Category: News
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OPINION: Electoral data points to FF+ doing even better in 2024 polls
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) launches its 2024 general election offer to voters at the Heartfelt Arena, Pretoria, this Saturday, 2 March 2024. The party co-incidentally also turns 30 this year. It registered as a political entity on 4 March 1994, a few weeks before the country’s first democratic elections on 27 April. According to…
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Increase in Cabinet reflects elections outcome: Ntshavheni
Reading Time: 2 minutes Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the much criticised increase in the size of the new national executive is a result of the recent elections outcome and the need to be inclusive. The new Cabinet comprises of 76 members, which includes 32 Ministers and 43 Deputy Ministers The GNU includes…
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Cosatu expects Gauteng Cabinet to support workers’ rights
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it expects the new Gauteng Cabinet to work with full commitment to support and bring change to workers’ rights. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced his 10-member Cabinet on Wednesday. Lesufi allocated seven MEC positions to members of his party, the African National…
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Portfolio Committees in National Assembly to increase to 30
Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of Portfolio Committees in the National Assembly will increase from 27 to 30. This was the proposal in the National Assembly Rules Committee meeting last night. One of the pressing issues was the reconfiguration of these committees, given the expansion of the new National Executive. A subcommittee to look into the seating arrangements…
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Opposition parties vow to hold GNU accountable
Reading Time: 3 minutes The few remaining opposition parties in Parliament say the Government of National Unity (GNU) has not weakened the country’s opposition politics. At least 10 parties have joined the ANC in the newly constituted GNU. For now, it’s only the EFF, the MK Party and ActionSA who have openly rejected the GNU…
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Deputy Minister Hendricks meets with NPOs over funding issues
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy Social Development Minister Ganief Hendricks will today engage the Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) in Lenasia south of Johannesburg. Many NPOs in Gauteng have raised the challenge of not being paid their subsidies by the Gauteng government with some forced to close. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lefusi was forced to meet with…
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ActionSA accepts SCOPA chair offer by ANC
Reading Time: < 1 minute ActionSA Parliamentary caucus leader Athol Trollip announced that the party has accepted the African National Congress’ (ANC) offer for the chairperson position of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) without any conditions. The ANC approached ActionSA two weeks ago with the offer for SCOPA chair in three provinces. The…
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EFF opposed to Zibi’s election as SCOPA chair
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Parliament says it’s opposed to the election of the leader of Rise Mzansi, Songezo Zibi as the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA). The African National Congress (ANC) nominated Zibi for the position which was generally reserved for opposition parties. EFF…
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Zille’s ‘KZN will not be thrown to dogs’ comment has MK Party fuming
Reading Time: < 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in Durban has described the remarks by Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille, in which she said “KZN will not be thrown to dogs,” as hate speech. The MK Party says it is planning a march and legal action against Zille over the…
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Lesufi confident new Cabinet will improve state of Gauteng
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says one of his administration’s top priorities will be to fight crime and corruption in the province. The new members of the executive council comprise seven members of the African National Congress (ANC) and one each from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Patriotic Alliance (PA) and…