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 Madlanga Commission has questioned whether the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) had the legal authority to prosecute suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola over alleged failures in the handling of a multimillion-rand police tender. Former IDAC head Andrea Johnson defended the decision to charge Masemola, telling the commission that the prosecution was based on allegations that he failed to act swiftly enough to terminate a South African Police Service (SAPS) contract awarded to Medicare24 Tshwane District. The R360 million…
A 47-year-old man from Boschkop may face jail time for attempted murder if convicted of deliberately infecting his girlfriend with HIV. The man appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court, where his case was postponed to 3 August 2026. The State alleges that the accused and the complainant were in a relationship between October 2025 and June 2026, during which he allegedly falsely claimed to be HIV-negative despite knowing that he was infected. He allegedly infected the woman during their relationship.…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the public fallout within the leadership of the anti-immigration movement March and March is evidence that the organisation is beginning to fracture. Addressing the media at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Mbalula said he had predicted that divisions would emerge within the movement because of what he described as competing political interests among its leaders. “At the end of June, forces operating under an anti-immigration banner set out to shut down parts of our…