# The DA says the deployment of more insider cadres of Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie to key jobs in his Department of Sport, Arts and Culture shows that he is unfit to be a minister. The party claims that at least 19 senior government jobs are occupied by McKenzie’s own insiders. The DA’s Leah Potgieter […]
# Constitutional law expert professor Pierre de Vos says the problem with the Coalition Bill is that it targets the symptoms instead of the root cause of governance dysfunction and instability in local government. The bill seeks to provide a legislative framework for the formation of coalition governments. In an opinion piece for News24, De […]
Die vakverbond Cosatu sê die ANC se 2026-manifes vir die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing gaan oor werkers se behoeftes, van werkskepping tot alle munisipaliteite se verpligting om salarisse te betaal. Die party se manifes dek ses belangrike prioriteite, insluitend beter watervoorsiening, betroubare elektrisiteitsvoorsiening en die aanspreek van diensleweringsprobleme in gemeenskappe. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die dae van middelmatigheid, […]
# Die vermeende misdaadbaas, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, keer na verwagting vandag terug na die Madlanga-kommissie waar sy regspan ʼn aanvullende beëdigde verklaring sal indien. Hy het verlede week tydens sy verskyning voor die kommissie geweier om vrae te beantwoord oor die omstrede SAPD-Medicare24-kontrak van 228-miljoen-rand, en sy strafregtelike saak en grondwetlike reg teen self-diskriminasie aangevoer. […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the ANC’s 2026 local government elections manifesto speaks to the needs of workers, from creating jobs to compelling all municipalities to pay salaries. The party’s manifesto sets out six key priorities, aimed at rebuilding public trust, including improving water provision, ensuring reliable electricity supply and addressing critical service delivery challenges […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê ʼn vennootskap tussen die regering en die geloofsgemeenskap is belangrik om maatskaplike probleme te hanteer en sterker, veiliger gemeenskappe te bou. Sy het gister die hoofrede gelewer by die St Paul African Apostolic Church se jaarlikse fees in Moletsane, Soweto, Johannesburg. Kubayi, wat ook […]
# Alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala is expected to return to the Madlanga Commission today, as his legal team is set to submit a supplementary affidavit. When he appeared before the commission last week, he repeatedly refused to answer questions about the controversial 228-million-rand SAPS Medicare24 contract, citing his criminal case and his constitutional right […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the partnership between government and the faith community is important in addressing societal challenges and building stronger, safer communities. She delivered the keynote address at the St Paul African Apostolic Church’s Annual Feast in Moletsane, Soweto, Johannesburg, yesterday. Kubayi, who also chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee […]
