Sihle Mavuso

Multimedia Journalist, IOL Politics

ANC pays tribute to selfless Tito Mboweni, while youth remember him as the ‘Garlic King’

Sihle Mavuso|Published

While many younger people on social media remember Mboweni for his garlic-filled pilchard and chicken meals, he was also South Africa’s first Minister of Labour ...

SA govt welcomes arrest of six accused of BEE fronting and R400 million Eskom, Sasol tender fraud

Sihle Mavuso|Published

The South African government has welcomed the arrest of six engineering firm directors accused of BEE-fronting and tender fraud to the tune of R400 million at Eskom ...

Mbeki says Eskom managers to blame for the first load shedding blackout. Here's why

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Former president Thabo Mbeki has revealed how South Africa was plunged into its first load shedding crisis in the summer of 2007/08, blaming former Eskom power station ...

Ramaphosa opposes Zuma’s legal bid to remove Chief Justice Zondo

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Former president Jacob Zuma is unrelenting in his high-stakes legal battle to have the April 2022 appointment of Judge Raymond Zondo as the country's chief judge ...

Ramaphosa grants Buthelezi category 1 state funeral

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The former IFP leader’s funeral will no longer take place on Friday as initially planned but has been moved to Saturday.

‘There will be always be detractors’: IFP leader defends Buthelezi

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The chairperson of the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has defended the legacy of the departed Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, saying he was a man of peace and reconciliation. ...

Helen Suzman Foundation denies preventing govt from deporting illegal immigrants

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Coming under fire following its decision to approach the courts to obtain an order to prevent the government from acting against holders of Zimbabwean Exemption ...

Calls mount for eSwatini to release incarcerated pro-democracy MPs

Sihle Mavuso|Published

The Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland) has been urged to embrace a new pro-democratic path by first freeing two pro-democracy MPs who have been languishing in jail ...

Zuma back in SA after visit to Russia for medical treatment

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The announcement of the former president’s return to South Africa was made by the Jacob Zuma Foundation on Wednesday morning, but it did not specify when exactly ...

Watch VideoJulius Malema: Don’t conspire against me, I am ruthless when I fight back

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Although he said it with a smile, EFF leader Julius Malema told his deputy, Floyd Shivambu that they are although they are brothers in arms, but he must not conspire ...

‘Moonshot Pact’ parties to hold convention to finalise plans to unseat ANC

Sihle Mavuso|Published

As preparations for next year's general elections take shape, seven political parties who form part of the “Moonshot Pact” will meet next month to finalise their ...

Conflicting reports about Zulu King’s state of health after poisoning fears

Sihle Mavuso|Published

The true state of health of King Misuzulu KaZwelithini of the Zulu nation is not clear after conflicting statements were issued by his traditional prime minister, ...

ANC to discipline members who burnt party regalia in protest against Magashule’s expulsion

Sihle Mavuso|Published

In pictures and videos that went viral, a group of people in Ace Magashule’s Free State hometown can be seen burning T-shirts in what is believed to be a sign of ...

Ace Magashule mum on future after expulsion from ANC

Noni Mokati and Sihle Mavuso|Published

Speculation is mounting about whether former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule will join a new political party or establish his own following his expulsion from ...

Ace Magashule on expulsion from ANC: ‘I'm OK. I'm not perturbed’

Noni Mokati and Sihle Mavuso|Published

Former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule says he is not bothered by his expulsion from the ruling party.

Sheriff authorised to seize ANC assets after failure to pay R102m bill

Sihle Mavuso|Published

The company supplied the governing party with campaign material for the 2019 general elections and it was never paid until it sought the court’s intervention to ...

EFF councillor faces possibility of having to cough up R500K over defamatory Facebook post

Sihle Mavuso|Published

A councillor of the EFF based in Ladysmith is facing the possibility of having to cough up R500,000 to compensate a district mayor he defamed on Facebook.

Here is what Thabo Mbeki said about Phala Phala and other matters in his letter to the ANC

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Mbeki raised serious concerns about the manner the party has managed it, saying it has all the hallmarks of how Nkandlagate that entangled former president Jacob ...

Zulu King whisked away after chaos breaks out during KwaZulu-Natal State of the Province Address

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The VIP Protection Unit tasked with protecting Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini had to whisk him out of the City Oval stadium when chaos broke out during the State ...

Zuma vs Ramaphosa: Legal battle now set for January 12

Sihle Mavuso|Published

The matter concerns the private prosecution that former president Jacob Zuma initiated against NPA advocate Billy Downer SC and News24 reporter Karyn Maughan for ...

Video of police officers failing basic drill goes viral

Sihle Mavuso|Published

A video of two police officers failing a basic drill in Durban has gone viral, turning the SAPS into the butt of jokes on social media.

Govt looking at changing funding model for municipalities - Dlamini Zuma

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Twenty-two years after South Africa dumped the apartheid model for municipalities and adopted the wall-to-wall system, the government is admitting that the latest ...

Enyobeni Tavern tragedy: Binge drinking and stampede ruled out as causes of 21 deaths

Sihle Mavuso|Published

The probe on what exactly caused the deaths of 21 pupils from local schools who were celebrating the end of the term in the tavern at Scenery Park township, is not ...

Ramaphosa backs calls to up legal drinking age to 21 after tavern tragedy

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Combative throughout his sombre eulogy, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he backs the call to revise the country’s legal drinking age from 18 to 21.

Uncontrollable grief at mass funeral for Enyobeni tavern tragedy victims

Sihle Mavuso|Published

Visible grief and uncontrollable weeping were the order of the day during the mass funeral of some of the 21 victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy.