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'This is not the Israel of Jesus' — Pemmy Majodina tells MPs as motion to close Israel embassy in SA succeeds 

ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina says Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel is not “the Israel of Jesus”.  Majodina was speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday where  a motion calling for the South African government to “close” the Israeli embassy and suspend diplomatic relations with Israel was voted on. The motion was brought…

22 Nov 2023 2AM 4 min

EFF MPs must apologise to Ramaphosa and be suspended, initiator argues at hearing

Suspend EFF members who disrupted the state of the nation address (Sona) in February because they do not take it seriously, initiator Anton Katz SC told a parliamentary hearing. He suggested they be suspended from 6th of February 2024 to 16th February 2024. The EFF members are leader Julius Malema,…

21 Nov 2023 6AM 5 min

Joburg City council elects AIC’s Margaret Arnolds as new speaker 

Margaret Arnolds from the African Independent Congress (AIC) was elected unopposed as the City of Johannesburg’s new speaker of council during an extraordinary sitting on Monday. The position became vacant after the axing of Colleen Makhubele, whose membership in COPE was terminated last week. 

21 Nov 2023 4AM 4 min

Most newly registered voters are young people between the ages of 16 and 29, says the IEC

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says 78.31% of newly registered voters are between the ages of 16 to 29.  The IEC confirmed 2.9-million voters were registered at the weekend. Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo briefed media on Monday. 

20 Nov 2023 10AM 2 min

Angered Malema, EFF members and lawyer Ngcukaitobi walk out of Sona hearing

EFF leader Julius Malema, other EFF leadership and their legal counsel led by advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi walked out during parliamentary proceedings on Monday. Some of the party's MPs are in hot water after storming the stage at the state of the nation address earlier this year while president Cyril Ramaphosa…

20 Nov 2023 7AM 6 min

'Research is not absolute': Ntshavheni responds to Harvard report on SA economy 

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says research is not absolute because it considers a period or sample. Ntshavheni was addressing the media on post-cabinet meeting outcomes.Her statements follow a Harvard report on South Africa's economy suggesting that phasing out cadre deployment and unbundling Eskom could help improve state capacity.

20 Nov 2023 5AM 1 min

IRR wants BEE scrapped, says race-blind approach would invite investment

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has proposed that Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) be scrapped and replaced by a non-racial growth strategy as a means of guaranteeing empowerment. The institute said this will see investment flowing into the country.The BEE policy is meant to economically empower black people after the…

17 Nov 2023 7AM 5 min

Murder rate dips in KZN and Limpopo

KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo have recorded decreases in murder rates. Police minister Bheki Cele released the second quarter crime stats on Friday. There has been a 3.1% decline in murders nationally between July and September.  There were  6,945 murders during this time, including 881 women and 293 children.

17 Nov 2023 6AM 4 min

IEC not expecting disruptions during voter registration weekend

The South African Electoral Commission's (IEC) chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo says the commission is not expecting any interruptions during voter registration weekend. The IEC is holding its first registration drive for next year's national and provincial elections this weekend.There will be more than 2,000 voter registrations venues across the country. 

17 Nov 2023 3AM 2 min

“He lied blatantly” - Makhubele on Lekota and being axed from COPE

Former City of Joburg speaker Colleen Makhubele says her axing from COPE was disingenuous, and blamed party president Mosiuoa Lekota for "lying" about her.  
 COPE terminated Makhubele's membership on Monday after she joined the South African Rainbow Alliance (Sara), an alliance of smaller parties who seek to jointly contest…

16 Nov 2023 5AM 3 min

'You've lost your voice if you don't vote' — IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo 

If you don't register to vote you will lose your voice. That's according to Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo. He was speaking to Sunday Times politics reporter Kgothatso Madisa. 

14 Nov 2023 5AM 5 min

'Situation is calm and under control' — Prisons boss on diphtheria outbreak

Department of correctional services commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says the outbreak of diphtheria at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town is ‘ under control’. At least 342 inmates and 36 prison officials have been vaccinated after an outbreak claimed the life of one prisoner. Thobakgale was briefing the media on Monday. 

14 Nov 2023 4AM 3 min

Rise Mzansi joins forces with youth-led Move SA

Rise Mzansi has announced a merger with youth-led political party Move SA, which will work with it in contesting the 2024 provincial and national elections. A registered political party as of March, Move SA has elected not to register to contest on its own, but instead will contest under Rise Mzansi…

13 Nov 2023 6AM 4 min

"ActionSA focus is to vote the ANC out of power in 2024" — Herman Mashaba

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the party's main focus in next year's general elections is to vote the ANC out of power. He was speaking with DA leader John Steenhusien and ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula at the Southern Africa Europe CEO dialogue at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg on Thursday. 

10 Nov 2023 1AM 5 min

Malema lashes out at Kenyan president 

EFF leader Julius Malema took on Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday.  Malema spoke at the launch of the Pan African Institute in Kenya. 

9 Nov 2023 7AM 5 min

'We must demolish the borders that separate countries in Africa,' says Julius Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema says borders between African countries to be demolished. He was speaking at the launch of the Pan African Institute in Kenya on Thursday. 

9 Nov 2023 6AM 2 min

"Something Drastic and effective needs to be done with corruption or we won't have a country worth calling home" Zondo

Chief justice Raymond Zondo says corruption in South Africa has reached unacceptable levels. Zondo was speaking at the national anti-corruption dialogue in Boksburg on Wednesday. 

9 Nov 2023 4AM 1 min

Mbalula opens case against Mthunzi Mdwaba over R500m bribe allegations

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula on Thursday opened a crimen injuria and defeating the ends of justice case against former chair of Productivity South Africa and CEO of Thuja Capital Mthunzi Mdwaba at the Sandton Police Station. Mdwaba has accused Mbalula and the ministers of labour, finance and health of sending…

9 Nov 2023 3AM 2 min

Two people shot dead near Randburg court

A man and a woman were fatally shot in a suspected hit in Randburg, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. The gunman opened fire after getting out of a black Mercedes-Benz driven by an accomplice.Gauteng police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo said a manhunt had been launched for the suspects.

8 Nov 2023 5AM 1 min

‘If we are true to our history and ourselves we will not allow what is happening in Israel’, Pandor tells MPs 

International relations and co-operation (DIRCO) minister Naledi Pandor told MPs on Tuesday that parliament and South Africa cannot allow what is happening in Israel to continue. She was delivering a ministerial statement on the Israel-Palestine war.Pandor has called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested by the International Criminal…

8 Nov 2023 4AM 3 min