Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has firmly dismissed claims of a planned national shutdown on 30 June, warning that while citizens have the constitutional right to protest, no one is permitted to take the law into their own hands. Ntshavheni was addressing the media during a briefing on the outcomes of this week’s Cabinet meeting, where concerns around planned demonstrations against undocumented foreign nationals were raised. Several civic organisations, including Insizwa Ngobunsizwa and the March and March Movement, have…

Build One South Africa (BOSA) has dismissed suggestions that the inclusion of descendants of two of South Africa’s most revered liberation icons on its candidate list for the upcoming local government elections is an attempt to capitalise on their famous surnames. With just 150 days remaining before the municipal elections on 4 November, the party unveiled Ziyeka Sisulu, grandson of anti-apartheid stalwarts Walter and Albertina Sisulu, and Thembela Mandela, great-grandson of former President Nelson Mandela, as candidates for wards in…

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has thrown its support behind pressure group March and March, arguing that its campaign against illegal immigration is necessary because many people enter South Africa unlawfully and go on to commit crimes. Briefing the media in Johannesburg, the party said there was nothing unlawful about the group’s activities. “Illegal immigrants have taken over some areas of our towns and cities and reduced them to centres of crime. There are areas that South Africans have effectively…