ActionSA has publicly reaffirmed its support for Xolani Khumalo, the party’s mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni, ahead of his planned appearance at the Katlehong police station on Monday morning. Khumalo is expected to hand himself over to police following allegations linking him to an assault case. However, the party has dismissed the claims as malicious and…
In a move that has sent ripples through South Africa’s political landscape, Dr. Dion George, the former Shadow Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, has resigned from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and simultaneously stepped down as a Member of Parliament. The surprise announcement, confirmed in a brief statement from Dr. George on Tuesday, marks the…
Against the stark, sun-bleached landscape of Pella, a village steeped in both spiritual and political history, President Cyril Ramaphosa led the ANC’s senior leadership in a solemn pilgrimage on Thursday, laying wreaths at the gravesite of the party’s venerated intellectual giant, Moses Kotane. The ceremony served as the emotional and symbolic launchpad for the party’s…
In a move that has shattered the stability of KwaZulu-Natal’s power-sharing arrangement, the National Freedom Party (NFP) has officially announced its immediate withdrawal from the province’s Government of Provincial Unity (GPU). The decision, declared by party president Ivan Barnes during a tense and packed media briefing in Durban on Friday, effectively collapses the existing coalition…
In a stark and uncompromising address that has sent tremors through the corridors of Luthuli House, African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a sweeping ultimatum to his own party this weekend: embrace radical, verifiable renewal or face irreversible decline at the ballot box. Speaking at the closing of the party’s pivotal National Executive Committee…
The African National Congress (ANC), Africa’s oldest liberation movement, today marks its 114th anniversary against the backdrop of a significantly altered political landscape in South Africa. ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Rustenburg, North West, where the party’s official January 8 anniversary celebrations are set to take place this weekend. The programme forms part of…
Against a backdrop of both internal turbulence and profound national expectation, the African National Congress’s (ANC) highest decision-making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), will convene in the Platinum City on Monday, January 5, 2026. This special gathering, held on the eve of the party’s 114th anniversary celebrations, is more than a routine pre-event meeting;…
A profound, multi-layered grief descends upon the communities of Gauteng this weekend as families, political allies, and former colleagues prepare to bid farewell to Brian Thamsanqa Hlongwa, a towering yet deeply controversial figure in the province’s political landscape. Hlongwa, the former African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip in the Gauteng Legislature and former Member of the…
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has strongly endorsed a landmark decision by the provincial legislature to suspend 32 members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and one from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), following a day of unprecedented disruption that brought parliamentary proceedings to a halt and required the intervention of the South African Police Service….
Against a backdrop of escalating global conflicts and intense domestic pressure for political renewal, African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirmed South Africa’s foundational diplomatic principle, declaring, “We respect the rights and sovereignty of all nations.” The statement was delivered during a solemn and symbolically charged special gathering at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference…
