2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (403+ words) Political analyst Prince Mashele said people who are scared of the MK Party are scared of the dead lion. Mashele is one of South Africa's best-known political commentators and has written for the Sunday Times, Sunday Independent, Business Day, and…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (739+ words) The City of Ekurhuleni has been plunged into further political instability as the Metropolitan Municipality's newly appointed Finance MMC, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, has resigned, and the council has been left without a speaker. Dlabathi is believed to have resigned as both…...

21+ hour, 48+ min ago  (672+ words) The City of Cape Town has issued a tender for independent electricity traders and will begin the process of getting an electricity trading company to provide it with additional power as part of its efforts to reduce its reliance on…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (723+ words) Mining analyst Peter Major said Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe have overseen the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in South Africa's mining sector. Major is a director at Modern Corporate Solutions and one of South Africa's most respected…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (738+ words) While South Africa celebrated the announcement of the 88% matric pass rate in 2025, the highest in the country's history, a sky-high unemployment rate and low economic growth are signs that the country is facing a severe education crisis." South Africa spends…...

2+ day, 56+ min ago  (710+ words) A delegation of Republicans from the United States has arrived in South Africa to gather proof that white, Afrikaans people are being discriminated against. The New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC), the oldest and largest Republican club in the US,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (542+ words) Today, 25 February, the rand is trading at R15.93 to the dollar, down from R16.01 at the close of business on Tuesday." Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will table the 2026 Budget in Parliament today. The minister's own party, the African National Congress (ANC), says…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (460+ words) Releasing the latest crime statistics for the third quarter of 2025/2026, acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia said he is cautiously optimistic that levels of violent crimes are decreasing." That being said, he conceded that levels of violent crime are still "unacceptably…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (693+ words) The uMkhonto WeSizwe (MK) Party has refused to take accountability for the men who were sent to Russia under false pretences of gaining employment in the party and forced instead to fight in the war against Ukraine." This is according…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (679+ words) The City of Cape Town's plans to auction off 50 pieces of municipal land to the private sector are facing intense backlash from civil rights groups and political parties." The action is planned for 26 February. The city will dispose of properties…...