The national chairperson of ActionSA, Michael Beaumont, has warned that his party will take the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to court if it fails to meet its deadline to release a report on the conduct of the presidential protection unit during the Phala Phala probe. Beaumont said that after ActionSA’s initial application under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) a month ago, IPID missed its first deadline and instead requested a 30-day extension. This follows ActionSA’s PAIA…

The calls for the National Director of Public Prosecution (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi to be axed are growing, with ActionSA becoming the latest political party to add its voice . After her axing, the Herman Mashaba led party wants a full parliamentary inquiry into the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) ongoing prosecutorial failures and the extent to which political interference has infected its operations. The party’s national chairperson, Michael Beaumont says the NPA has once again exposed its deep dysfunction, either…

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has hailed the police for making swift arrests in the gruesome killing of its senior member and Member of Parliament (MP) Khethamabala Petros (KP) Sithole. Sithole, who is originally from Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was gunned down in the hostel of Katlehong in Gauteng last week while he was attending a meeting with other party leaders like Alco Ngobese. Earlier today, the spokesperson of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng, Mavela Masondo, announced…

Lusaka, Zambia – June 5, 2025 – Zambia’s sixth president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has passed away in a South African hospital, according to a statement by his daughter Tasila Lungu. The former President died at 06:00 hours on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at Medforum Clinic in Pretoria, South Africa. Lungu, who served as Zambia’s president from January 2015 to August 2021, was a prominent figure in Zambian politics, leading the Patriotic Front (PF) and later the Tonse Alliance as its…

Former African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Ace Magashule has thrown down the gauntlet to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), saying they must give him his day in court and stop fabricating charges against him. An upset Magashule accused the prosecuting authority of delaying tactics and demanded a trial, adding he wanted an acquittal rather than the withdrawal of his case. The former Free State premier spoke to the media at the Bloemfontein High Court after his R255 million asbestos…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has made a raft of constitutional change proposals, and chief among them is the complete overhaul of the property clause, also known as Section 25 of the Constitution. The proposals are made in line with the opening of the window for South Africans to propose amendments to the country’s constitution. In response to the parliamentary call, the Jacob Zuma-led party said it has submitted a comprehensive set of constitutional amendment proposals to affirm national sovereignty,…

The ten elected members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council have called for a vote on a draft resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. According to Reuters, the draft resolution also calls for the release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups, and urges the immediate lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, ensuring its safe, unhindered, and large-scale distribution throughout the enclave, including by the United Nations.…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has fired its Secretary-General, Floyd Shivambu, for visiting fugitive Prophet Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi during the Easter weekend. At a press briefing attended by former President Jacob Zuma and other senior party officials in Durban on Tuesday, June 3, MKP Chairperson Nathi Nhleko said the party’s top leadership structure found that Shivambu’s trip violated the organisation’s constitution. Nhleko, reading a party statement, said the national officials reflected on the implications of Shivambu’s unauthorised trip to…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have lost the urgent court case it filed with the Western Cape High Court to halt the fuel levy increase due to kick in on June 4, 2025. The red party took the matter to the court after on 21 May 2025, the Minister for Finance, Enoch Godongwana, announced while tabling his third budget that the levy would be increased to cover the loss of revenue that would have been made from increasing VAT. In…

On 21 May 2025, South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, announced a 4-cent fuel levy increase as part of the revised 2025/26 Budget, breaking a three-year freeze on such levies. Set to take effect on 4 June 2025, this translates to a 16-cent-per-litre hike on petrol, pushing prices to between R3.85 and R4.01 per litre, and a 15-cent-per-litre hike on diesel, bringing prices to between R3.70 and R3.85 per litre.  The government claims this will generate R4 billion in…