WET / AFP)

Ten parties have now signed on to unity government, but stalemate remains over cabinet

The ANC said in a statement that President Cyril Ramaphosa would announce appointments to the executive ‘in the coming days’

Nqabayomzi Kwankwa. File photo

UDM pays R10 000 ransom for ‘kidnapped’ deputy president

The party said its deputy president had been taken in Cape Town on Tuesday while driving to the airport

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa

Holomisa to stand as UDM Eastern Cape premier candidate

UDM founder appears ready to hand over control of the party

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says the timetable set ahead of the 29 May national and provincial elections is final and has dismissed complaints from new and smaller parties about the timeline and registration requirements.
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

IEC says elections must go on despite complaints over party registration process

Parties say the signature ceiling is too high for them to participate fairly

A restaurant owner counts money by candlelight. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Getty Images

Department of Public Enterprises

State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper

Spin: Dr Malinga performed at the ANC’s recent elections manifesto review at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, one of several such reviews countrywide. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

More parties than paper as election campaign gets going

The time for sod-turning and ribbon-cutting is nearly upon us

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) could unseat the Democratic Alliance (DA) as official opposition in the 2024 general elections

Malema faces his first big challenge

Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images)

Gordhan files for leave to appeal load-shedding ruling

The minister argues the ruling compelling him to keep the lights on at hospitals, schools and police station is vague and impossible to implement

In the know: Then Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter (left) briefs Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe (second left), President Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) and others about corruption and sabotage at Tutuka power station.

Load-shedding: our leaders go for the Pontius Pilate approach

Our shameless president and ministers went to court to deny responsibility for the power crisis proving that the people no longer come first

Former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse. Photographer: Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

EXPLAINER: Musical chairs in the City of Johannesburg

At the 2021 local government elections, neither of the two biggest parties got a mandate to govern alone in Johannesburg

Possible partner: Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema protests at the state of the nation address in Cape Town in February. (Esa Alexander/AFP)

ANC coalition debate expected to be the next proxy in factional battle

National executive committee members are at odds over a coalition with the EFF, with some vowing to lobby party leaders against the arrangement

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Jaco Marais/Foto24/Gallo Images)

Mkhwebane tells parliament to help her find money for a lawyer

The suspended public protector suggested she would take the impeachment committee to court if it continued, despite her not having state funding

Water treatment plants, along with hospitals, harbours, railways and other critical infrastructure are supposed to be exempted from load-shedding in terms of national state of disaster regulations promulgated last month. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa: Water works may be exempted from load-shedding

The government is in talks with Eskom to keep water pumps going during blackouts, the president told MPs

The last time the country experienced load-shedding at stage six was at the end of November 2023 (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Load-shedding is not an act of God, litigants tell high court

It was caused by the failings of the government, which has a responsibility to spare hospitals, schools and police stations to protect people’s rights

The last time the country experienced load-shedding at stage six was at the end of November 2023 (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom’s pleas contradict vow to end power cuts in two years

The utility’s reasoning in papers before court showed, if true, that the timeframes in its Generation Recovery Plan cannot be met, applicants in a constitutional challenge say

President Cyril Ramaphosa seems to have forgotten the ANC’s decision on the ICC taken at Nasrec.(Photo Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Ramaphosa is wrong on the law, load-shedding litigants say

Only the government — not Eskom or municipalities — can address load-shedding by building more capacity and ensuring sufficient supply, the parties said