Consul-General Tsepo Lebona is accused of corruption, including wangling diplomatic status for his son, after whistleblowers alerted Home Affairs and the International Relations Department.
Spoiler Alert! In the latest episode of of South Africa’s favourite political soap opera, Motion Or No Motion, the ANC and FF Plus join hands to kick the DA out of the Oudtshoorn Municipality.
An ongoing political scandal playing out via an anonymous X account has South Africans feeling like we have our very own Lady Whistledown – but unlike Bridgerton, this secret gossiper is far from being exposed.
Parliament has budgeted between R6 million and R14 million for their opening address, scheduled to take place this evening at the Cape Town City Hall.
Despite Trump’s mendacious chittering, all eyes were on Biden’s performance during debate night, with the mood inside the Democratic Party afterwards aptly summed up as “Panic.”
A new video has now allegedly surfaced, supposedly from a deleted YouTube account, that pictures the MP taking the racial abuse a step further.
The individual told the police he bought the identity card from a home affairs official 24 years ago.
Considering some of the degenerates we have in politics today, Panayiotou is eminently qualified.
North Korea’s most bizarre provocation against its rival in years included flying hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South Korea.
Political parties have struggled to sell their dream of a better South Africa to young people who don’t seem to have enjoyed the fruits of the much-lauded democracy.
If there’s one thing we Saffas can always do, no matter the situation, is bring a giggle to the group chat.
At least ActionSA is causing k*k in the right direction – at those in charge, not in the ocean.
One might giggle about load-shedding being put on pause while political parties try to get into voters’ good books, but we need to be aware of some electioneering techniques that are lingering in the proverbial dark.
“We’re at the receiving end of failed national policies, which are left to local government to solve.”
According to the politician, this was not the first time the group had approached him to push the programme.
The ‘adjusted’ VIP Risk Management System will now allow each of the 270 councillors and other committee members access to two VIP security guards without needing an SA Police Service (SAPS) risk assessment.
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.