While the South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC) Inquiry has kept South Africans shocked and entertained this week as one revelation after the next piled up, it has been lauded as a brilliant example of how great the country can be when Ministers from different political parties put South Africa first. Chairman Vincent Smith and the panel that […]

South Africa’s Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, must be suspended immediately, pending a full investigation into allegations that the invalid contract, awarded to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to distribute social grants to 17 million vulnerable South Africans, benefitted her friends, says DA Shadow Minister Bridget Masango. Masango says that today’s AmaBhungane report, published on […]

The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) announced Wednesday that Hollywood star Danny Glover will address the Numsa Gala Dinner tomorrow night. The 70-year-old is a keen political activist and has long had an interest in South Africa and has starred in several movies related to or set in South Africa – from his […]

Thuli Madonsela’s successor The Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, paid a courtesy call to President Jacob Zuma yesterday morning at his Mahlamba Ndlopfu residence in Pretoria.  It was their first meeting since Adv Mkhwebane was appointed as the Public Protector on the 6th October 2016. President Zuma congratulated Adv Mkhwebane on her appointment and pledged his and […]

PRETORIA – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba met in Pretoria on Tuesday to discuss issues related to international migration, specifically over 100,000 undocumented immigrants living illegally in Joburg, many of whom have allegedly ‘hijacked’ buildings. Gigaba said the meeting was prompted after the Joburg mayor labelled illegal immigrants as ‘criminals’, saying he found […]

In breaking news Tuesday morning it has been reported that South Africa’s serious crimes unit, Hawks, has laid charges related to alleged high treason and a plot to remove President Jacob Zuma. Hawks has reportedly confirmed that its boss Mthandazo Ntlemeza submitted a warning statement to police watchdog IPID (Independent Police Investigative Directorate) yesterday, 12 December… and […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma narrowly escaped a call from some senior members of the governing party’s national executive committee for him to step down. The first stern action from inside the African National Congress’ (ANC) leadership against Zuma, while quelled by his supporters, is reverberating far and wide. The economic cluster of government is […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and most of his Cabinet received an ‘F’ rating for their 2016 performance on their Cabinet Report Card. The report was presented by opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane in Parliament on Wednesday. Maimane said it is “a comprehensive assessment of President Zuma and his Cabinet, which reflects a wholly unaccountable […]

Breaking with tradition, the Democratic Alliance Chief Whip, John Steenhuisen, praised African National Congress Chief Whip, Mphikwa Jackson Mthembu, in a heartfelt tribute to his “worthy opponent” in Parliament on Wednesday. In Steenhuisen’s final speech in Parliament for 2016, he thanked all those who work behind the scenes and thanked the Chief Whips of other opposition parties […]

The whole economically-aware population of South Africa is celebrating that the three main ratings agencies held off on junking the country’s financial reputation in the past two weeks. I am celebrating too. But a closer look is needed. The statement by Standard & Poors – more strict than Fitch and Moody’s – lacked logic and […]

Reflecting on the third anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said we need to question whether we have the same calibre of leaders today, and emphasised that there is an urgent need to redistribute wealth. He was speaking at a Nelson Mandela Foundation event. Ramaphosa said: “Despite the progress of the […]

Today – 05 December 2016 – marks the third anniversary since the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela. To honour his life and the extraordinary influence he had over his beloved country and the entire world, here are 10 photos, 9 quotes and 1 Video we love… SEE Also 10 Famous Nelson Mandela Quotes 9 Nelson […]

Tomi Lahren has risen to fame and notoriety in America and around the world for her outspoken comments on everything from liberalism and feminism to the Black Lives Matter movement. The Daily Beast calls her a “right wing ranter” and yesterday the BBC profiled the 24-year-old under the heading “The young Republican who’s bigger than Trump […]

Opposition parties – the EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) and Democratic Alliance (DA) – are laughing after yesterday’s decision by the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to continue to support Jacob Zuma and his leadership of the country, thereby potentially weakening the ANC’s chance of re-election in 2019. The DA said the unconventional attempt to table a “motion […]

As expected, the ANC (African National Congress) NEC has announced that President Jacob Zuma remains. They decided, they said, to rather focus their energy on “unity of the movement” than on the motion on whether the South African President should step down. However, at the end of the press Q&A, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe did reveal the […]

The African National Congress (ANC) has announced that it will present a Post NEC (National Executive Committee) media briefing Tuesday afternoon at its headquarters in Johannesburg. South Africans have been waiting all day with bated breath to find out whether a motion for President Jacob Zuma to step down would be passed. The motion of […]

History is a chamber of echoes, haunted by the ghosts of the past. Today, in the Pretoria suburb of Irene, President Jacob Zuma is fighting for his political life, in the face of a motion calling for him to step down. The venue for this historic clash of wills is the St George’s Hotel, which […]

Public Protector (PP) Adv. Busisiwe Mkhwebane has “noted with sadness” a report carried in the Sunday Times newspaper yesterday, 27 November 2016, alleging that she has pressed charges against her predecessor, Adv Thuli Madonsela. The PP says “it is not true” and that it is not clear how the newspaper interpreted the information that was shared […]

PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to survive a no confidence vote at a meeting of the ANC’s National Executive Committee (ANC) extended into Monday night, despite media reports of at least three cabinet ministers turning against him. Zuma’s presidency has been plagued by accusations of corruption and the nation’s anti-graft […]

PRETORIA – Things are clearly going down at the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Tshwane. The ANC announced Sunday evening that the meeting will be extended to tomorrow, Monday 28 November 2016. (See Update below.) As reported earlier today, City Press newspaper revealed that Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom, had […]

TSHWANE – It has been reported by City Press in South Africa that a motion for President Jacob Zuma to step down was tabled at a meeting of the ANC NEC (National Executive Committee) yesterday, and will be voted on today. The results from the vote will reportedly be announced late Sunday evening or Monday morning. […]

Former Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Student Representative Council (SRC) president Hlomela Bucwa has once again broken ground, this time being recently sworn in as South Africa’s youngest member of parliament. (Update: Watch video of Hlomela Bucwa’s maiden parliamentary speech.) Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for Hlomela – who was inaugurated as the University’s […]

According to reports in South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, new Public Protector (PP) Busisiwe Mkhwebane has laid criminal charges against former PP Adv Thuli Madonsela, for releasing the audio recordings of her ‘State of Capture’ interview with President Jacob Zuma. Madonsela released the recordings following the President’s denial that any meeting ever took place during […]

Vytjie Mentor has defiantly reposted a Facebook post that the Department of Basic Education has condemned as inaccurate and implicating Minister Angie Motshekga. The department says the Minister has decided to sue Vytjie for ‘defamation of character’. Vytjie responded on Facebook, saying “I have REPOSTED my Status that Angie is crying about. Read it AGAIN.” The department in […]

Cosatu’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) has resolved to support businessman and South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to take over the reins as the next president of the ANC (African National Congress). The powerful Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) made the announcement during a press briefing in South Africa on Thursday. Its CEC is […]