Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

The ANC has underplayed disagreements with its partners in the tripartite alliance over the Government of National Unity saying it’s part of a culture debate. Secretary General Fikile Mbalula briefed the media on Monday in Johannesburg following a meeting with the leadership of NEHAWU over offensive comments made by the party’s KwaZulu-Natal secretary Bheki Mtolo who has since been ordered to apologise unconditionally to the influential union. Mbalula called on ANC members and alliance partners to catch on arguing the country has gotten over uncertainty about GNU and has moved on. “Why are we stuck on this issue when the…

What was meant to be a mere suggestion in a multi-page political report has become a public relations nightmare for City of Joburg Mayor Dada Morero who now faces not just backlash but calls for his resignation too. Morero has spent much of this week trying to make things right with residents of the city and South Africans at large seemingly to no avail. Morero made the call to recruit foreign nationals into the city’s law enforcement agencies on Sunday prompting an immediate reaction on social media with many calling for his head and his political principal Gauteng Premier Panyaza…

City of Joburg Mayor Dada Morero has bowed to pressure following his call for the employment of foreign nationals in the metro’s law enforcement agencies which he said would eliminate language barriers he believes are frustrating the fight against crime. Morero on Monday tendered a brief apology during a media briefing held on the sidelines of the ANC Regional Executive Committee meeting in Magaliesburg on the Westrand. Morero had made the suggestion during his opening address to the Lekgotla on Sunday drawing much criticism even within the ANC. “Upon further reflection I have come to the conclusion that my suggestion…

uMkhonto Wesizwe Party has remained steadfast on its decision not to hold an elective conference anytime soon fearing infiltration. The party announced a leadership structure called the National High Command which is headed by former President Jacob Zuma as President and includes former EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu who was unveiled as National Organiser at a media briefing held in Johannesburg on Thursday. “Once again we want to make it clear that we are not going to be having an elective conference anytime soon because that could divide us so the leadership that we are announcing here will be responsible…

The ANC led coalition government of the City of Joburg has cemented its hold on the municipality with the election of Action SA’s Nobuhle Mthethwa defeated the Democratic Alliance’s Nonhlanhla Sefumba with 180 to 68 votes. The election of a new speaker in the City of Joburg is part of a realignment sought by the ANC in line with a principle that the party with the most votes should take the lead. Kabelo Kwamanda of Al-Jamah and Margret Arnolds of African Independent Congress had to resign as Mayor and Council Speaker respectively as part of the rearrangement of the coalition…

The Economic Freedom Fighters finds itself between a rock and a hard place as the party moves to push back against infiltration by the Jacob Zuma-led uMkhonto Wesizwe. On Monday, the red berets summoned its Gauteng structures to a mass meeting in Orlando, Soweto where Commander In Chief Julius Malema was to take them into confidence on the fallout with his forer deputy Floyd Shivambu who left the party for MK last week. While Malema purports to accept Shivambu’s decision he announced that the EFF will rid itself of any footprints of his long time ally with whom he enjoyed ‘brotherly’…

EFF leader Julius Malema has called on members of the party to accept the departure of his former deputy Floyd Shivambu and move on. Malema addressed party structures in Orlando, Soweto on Monday evening and said while he has been hurt by the move which he now describes as “betrayal” he accepts that it was irreversible and he urged members to rather focus on building the organisation in preparation for the 2026 local government elections as well as by-elections. Malema did not mince his words as he vowed to wipe off Shivambu’s foot print in the organisation including dismantling the…

Leader of the Construction Workers and Mining Union Joseph Mathunjwa has attributed the ANC’s decline in the May 2029 general elections to the pain felt by families of the Marikana massacre. Mathunjwa spoke during the 12th commemoration of the tragedy at Wonderkop outside Rustenburg where once again the government stayed away. Mathunjwa mocked the ANC for losing its parliamentary majority ending up in a coalition government that includes rightwing elements such as the Democratic Alliance and the Freedom Front + which the AMCU leader describes as “nonsense”. “Remember what I said when I was here. I said the god that we…

There’s still no accountability for the victims of the Marikana massacre, 12 years after the incident. Hundreds gathered at the kopie ( mountaintop) in Wonderkom where police rounded up and shot at striking mine workers killing 34 and leaving scores injured. The men who were mostly rock drillers belonging to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union which had just become the majority union at the mine were demanding a R12500 minimum pay. The men had embarked on a wildcat strike resulting in a standoff with police and mine security and with then Lonmin Chairman and now President of South…

EFF leader Julius Malema is expecting more members to leave the party after the resignation of his deputy Floyd Shivambu who has now joined the MK party. The EFF leadership announced Shivambu’s exit during an emotional media briefing at its Winnie Madikizela House headquarters in Johannesburg on Thursday. Malema explained how he was hurt by his “brother” Floyd’s decision and said the red berets should expect more to follow. “Fighters on the ground SHOULD BE PREPARED for more people to follow, and this could not serve as a point of collapse for the EFF. Floyd [Shivambu] is NOT the only…