Category: News

Reading Time: 2 minutes The National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) has called on employers to allow workers time off to cast their votes in the 29th of May general elections. With just 25- days left to the polls, NEDLAC has urged employers offering essential services or requiring staff to be present on election…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has told party supporters from around Kuruman in the Northern Cape that he’s appalled by the living conditions of the residents of Magojaneng. The DA was campaigning in some villages in the province ahead of the May 29th general elections. 🇿🇦 DA Leader John Steenhuisen…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has called for a peaceful, non-violent election. The Council of Churches will be convening a National Day of Prayer, with the main event in Soweto tomorrow, for the 2024 national general elections. It has also called on political parties to refrain from using…

Reading Time: < 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says if former President Jacob Zuma maintains that he remains a member of the party he should comply with its disciplinary processes. The ANC has notified Zuma, who is also the leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, to attend a disciplinary hearing…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) disciplinary hearing against its former President, Jacob Zuma, is expected to be heard virtually on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. This is revealed in an ANC National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) amended notice which cites security concerns as the reason behind the change. Yesterday,  a circulating letter, purportedly…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Former African National Congress (ANC) President Thabo Mbeki says party leaders must address the immediate challenges of the people. Yesterday, Mbeki visited ANC icons and families in Pretoria as he campaigns for the May 29 elections. He visited the homes of veterans of the party, Peter Magano, Sina Modjadi, Angie…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has lashed out at the Democratic Alliance (DA) for its proposal to scrap the national minimum wage. The DA staged a protest outside the Cosatu headquarters in Johannesburg last week, opposing the national minimum wage and asserting that should they win in the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula briefs the media on former President Jacob  Zuma’s disciplinary process. Live stream below:

Reading Time: 4 minutes National purse control is a less-discussed 2024 general election issue. The current fiscal year’s government spending budget is R2.37 trillion. Naturally, political parties want to control the national and provincial budgets. Public procurement accounts for 12% of GDP and almost R1 trillion annually. Public procurement has great potential for economic transformation…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Former ANC President Jacob Zuma will not be hauled before a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, with the party’s Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula deciding to postpone the hearing to a date yet to be determined. Addressing the media at the ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg today, Mbalula defended the party’s timing in taking action…