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…
The family of murdered student activist and former member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) Caiphus Nyoka has welcomed the Pretoria High Court’s judgment that found two former apartheid police Sergeants, Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht and his colleague Pieter Stander guilty of the premeditated murder of Nyoka almost four decades ago. Nyoka was shot and killed at his home in Daveyton by members of a police unit allegedly created to eliminate individuals labelled terrorists by the apartheid regime. Family…
The suspension of Advocate Kemi Behari, Head of Legal and Risk Services for the City of Ekurhuleni, marks another escalation in a widening corruption probe involving the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD). Announced on December 3, 2025, her precautionary suspension—with full pay—stems from allegations that she failed to initiate disciplinary proceedings against suspended EMPD Deputy Chief Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi, despite recommendations from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). This follows a City Council resolution on November 18, 2025, empowering City…
ANC regional chairperson and City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero is set to go head-to-head with regional secretary and MMC for Finance Loyiso Masuku as the party’s 15th Greater Johannesburg Regional Conference gets underway today. The Greater Johannesburg Region, one of the ANC’s most influential structures, will elect new leadership at a time when the party faces growing pressure to stabilise governance in the country’s economic hub. Leadership contests in the region often mirror national political dynamics and can significantly…