The disgraced preacher, who is currently on trial for multiple sex crimes, was appointed as the party’s candidate to lead Gauteng after the party’s leader – himself a rape-trial veteran – was moved by the rape-accused preacher’s loyal congregants singing a hymn about machine guns in church.
If you’re the kind of person who likes to settle your disputes by throwing chairs and howling at the roof, then the Ekurhuleni City Council is the place to be this election year.
In a video shared on social media, Mashatile can be seen addressing the public when he had a slip of the tongue.
Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng seems inspired, so we wish him well as leads the flock into the Karoo with nothing but a gavel and a dream.
GOOD Secretary General Brett Herron revealed in a formal statement that the party took action in response to a party member’s complaint against Peter de Villiers.
“If he dares to spill the beans about the secrets of any ANC leader, he must bring it on because I am going to expose his shenanigans that took place in exile.”
Blunders and Zuma go together like peas and carrots, or ANC and corruption, but even attendees at Monday’s MK Party branch launch had to laugh at the old man’s slip of the forked tongue.
A cash-strapped municipality in Limpopo erroneously gave its councillors and officials a double salary Christmas bonus in December.
De Ruyter goes on to say that there was little value in debating with Marxists. “Debating with Marxists is like debating with members of the Flat Earth Society. You cannot win.”
Eskom needs a new logo as much as Minister Nkoana-Mashabane needs another hole in her head.
The whole event was centred on reinforcing the renewed relationship between the UK and France, following a period of strained relations during the Brexit era.
The platform hopes to help young South Africans find political parties that align with their values and beliefs.
As we get tired of the same old lies from many of our local politicians, Maimane and Corder’s interview bodes well for the future.
For decades, India has worked to remove traces of the British colonial era by renaming roads and even entire cities. The process has intensified under the government led by Modi.
Ageism is of course not cool, but are people being discriminatory if they expect their elected officials to tell them about the policies that affect their lives without glitching like a bad dial-up connection?
In many ways, that little brawl is rather symbolic of what is happening on the ground.
“Even our flags hate him”, wrote The Kiffness on Twitter.
Not only did the president and his people fly in on private jets, but they landed on an R20 million runway that he built with his own money.
What is it with politicians and their egos? It would seem South Africa isn’t the only country that has politicians that are all too happy to use their supporters to keep themselves out of trouble.
Listening to politicians talking kak all day while pointing fingers at each other don’t inspire much confidence in the future.
“Countries, like airlines, take a long time to die – but die they do.”
One angry Limpopo lady gave a rather stern warning to mayor Gerson Molapisane, asking him to “tell your councillors to zip their trousers”.
After just 44 days in office, embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced she would step down from office on Thursday, making her the UK’s shortest-serving leader in history.
A media briefing held by suspended COPE president Mosiuoa Lekota descended into chaos and brawling between party members.
Boris Vishnevsky, a well-known opposition politician, is the latest target of political cosplay that aims to derail the vote in an upcoming municipal election.
Amidst the chaos of the military coup in Myanmar, one woman happily filmed her aerobics video, oblivious to the scene unfolding behind her.
Having seen his political career go down in flames, Advance New Zealand party leader Jami-Lee Ross was on the end of another drubbing by Newshub’s political editor, Tova O’Brien.
Corruption in the ANC is no secret, but when you take stock of the major scandals from 1996 onwards, let’s just say Ramaphosa has his work cut out for him.
Conservative MP Heather Wheeler was caught cursing her mic during a video conference debate in the House of Commons.
Donald Trump spewed some empty words, while Greta Thunberg accused politicians of “empty words and promises”, and that’s just the beginning of the drama.