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 North West Provincial Legislature’s Ad Hoc Committee, tasked with probing claims of improper conduct and potential interference by Premier Lazarus Mokgosi in Naledi Local Municipality affairs, has adjourned its initial hearings and secured a mandate extension until March 31, 2026. The decision follows four days of tense testimony at Sun City Resort (November 24–27), where witnesses clashed over allegations that Mokgosi meddled in the appointment of Modisenyane Segapo as municipal manager. Chairperson Nathan Oliphant announced the adjournment in a…
Tensions at the highest levels of the South African Police Service (SAPS) over the controversial 2018 disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) were laid bare on Friday when Acting Deputy National Commissioner Hilda Senthumule described her “touch-and-go” relationship with her former boss, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya. Testifying before the Justice Mandlanga Commission of Inquiry into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal, Senthumule told the panel that the decision to dissolve the specialised unit created deep divisions at police headquarters. “I…
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma and a prominent Member of Parliament for the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, has resigned from the National Assembly and all party structures with immediate effect, following explosive allegations that she orchestrated the recruitment of 17 young South African men to fight on Russia’s frontlines in the Ukraine war. The resignation was announced by MK Party national chairperson Nathi Nhleko during a tense press briefing in Durban on Friday, where party officials sought…