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The violence against foreign Africans has undermined and will continue to undermine the African National Congress’s foreign policy of positioning South Africa as a so-called moral force. It will undermine South Africa’s influence in Africa as well as in continental and global institutions. It is likely to result in African countries not supporting South Africa…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in eThekwini has written to the Public Protector requesting an investigation into alleged irregularities in the municipality’s soup kitchen programme, including claims that the city paid more than R2 500 for a 10kg bag of samp that typically retails for about R100. The party said the alleged overpricing forms part of…
A hacker group is selling 2 million private records allegedly belonging to all members of the African National Congress.
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…
Embattled KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development Mbali Shinga has been thrown a lifeline after the National Freedom Party (NFP) made a dramatic U-turn on her expulsion from the party. The NFP’s national executive committee resolved last week to expel Shinga after she refused to support a motion of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli…
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…
The provincial secretary of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Free State, Malefane Msimanga, has accused some of the party’s Maluti-a-Phofung municipality councillors of “spying” for the ANC after a recording emerged following a meeting where the party was plotting to remove mayor Malekula Melato. The Mail & Guardian understands that the recording was…
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to crack the whip when he meets the Free State ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) and the province’s government executives on Thursday and Friday to address the collapse of the municipalities. Two sources said Ramaphosa would meet the PEC on Thursday before engaging with Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae and MECs the…
Johannesburg councillors have voted for the full time executive position of deputy mayor at a cost of more than R1.28 million per year without clear performance targets, a defined time frame or evidence that existing executive structures have been fully evaluated, the Good party said. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg also slammed the move…
Acknowledges that weaknesses in governance, service delivery and economic growth have alienated citizens.