The African National Congress (ANC) says it is prepared to engage political parties, civic movements and independent candidates as it seeks to establish coalition governments following its losses in the 2026 Local Government Elections. The party’s Special Extended National Executive Committee (NEC), which met from Thursday to Friday, has mandated its leadership to begin coalition negotiations in municipalities where no political party secured an outright majority. In a statement released on Friday, ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu said engagements with…
Madlanga Commission Commissioners Advocates Mahlape Sello, Sisi Baloyi and Sandile Khumalo have paid a courtesy visit to the family of Marius van der Merwe — known to the inquiry as Witness D — at their home in Brakpan. Van der Merwe was shot and killed outside his house last Friday night in front of his family. The commission’s evidence leaders spent more than an hour with the grieving relatives to offer condolences. Flowers placed outside the home remain as a…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has publicly challenged the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to discipline its high-profile member, AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, over his participation in what the government describes as an Israeli-funded campaign aimed at discrediting South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The controversy erupted after King Dalindyebo returned from a fully sponsored trip to Israel in late November 2025, during which he met senior Israeli officials and visited sites affected…
UMZINTO – KwaZulu-Natal police have opened an inquest docket after the man suspected of stabbing five people to death in Malangeni Phase 2, Umzinto, was found hanging from a tree on Sunday morning, 7 December 2025. According to police, the horror began on Saturday night when a 39-year-old man allegedly argued with his 32-year-old girlfriend because she wanted to attend a church sermon. He is accused of stabbing her multiple times, killing her on the spot. The suspect then allegedly…