President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe allegations of maladministration, irregular expenditure, and corruption in connection with several tenders awarded by the Mbombela Municipality in Mpumalanga. The unit is set to investigate seven tenders, which include legal services, engineering projects, low-cost housing under the RDP, water infrastructure, and energy efficiency initiatives which are believed to have been awarded without following due process or to have not given taxpayers value for money. The SIU will asses…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is boosting its political fire power in the Western Cape by appointing fresh provincial leaders. This is after the party’s national leadership appointed Thozama Lithakong as the new provincial secretary and Ntsikelelo Tyandela as the deputy provincial secretary in the province, considered the DA’s stomping ground. The appointments were communicated to the two fighters on May 5, 2025 (yesterday) by Marshal Dlamini, the Secretary-General of the red berets. “The officials, in their meeting held on…

When President Jacob Zuma brought former EFF Deputy President Floyd Shivambu into the MK Party in August 2024, it wasn’t a gamble — it was a calculated masterstroke. This wasn’t just about gaining a high-profile figure. It was about strengthening the movement with someone who understands the language of power, policy, and planning. His ability to articulate and organize around these themes likely enhances MK’s appeal in KwaZulu-Natal and beyond, where it emerged as the largest party in 2024. The…

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 corruption tainted Deputy Mayor of Nongoma Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has resigned from his position after weeks of digging in his heels. Sabelo Nkosi resigned this week after he was instructed by his party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to vacate both his seat as a PR (Proportional Represantative) councillor and Deputy Mayor. That was after Nkosi was arrested in November last year together with Mayor Clifford Ndabandaba from the National Freedom Party (NFP) and the Speaker, Babongile…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has marched to the ANC-run Umkhanyakude District Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal to demand that the decades-long water crisis be resolved. The red berets also demanded that the municipality should table a buried forensic report about a water scheme where R130 million was allegedly spent, but the work was not completed. The protest march took place in the town of Mkhuze, the headquarters of the district municipality that includes Jozini, Umhlabuyalingana, Mtubatuba and Big 5 Hlabisa…

The MK Party has won the hotly contested Richmond by-election (Ward 2) in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands despite a low key campaign, shocking the ANC, the closest contender, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). This has earned the Jacob Zuma-led party its first seat in the Richmond Local Municipality, which falls under the Umgungundlovu District Municipality. Ahead of the by-election, the ANC pulled out its big guns, including Deputy President Paul Mashatile and former provincial chairperson, Siboniso Duma, to campaign for…

The proposed electronic voting (e-voting) system for future South African elections has hit turbulence even before implementation, with the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and major opposition parties shooting it down for various reasons. IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo believes that the electronic voting method for the country is a little unrealistic, at least for the time being, given the nation’s difficulties providing free internet access to its citizens. Mamabolo, who is supported by the sworn enemies UMkhonto weSizwe…

The eThekwini Metro in KwaZulu-Natal, run by a coalition comprising the African National Congress (ANC), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), is on the verge of losing more than R800 million in transport and township infrastructure grants due to failure to spend the money.  On February 14, the National Treasury wrote to City Manager Musa Mbhele asked him to motivate why a portion of the R3.2 billion grants – totalling R880 million – should not be…

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…