The deadline for written submissions on the proposed review of Section 25 of the Constitution – in order to allow for land expropriation without compensation – has been extended by two weeks until 15 June 2018. This extension will make the period for written submissions a total of 60 days given to the public to make […]

The DA has declared that “we have not and will not offer to keep Patricia de Lille on as Mayor of the City of Cape Town”. In a media statement on Thursday, Natasha Mazzone – Deputy Chairperson of Federal Council – clarified: “We have offered to agree, in order to prevent any further unnecessary legal delays, […]

South Africa’s founding President Nelson Mandela was on this day, 24 years ago, inaugurated as Head of State. (Watch Madiba’s speech below.) Mandela took the Oath of Office as the first President of a democratic dispensation at a ceremony held at the Union Buildings. The day followed the historic 27 April 1994 elections, which saw […]

South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu released a statement on Wednesday addressing the Democratic Alliance (DA) matter of terminating Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille’s membership. Tutu and his family expressed sadness at the exit of De Lille. He described De Lille as a “unifier” and also acknowledged the role the mayor played in Cape […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa couldn’t stand the “incessant chirping” (in the words of the SABC) anymore… and broke in Parliament yesterday, telling the opposition party’s Chief Whip John Steenhuisen: “I want you to shut up!” It was two hours into the Question and Answer session in the National Assembly and Ramaphosa just wanted to […]

Despite the ANC welcoming the ‘voluntary’ resignation of South African North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo, it appears he has NOT yet resigned. He was expected to make his resignation official today. In an interview with eNCA on Wednesday morning, Mahumapelo said he is waiting for his PEC, who are meeting, to tell him their decision […]

If he were alive today, Nelson Mandela would probably be puzzled to find that it has become popular among South Africans frustrated with the pace of change to join former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in casting him as a villain. The charge against Mandela, who became South Africa’s first democratically elected President on May 10 […]

Murder cases have increased in three out of four police districts in eastern Johannesburg, rising 30% from 136 murders to 177 murders in the last year. The most affected areas are Yeoville, Jeppe, Sandringham and Cleveland. According to Jack Bloom, DA Johannesburg East Constituency Head, these figures from April-February (2016-17) to April-February (2017-2018) were revealed […]

The assault case against former South African Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mduduzi Manana has been withdrawn. Just three weeks into her job, Manana’s domestic worker – named as Christine Wiro in local reports – laid charges against her employer on Sunday night at the Douglasdale police station. She claims that Manana had tried to push […]

The Chief in Commander, Julius Malema, of the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will be sworn in as a member of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), together with four other SA Members of Parliament (MPs). The swearing in of the five will take place during the Opening Ceremony of the 6th Ordinary Session of […]

Despite being at loggerheads with three of his senior colleagues, South African Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane says he is standing by his comments about white privilege. Addressing DA supporters in Shoshanguve, Pretoria for a Freedom Day rally, Maimane said white privilege and black poverty must be addressed to bring out the true meaning […]

Suspended SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane has been served with disciplinary charges, the Presidency announced on Friday. This relates to alleged misconduct in violation of his duties and responsibilities in terms of the South African Revenue Service Act, Public Finance Management Act and SARS Code of Conduct. The Presidency said Monyane was served with the charges […]

Just a few days after retiring from politics, former African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament, Makhosi Khoza has been appointed as the head of the South African Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). The organisation announced on Friday that Khoza will be an executive director and head of its local government programme. Khoza says she is […]

The clean-up in South Africa continues as Minister of Public Enterprise, Pravin Gordhan has officially announced the resignation of Transnet chairwoman Linda Mabaso and two other non-executive directors, Vusi Nkonyane and Yasmin Forbes. Gordhan said late Thursday that Mabaso resigned with immediate effect ahead of a shareholder meeting on Friday with board directors. Gordhan said […]

Almost R1 million was allegedly spent on foreign travel trips for the wife of former South African Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba… according to DA Shadow Minister of Finance, David Maynier. Maynier said in a press statement Thursday morning that while Gigaba was responsible for the implementation of cost containment measures in SA, and should have […]

Watch American journalist Dena Takruri summarise some of the history of Cape Town’s apartheid town planning… which still continues to haunt South Africa two decades later. In this episode of Direct From, for Al Jazeera’s AJ+, Dena shows how the divides exist not only between white and black but between ‘Coloured’ and black too… and how […]

Government will next week brief the media on developments around the centenary of South Africa’s founding President Nelson Mandela. The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), appointed to manage the centenary, is scheduled to brief the nation on plans around the centenary on Tuesday. The year 2018 marks 100 years since the birth of Madiba and is commemorated […]

Last year the South African National Treasury proposed to double-tax SA expats living and working abroad for a period of longer than 183 days. The huge outcry that arose resulted in the National Treasury changing a certain aspect of the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, making the first R1 million of foreign remuneration exempt for […]

It was just four and a half months ago that Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa won the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) that governs South Africa. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Quiet, but decisive action. EPA-EFE/Andy Rain Pundits said at the time that the post-colonial narrative was fixed: the ANC was irredeemably corrupt, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma […]

The DA’s Dianne Kohler Barnard delivered a hard-hitting statement in the South African National Assembly on Tuesday, addressing the crisis of murders in the country – 52 per day… and specifically the ‘special type of murders’ that occur in rural areas. As she pointed out – with horrific and tragic examples – the brutal and […]

The South African government has approved two immediate interventions to restore order and stability in communities of the North West province. One of the interventions includes a task team of Ministers, which will be dispatched to visit the North West to establish the facts on the ground. The task team comprises the Ministers of Planning, […]

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has come out boxing after tonight’s DA FedEx (Federal Executive) meeting in which an overwhelming number of councillors voted for the Motion of No Confidence (MONC) in her leadership. Ninety-seven councillors voted for the motion, 41 voted against, 15 abstained or were absent and there was one spoilt ballot. The […]

A video has emerged which claims to show armed farmers confronting protesters in Jan Kempdorp in South Africa last night. A video posted by Ncamim Maphalala to a group on FB at around midnight last night, ‎ says: “As I type this out there are armed white farmers confronting protesters in Jankempdorp in the North-West, with live ammunition!!! […]

In true “Thuma Mina” (Send Me) style, British Airways – operated by Comair – gave President Cyril Ramaphosa an unofficial inauguration and welcome aboard a flight from Durban to Johannesburg earlier this week… with an added poetic bonus. BA honoured the President by sending first-time flyer and praise poet, Lutendo Evans Mugagadeli, known as “Vendaboy […]

The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) said today that it is honoured to announce that former American President Barack Obama has accepted its invitation to be the speaker at this year’s The 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. The prestigious event will take place in Johannesburg on 17 July, ahead of Madiba’s birthday the following day (International […]