POLOKWANE — Former ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on ANC volunteers in Limpopo to intensify their election campaign at community level, mobilise voters in every locality and work towards securing victory for the governing party in the November 4 local government elections. Motlanthe was addressing thousands of ANC
Nigeria has formally taken its concerns over recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in South Africa to the African Union, with President Bola Tinubu calling for the issue to be placed before African heads of state and warning that attacks against African nationals threaten continental unity and peaceful coexistence. LUANDA/PRETORIA/ABUJA, 31
MAKHADO: The political contest in Limpopo is gathering momentum, with Afrika Mayibuye Movement president Floyd Shivambu leading a high profile delegation to the Kutama Traditional Authority in Ha-Kutama as the newly established party steps up its campaign ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections. Shivambu is meeting Vho Thovhele Kutama
POLOKWANE: The ANC’s Limpopo campaign machinery is gathering momentum in Polokwane, where former deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has arrived ahead of the party’s provincial manifesto launch at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday. Motlanthe was welcomed by members of the ANC Limpopo Provincial Executive Committee, led by provincial chairperson Dr Phophi
VHEMBE: Thousands of residents across several communities supplied by the Mutale water system are facing a seven-day water shutdown as authorities prepare to install and connect new pumps and electricity infrastructure. The interruption is scheduled to begin on Monday, 31 August 2026, and is expected to continue until Monday, 7
Thulani Shongwe has put corruption, bribery and drug trafficking at the centre of his campaign for control of Ekurhuleni, warning politicians, tenderpreneurs and criminal networks that he intends to take a hard line if elected mayor. The MK Party’s mayoral candidate made the uncompromising pledge after receiving the party’s official
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has suffered a fresh legal setback in the battle over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala impeachment process after the Western Cape High Court refused it permission to appeal an interim order blocking Parliament’s impeachment committee from holding public hearings. The court
The Democratic Alliance received more than R104 million in declared political donations during the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year, accounting for approximately 89% of all compliant donations reported to the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission published the latest political funding declarations on Thursday, 27 August 2026, covering donations
A planned MK Party press briefing in Durban has been thrown into uncertainty after one of the party’s mayoral candidates allegedly survived a targeted hijacking attempt while travelling to the event. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party postponed its scheduled media briefing following the incident, which the party described as a
Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has delivered explosive testimony about murdered musician DJ Sumbody, telling the Madlanga Commission that he understands ballistic evidence linked weapons used in an August 2022 attempt on his life to the November 2022 killing of the popular entertainer. PRETORIA — Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has opened a dramatic
