Cosatu considers dumping the ANC at the polls

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Cosatu has indicated that it could dump the ANC at the polls as soon as the upcoming elections if its discussions with the SACP bear fruit.

Zuma could be jailed for two years if Zondo commission has its way

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The Zondo commission has approached the ConCourt to seek a contempt of court order against Zuma, which it wants to be accompanied by a prison time sanction of two ...

Dipuo Peters distances herself from aiding state capture at Prasa

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former Northern Cape premier and Transport Minister, Dipuo Peters faced a grilling from the Zondo Commission.

Hostility in Parliament bad for nation building, social cohesion - Zuma

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former president Jacob Zuma remarked that divisions along race, class, culture and age remained prominent features in the domain of SA’s electoral politics

Saftu to take its national socio-economic strike to Parliament

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Federation’s strike action has been designed to coincide with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget Speech

Zondo to ask ConCourt to impose prison term on Zuma

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former President Jacob Zuma on Monday once again snubbed the Zondo commission after it called on him to appear before it to answer various questions relating to ...

Zondo blasts Zuma’s defiance, continues without him

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The commission’s chairman said he did not understand why Jacob Zuma was afraid to take the stand and answer the questions the commission had for him

Defiant Zuma lets Zondo commission know: I am not testifying

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The former president has confirmed to the Zondo commission that he will defy its summons which was aimed at compelling him to attend

All eyes on ANC as Zuma-Zondo saga comes to a head

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former president Jacob Zuma's supporters have indicated that he will not obey a summons to appear before the commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture ...

Mufamadi drops bombshell after bombshell at Zondo Commission

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The former chairperson of the High-Level Review Panel into the State Security Agency (SSA) Sydney Mufamadi claims the controversial Special Operations (SO) unit ...

Scientists concerned about how new Covid variant will respond to vaccine

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Prof Abdool Karim points out that despite the drive to ensure that vaccines are secured timeously, there is still no empirical evidence whether vaccines are effective ...

Health minister faces court battle over vaccine roll-out

Siviwe Feketha|Published

AfriForum and Solidarity are opposed to government’s decision to centralise the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines

Ramaphosa’s spokesperson to face internal disciplinary process - Presidency

Siviwe Feketha|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko is on special leave after being linked to PPE corruption allegations

Another court challenge against Dlamini Zuma’s lockdown

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The Office of the State Attorney has rejected Liberty Fighters Network’s accusations and further blasted the court threat as “plainly baseless, abusive and vexatious”. ...

This is how ANC will celebrate January 8 amid Covid-19

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Despite being forced to cancel its annual birthday bash, the ANC has indicated that it was steaming ahead with plans to virtually celebrate its 109th anniversary. ...

Judge Hlophe defends meetings with ConCourt judges about Zuma’s arms deal case

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Hlophe has been hauled before the Judicial Conduct Tribunal where he is accused of having tried to improperly influence Justices Chris Jafta and Bess Nkabinde to ...

AG reports R3. 4bn wrongly distributed funds returned to UIF coffers

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Some of the UIF’s poor controls saw it issuing payments to people who were in prison, unemployed and even dead.

Another blow for Mkhwebane as court slams protector’s report on Sars ‘rogue unit’

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The high court found the public protector’s report and findings to be without foundation as they were based on “discredited reports and unsubstantiated facts”.

Department warns of ’chaos’ if leaked matric exams aren’t rewritten

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Departmen of Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said matric pupils had to get back to the exam room, despite union opposition, as quality assurer Umalusi ...

Retrenchments at SABC suspended for 30 days

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The SABC Board has announced that it will suspend the planned retrenchments of around 400 employees until the end of the year.

Union slams Malema for ’dangerous threat’ to fight cops in their homes

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Julius Malema complained that the police have been colluding with the white community and abused EFF members in its protests against racism in Senekal in the Free ...

Union's ultimatum to SABC: Abandon retrenchment plans or face blackout on Friday

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The Communication Workers Union has given the SABC board and management until Thursday evening to abandon its current plans to retrench hundreds of employees or ...

SABC faces 'blackout' over job cuts

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The public broadcaster is planning to dismiss around 400 employees as part of its new newsroom structure, which workers claim they were not consulted about.

SABC reports R511 million net loss

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Salaries are the public broadcaster's biggest cost driver, followed by signal distributor Sentech.