BN Blitsbrief: EFF-LP uit Parlement geskop; RIP Cornal Hendricks; Starlink SA dispuut; Afrimat

Seven of eight metros hung, the ANC on under a third of the vote, and less than a fortnight to form governments. William Saunderson-Meyer told Alec Hogg that Cyril Ramaphosa had finally run out of road to kick the can down, and that his choice between the ANC's heart and…

Athol Trollip knows how coalitions end: one made him mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, another removed him. Speaking to Alec Hogg after ActionSA took dozens of former ANC wards in Gauteng, the party's parliamentary leader argued that the next move belonged to the DA, not ActionSA, and explained why a…

In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Ian Cameron, Chair of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, reveals the answer he received from Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia on the number of abandoned 10111 calls: almost 1.8 million during the 2025-26 financial year. “That's about 5,000 calls per day. I mean…

Freedom Front Plus leader Corné Mulder says a DA deal with the ANC in Johannesburg would be the highest form of treason, and that his party would pull out everywhere rather than hand the ANC a lifeline. Analyst Sean McLaughlin reads the result as a step forward: voters rewarded service…

Eight weeks before the vote, Corné Mulder promised Alec Hogg a surprise. His Freedom Front Plus delivered its best result since 1994, but Mulder was more interested in what came next. He set out a three-party plan to run Gauteng's metros without the ANC, said it could be wrapped up…