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The MP Who Refuses to Be Written Off National Coloured Congress leader and Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams walked back into Parliament this week with a defiant message for anyone watching: he is not going anywhere. After serving a 20-day…
A Street, a Standoff, and a Deeper Failure On a busy road in Durban, about 400 human beings — documented refugees and asylum seekers — have been sleeping on tarmac for over fifteen weeks. They are not criminals. They are…
What is the Phala Phala inquiry, and why does it matter? At the heart of South Africa’s most politically charged constitutional saga sits a simple but explosive question: should President Cyril Ramaphosa be removed from office? The Section 89 inquiry…
The Controversy That Sparked a National Debate A video clip shared widely on social media has put ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe at the centre of a heated political storm, just weeks ahead of the 4 November local government elections.…
For years, Southern Africa has wrestled with the same stubborn realities — sluggish economic growth, crumbling infrastructure, raw minerals shipped off to be processed elsewhere, and borders that slow trade to a crawl. On 17 August 2026, at the Inkosi…
Jacob Zuma does not do subtle. Standing before a congregation at the Bridge to Heaven Christian Fellowship Church in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, the former South African president and current MK Party leader unleashed one of his most pointed attacks yet…
A Major Legal Blow to the Minister’s Intervention South Africa’s High Court in Pretoria has suspended the appointment of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administrator Prof Hlengani Mathebula, ordering the scheme’s seven remaining board members to resume control of…
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has refused to fast-track an urgent appeal against a ruling that effectively puts President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment process on ice — and opposition parties are furious. Here is what you need to know about a political…
It started decades before any of us were born. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South African women — Black women at the forefront — marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to challenge the apartheid government’s pass laws, those…
A councillor shot dead at his own office. The killing of eThekwini Ward 17 councillor Sibusiso Khwela has ripped open a conversation South Africa can no longer afford to delay — just how safe are the people elected to serve…
