The African National Congress (ANC) has reaffirmed its support for the Expropriation Act, describing it as a constitutional tool to advance land reform and redress historical injustices, as the legislation faces a legal challenge in the Western Cape High Court. The party said it was not surprised by the court action brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA), AfriForum and the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), arguing that the challenge reflects longstanding opposition to transformation laws aimed at addressing the legacy…

Former president Jacob Zuma has appointed his son, Duduzane Zuma, as the first deputy president of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in a dramatic leadership reshuffle announced on Tuesday evening. The announcement, made shortly before 7 pm, forms part of a sweeping reconfiguration of the party’s leadership and organisational structures ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections. Duduzane Zuma replaces Dr John Hlophe, who has been relieved of his responsibilities as the party’s first deputy president with immediate effect. Hlophe,…

The Democratic Alliance’s legal challenge against the Expropriation Act is being heard in the Western Cape High Court, with the party arguing that the legislation is unconstitutional and was not lawfully passed through Parliament. Speaking outside court on Monday, DA Federal Chairperson Bonginkosi Madikizela said the party believes the Act violates the Constitution and that the parliamentary process leading to its adoption was fundamentally flawed. Madikizela said the DA was asking the court to declare the Act invalid in its…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has announced Nthabiseng Tshivhenga as its mayoral candidate for the City of Ekurhuleni ahead of the 4 November 2026 Local Government Elections, positioning her to lead the party’s campaign in one of Gauteng’s key metropolitan municipalities. The announcement was made by the EFF Gauteng on Friday, a day before the country’s final voter registration weekend, during which the Electoral Commission (IEC) is expected to register eligible voters ahead of the municipal polls. IEC Chief Electoral…

Launched Friday, July 24, 2026, think tank Vuka Azania stands to finish the liberation project as its mandate, and to alter the abject black condition as its goal. Vuka Azania is not to be confused with Afriforum by any discerning mind. They are polar opposites. Where Vuka Azania seeks the rehumanisation of black people, Afriforum exists precisely to elongate the cruelty of the black condition — the very soil from which white privilege grows. The black condition is none of…

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has announced that it will urgently approach the Constitutional Court following Friday’s split judgment by the Western Cape High Court, which temporarily halted Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal. The latest legal move comes just hours after the High Court granted Ramaphosa an interim interdict preventing Parliament’s Impeachment Committee from continuing with public hearings while his review application against the Section 89 Independent Panel report is being…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has won an urgent legal bid to temporarily halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry after the Western Cape High Court granted an interim interdict suspending the proceedings pending the outcome of his review application against the Section 89 Independent Panel report. The split judgment, delivered by a full bench of the Western Cape High Court on Friday, means Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee may not proceed with its public hearings while the court considers Ramaphosa’s application to…

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on Parliament to launch an urgent inquiry into South Africa’s rapidly expanding digital platform economy, raising concerns over the employment of undocumented foreign nationals, alleged worker exploitation and gaps in labour regulation affecting thousands of e-hailing and delivery drivers. In a letter addressed to Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour Chairperson Boyce Maneli, ATM Parliamentary Leader Vuyo Zungula urged the committee to prioritise an investigation during Parliament’s third term programme into employment conditions,…

The sentencing proceedings of two former apartheid police officers convicted of the 1987 murder of Congress of South African Students (COSAS) activist Caiphus Nyoka have been postponed after one of the accused cited ill health. Former apartheid police sergeants Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht, 61, and Pieter Stander, 60, appeared before the Pretoria High Court sitting in Benoni on Tuesday for sentencing after they were found guilty on 2 December 2025 of the premeditated murder of Nyoka. According to the National Prosecuting…

South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila has claimed that the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) had already reached an understanding to govern together before South Africans went to the polls in the 2024 general election, alleging that the post-election negotiations were merely for public consumption. Speaking during a recent public engagement, Mapaila said the Government of National Unity (GNU) was effectively decided before the election results were announced, dismissing the widely publicised negotiations…