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ActionSA president Herman Mashaba says the party would “celebrate” if March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma made herself available to be the party’s mayoral candidate in eThekwini. The Mail & Guardian understands that some in the party have been seriously lobbying Masahaba to convince Ngobese-Zuma to be their party’s eThekwini mayoral candidate if they are…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired Sisisi Tolashe as minister of social development amid mounting pressure over allegations of irregular appointments and misconduct in her office. Ramaphosa appointed Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister of women, youth and persons with disabilities, as interim minister of social development. Tolashe has aced growing scrutiny in recent weeks over allegations of…
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has declined a request by senior ANC members, including a parliamentarian, that she contest the Johannesburg mayoral race. The ANC in the region is struggling to find a suitable candidate to take on Democratic Alliance federal council chair Helen Zille and ActionSA president Herman Mashaba in the…
The dual membership between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) poses a slow -motion constitutional crisis inside the Alliance and it is self -inflicted. The SACP’s move to contest elections independently does not just strain the Tripartite Alliance – it forces a reckoning that has been deferred since 1994….
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will become the second political party to lay a criminal complaint over the “Chinese SUV” controversy, targeting Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe. The party said it would open a case with the South African Police Service on Thursday, citing alleged irregularities in the registration of vehicles reportedly donated by the Chinese…
On Thursday 26 March 2026 ActionSA, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the uMkhonto weSizwe party (MKP) joined the xenophobic group March on March in a march through central Durban. Migrants, as well as Pondo and Tsonga South Africans, were intimidated, with reports of assaults. March on March, backed by the MKP, previously attempted to…
“Out of touch, austerity-driven and insufficient to tackle the country’s persistent economic crises” was how some political parties have described Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget tabled in parliament on Wednesday. In his speech, Godongwana projected GDP growth of 1.8% over the medium term, well below the 3% considered necessary to stabilise per capita income and…
Gauteng’s prolonged water crisis and Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s recent comments — for which he later apologised — about using hotel facilities during outages returned to the forefront as political parties responded to his State of the Province address. The speech did not provide sufficient detail on how the province would end the chronic water shortages,…
Former Johannesburg mayor and ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has officially put his name forward to contest the mayorship of South Africa’s economic hub, setting up a high-profile race for control of the City of Johannesburg. Mashaba led Johannesburg from 2016 to 2019, a period during which his administration was credited with efforts to reclaim hijacked…
Action SA has announced that its party leader, Herman Mashaba, will stand as its mayoral candidate in Joburg for the coming local elections.