Former president Thabo Mbeki calls on Cyril Ramaphosa and senior ANC leaders to take responsibility for the party’s poor electoral performance. The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting on Thursday at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg to assess the party’s performance in the 2026 Local Government Elections, which saw its national electoral support fall to a historic low. The meeting comes amid mounting pressure on the party’s leadership, following former president Thabo Mbeki’s calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa…
The case against 22-year-old Ayanda Dludla has been postponed to 5 March for further investigation following his brief appearance at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court, south of Johannesburg. Dludla is facing 14 counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder stemming from a deadly scholar transport accident involving a truck on Monday, in which several schoolchildren lost their lives. During proceedings, Dludla appeared visibly shocked as Magistrate Claudia Venter informed him of the seriousness of the charges and the need…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Advocate Dinkie Portia Dube as the new Deputy Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa for a seven-year term, effective 1 February 2026. According to the President’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, the appointment was made in terms of section 2A(1) of the Public Protector Act, 1994 (Act 23 of 1994), following a recommendation by the National Assembly. The position became vacant in 2023 after the then Deputy Public Protector, Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka, was appointed as…
In a dramatic turn during the ongoing murder trial of former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa, defence witness Sifiso Gwabini Zungu has firmly distanced himself from a signed statement that allegedly links the five accused men to the 2014 killing. Gwabini, testifying at the High Court in Pretoria, denied any knowledge of the document’s contents, which purportedly places all five suspects—Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, Mthobisi Ncube, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, and Fisokuhle Ntuli—at a gathering he hosted at a Vosloorus hostel on…