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Political parties have argued that judges should also be subjected to lifestyle audits, saying members of the judiciary are human beings who can be influenced and who hold political views. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party and the African Transformation Movement said that the judiciary is allowed to operate without sufficient accountability, even when it gets things…
Kenny Kunene has accused Helen Zille of behaving like a “pig” and “frog” after a viral video of her swimming and snorkelling in a pothole this week. The Patriotic Alliance deputy-president – who is also Gauteng’s MMC for Transport – was responding to the backlash of a lack of accountability and service delivery. Zille –…
The official X account of the South African government has rubbished a viral screenshot of President Ramaphosa’s “clapback” at President Donald Trump. The widely circulated image has been deemed “fake news”. SA GOVERNMENT SAYS PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ‘CLAP BACK’ IS FAKE NEWS On social media channels, what appeared to be a fiery clap back by President…
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…
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…
Senior leaders in the Democratic Alliance (DA) are scrambling to secure internal positions ahead of next month’s federal congress amid growing fears that a leadership shift could see them removed from key roles in both government and party structures. The contest has intensified as support consolidates around Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, with senior leaders…
The calls from some quarters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) to have party president Velenkosini Hlabisa remain uncontested have set the tone for what is expected to be a bruising elective conference. Gauteng provincial chairperson Bonginkosi Dhlamini ignited the debate when he said that removing Hlabisa from power would amount to challenging the party’s long-standing…
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…
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in an urgent application by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) to interdict the payment of former national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi’s pension and related benefits. Proceedings before Judge Nicoline Janse van Nieuwenhuizen on Wednesday focused on whether the application met the threshold…
Parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members’ Interests has ordered former higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane to apologise in the National Assembly after finding that she breached the code of ethical conduct in relation to Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta) board appointments. A letter dated 24 March by the acting registrar of members’ interests,…