The Democratic Alliance (DA) has placed political stability at the centre of its election campaign, warning that multi-party coalitions can make effective local government difficult. Speaking ahead of the party’s final campaign rally in Mamelodi, Tshwane, Deputy Federal Chair Solly Malatsi said the DA was targeting outright majorities in Gauteng’s biggest metropolitan municipalities to avoid the challenges associated with coalition administrations. In an televised interview on Saturday morning, Malatsi expressed confidence that the party could emerge as the largest political…
The trial-within-a-trial in the case of alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four co-accused was adjourned in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Friday after the defence failed to produce a South African Police Service (SAPS) National Instruction it had relied on during the cross-examination of a State witness. The proceedings form part of a trial-within-a-trial to determine whether evidence obtained following the arrest of first accused Musa Kekana in April 2024 is admissible. Kekana was arrested…
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba appears to have abandoned — or simply forgotten — the party’s ideological stance as he continues to recruit political figures from across the ideological spectrum. The party has increasingly become a destination for politicians who have either been poached from other parties or recruited soon after leaving them, with many quickly finding themselves in leadership positions under the self-proclaimed “green umbrella”. Mashaba’s latest acquisition is Ayanda Allie, the former journalist who was last week expelled from…
Accused number three in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Mthobisi Mncube, has accused lead investigating officer Brigadier Bongani Gininda of allegedly pressuring investigators and witnesses to alter their statements in an effort to implicate him and his co-accused. Mncube made the allegations while testifying at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, where he is addressing claims surrounding his alleged involvement in the murder of former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa, who was shot and killed in October 2014. Mncube…