President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate five contracts awarded by the Eastern Cape Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, amid allegations of maladministration, corruption, fraud, and irregular expenditure. The mandate is contained in Proclamation 344 of 2026. The SIU may examine how the tenders
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has ruled that the election of ANC MP Mzimasi Hala to replace Malusi Gigaba as National Assembly co-chairperson of Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) was not procedurally correct. In a letter responding to an urgent complaint from the Economic Freedom Fighters, Didiza said
Advocate Dali Mpofu SC told the Western Cape High Court today, Friday that President Cyril Ramaphosa is “unsaveable” until he explains what hundreds of thousands of dollars were doing in a couch at Phala Phala and that the court has no power to set aside the report that put him
President Cyril Ramaphosa has come under renewed pressure in the Western Cape High Court after an opposition lawyer argued that the president gave an unlawful instruction when he reported the theft of US dollars from his Phala Phala farm to the head of his presidential protection unit. Advocate Kessler Perumalsamy,
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has officially confirmed the dismissal of suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Major General Feroz Khan from the police service. National SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed on Wednesday that Khan was deemed dismissed in terms of Regulation 9(7)(b) of the SAPS Discipline Regulations. The
POLOKWANE – Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has reconstituted her Provincial Executive Council in the first major shake-up of the executive since the beginning of the seventh administration in July 2024, promising a more agile and results-driven government focused on improving service delivery and accelerating economic development. The changes, announced
The Electoral Commission has clarified that no political party or independent candidate will be granted additional time to capture candidates following the closure of the nomination process for the 2026 Local Government Elections. The IEC said the candidate nomination process officially closed on Friday, 28 August 2026 at 17:00, and
Julius Malema has until 30 September 2026 to apologise in the National Assembly to SCA Judge Elias Matojane and the Judicial Service Commission. Parliament’s Powers and Privileges Committee set the deadline after Speaker Thoko Didiza referred the matter when Malema missed a February 2026 date. Committee chair Weziwe Tikana-Gxotiwe said
The African National Congress faces a potentially damaging setback ahead of South Africa’s 4 November 2026 local government elections after the Electoral Commission rejected attempts to complete outstanding candidate submissions beyond the official deadline. The IEC has confirmed that no extension was granted to the ANC and that political parties
EFF leader Julius Malema has agreed to formally apologise to Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Keoagile Matojane and the Judicial Service Commission, bringing a nearly five-year dispute over his conduct during a judicial interview closer to an end. The fresh development emerged on Monday, 31 August 2026, with Parliament’s Powers
