PRETORIA – Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie has called on the South African Police Service (SAPS) to release the full demographic breakdown of its latest recruitment intake, saying the public deserves transparency on who is being appointed to the country’s police service. The call follows the SAPS National Commemoration
CAPE TOWN: Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Report is expected to resume deliberations on its draft report on Wednesday evening, with just days remaining before its deadline to report to the National Assembly. The committee was scheduled to continue its deliberations
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry commissioner Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC has allegedly been targeted in an escalating campaign of threats and intimidation that has extended to family members and included explicit threats of sexual violence against women. Advocates for Transformation (AFT) said today, Tuesday that threatening messages had been sent from
POLOKWANE: The African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo has welcomed the victory of the South African Students Congress (SASCO), under the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA), in the 2026/27 University of Limpopo Student Representative Council (SRC) elections. The elections were held on 7 September 2026, with SASCO emerging ahead of its
The leader of the Insizwa Nobuntsizwa Development Foundation, Nkosiikhona Phakelu’Mthakathi Ndabandaba, is heading a series of localized community meetings across Soweto on Tuesday. The engagements aim to mobilize residents to address the presence of undocumented foreign nationals and reclaim the township’s local economy. The first community engagement kicked off earlier
Afrika Mayibuye Movement has announced Themba Lukhele, better known as Skeem GP, as its mayoral candidate for the City of Ekurhuleni ahead of the 4 November 2026 local government elections. The announcement was made on Saturday, 5 September, as the party marked its first anniversary and unveiled some of its
EFF leader Julius Malema has called for South Africa’s old-age grant to be increased to R4,500 a month, saying pensioners particularly grandmothers play a central role in supporting black families. Malema was speaking on Saturday at the EFF’s provincial manifesto launch in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, ahead of the 4 November local
SAFM has apologised after the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) found that the station breached the broadcasting code by airing unverified claims made by March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma. The claims were made during a 3 June interview on The National Pulse, hosted by Ashraf Garda, which
KWAZULU-NATAL: Senior African National Congress (ANC) leader Nomvula Mokonyane on Saturday joined King Misizulu Siqobile kaZwelithini and members of the Zulu community at a royal gathering hosted in the KwaZulu-Hobeni area, bringing together political leadership, traditional authority and communities in celebration of Zulu culture and heritage. Mokonyane, who serves as
The Afrika Mayibuye Movement is marking its first anniversary today, Saturday with the launch of its 2026 local government elections manifesto and the unveiling of its Gauteng mayoral candidates in Tembisa. The movement was officially launched by Floyd Shivambu on 5 September 2025, following his departure from the MK Party.
