Ramaphosa names Roelf Meyer as next SA ambassador to the US
The two are widely credited as the architects of South Africa’s transition to democracy.
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Easy win: Hill-Lewis in as new DA leader
Plans to seek another term as Cape Town mayor so he won’t be answerable to Ramaphosa on a daily basis.
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ACM leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng being lobbied for Maluti-a-Phofung mayor role
Former SABC boss and African Content Movement (ACM) leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng is being courted to take over the troubled Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality as political parties scramble to fill the mayoral vacuum. The Mail & Guardian understands that Motsoeneng is being approached by other political parties in the council to take over from ANC mayor Malekula…
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ANC | Bongani Mncwango | Floyd Shivambu | IFP | jacob zuma | Politics
Former MK leader Mncwango joins IFP as party eyes key municipal takeovers
Ousted former uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) secretary general Dr Bongani Mncwango has joined the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The party confirmed the move on Wednesday during a media briefing in Durban. IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said the former MK Party leader brought a wealth of experience to the IFP amid the party’s growth trajectory. …
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ANC | DA | EFF | Government | Rise Mzansi | VF Plus
The EFF is now in charge of the finances of South Africa’s richest province
The EFF now have a role on the Gauteng Provincial Government, with oversight over the province’s finances.
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Legalising murder: Israel’s shift from control to elimination
Israel has crossed a line it has long approached but never formally declared: legalising the killing of prisoners. By passing a law permitting the execution of Palestinian detainees, what they once carried out in the shadows with impunity now stands codified in law. In a system where Palestinian conviction rates in military courts are consistently…
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ANC | eastern cape | High Court | Lulama Ngcukaitobi | National | News
ANC Eastern Cape conference indefinitely postponed amid court disputes and internal divisions
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape has indefinitely postponed its long-awaited provincial conference, deepening uncertainty in one of the party’s most politically significant regions. The delay comes amid unresolved organisational challenges. While no new date has been set, insiders say disputes over branch legitimacy, delegate accreditation, and internal appeals processes have once…
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Motsepe leads the pack in new poll
A new Social Research Foundation poll places businessperson Dr Patrice Motsepe as the most favourably viewed among leading ANC leaders, ahead of secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and deputy president Paul Mashatile. The poll, conducted in March among a sample of 2 222 respondents, shows Motsepe has a 33.1% favourability rating, compared with 22.0% for Mbalula and…
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African Content Movement | African National Congress | African Transformation Movement | ANC | Coalition Politics | Politics
Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor
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…
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MK Party to oppose Gauteng provincial budget over ANC snub
he uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party said it will not support the Gauteng provincial budget, which was recently tabled by ANC finance MEC Legogang Maile. “We have written to our caucus here in Gauteng, directing it to vote against this budget,” said MK Party secretary general Sibonelo Nomvalo. The MK Party was reacting to the ANC…