The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has expressed outrage over the arrest of a 59-year-old Mpumalanga man found with over 56,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse, calling it “a barbaric affront to human dignity” and demanding that the suspect face the full might of the law. The man, who was arrested in Standerton during a SAPS-led raid under Operation Bad Vibes, is expected to appear in the Standerton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 4 August 2025, for a formal bail…

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has condemned the appalling state of healthcare services in the Northern Cape, following a damning report by the Health Ombud into conditions at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital and Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley. Reacting to the findings on Thursday, ATM National Spokesperson Zama Ntshona said the report confirmed long-standing concerns raised by communities and whistleblowers — that the provincial healthcare system is collapsing, marked by preventable patient deaths, severe staff shortages, and…

Johannesburg – Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza has confirmed receiving urgent requests from MPs to convene a snap debate on explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The top cop’s allegations have rocked the political and judicial establishment and triggered a call for a full Commission of Inquiry from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Parliament said on Tuesday that Speaker Didiza had received two formal letters from political parties requesting an emergency debate…

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka to urgently investigate what it alleges is a calculated abuse of state power by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, in connection with the sudden collapse of a specialised police unit investigating politically motivated killings. ATM Member of Parliament Vuyo Zungula has submitted a formal complaint to Gcaleka, requesting a full-scale probe into the Minister’s alleged interference in criminal investigations and unlawful disbanding of the Political Killings Task Team -…

The Office of the Public Protector has acceded to the request by the leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) to investigate the government’s failure to enforce regulations on spaza shops and other companies processing foodstuffs sold to the South African public. Vuyo Zungula made the request to the office in October last year at the height of the deaths of children who had allegedly consumed poisoned food. In a letter to Zungula dated 29 May 2025, the Office of…

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) wants to use the current window opened to review the South African constitution to propose that people born outside the country be barred from running for public office. The party’s President and MP (Member of Parliament) in Cape Town, Vuyo Zungulu, says the current loophole in Section 19(3)(a) on political rights would one day allow people who have do not have the best interest of the country to eventually occupy critical positions like President, Premiers…

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has unveiled top regional leaders it has poached from the EFF, African Transformation Movement and the DA. The unveiling of the members took place in Durban today, 28 March 2025 and it was presided over by Thami Ntuli, the chairperson of the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal. Ntuli is also the Premier of the province in the government of provincial unity involving the IFP, ANC, DA and the National Freedom Party. The IFP was also supposed to…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have agreed to form a united front and work together on all political, community and parliamentary programmes and activities. This follows a meeting between the leader of the MK Party, former President Jacob Zuma and the Spiritual Head of ATM, Professor Caesar Nongqunga in Durban on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The ATM is led by MP Vuyo Zungua.  In a joint statement, the parties said the meeting discussed the…

In an unprecedented move since the dawn of democracy in 1994, the South African government has cancelled Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2024/2025 budget speech due to policy disputes within President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity (GNU). The governing African National Congress (ANC) and its grand coalition main partner, the Democratic Alliance (DA), could not agree on the proposed 2% increase in the Value-Added Tax (VAT) from the current 15% to 17%.  The postponement, announced during a Parliamentary sitting in…

Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s legal team has defended the fact that the final report into Phala Phala farmgate ignored evidence that opposition parties submitted to Parliament’s Section 89 panel, which found that President Cyril Ramaphosa had a case to answer. Today Gcaleka absolved Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing, stating that the president did not abuse his power or fail to declare his personal business interests to parliament. Last year, an independent panel appointed by Parliament, led by former Chief Justice…