Reading Time: < 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa  recognises individuals who have contributed and continue to contribute to the building of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous country by bestowing National Orders. They are South Africa’s highest awards. The Orders will be delivered to recipients and the families of recipients who have since passed at ceremony at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Eligible voters wanting to apply for a special vote have until May 3 to do so. A special vote allows a registered voter to apply to the Electoral Commission (IEC) to vote on a predetermined day before Election Day. Those applicable to apply for a special vote are registered voters who cannot travel to their voting station because they are physically infirm, disabled or pregnant, or are unable to vote on election day. The IEC’s Hlengiwe Dlamini says, “ The voters who are unable to come to the voting station on the 29th for various reasons, they are either ill or disa ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in eThekwini Municipality will today boycott Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda’s state of the city address. Kaunda is expected to provide a detailed account of the municipality’s performance at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban. The IFP says its planned boycott is to express the displeasure with the current administration. The party’s eThekwini caucus leader, Mduduzi Nkosi says Kaunda has failed the people of eThekwini. Nkosi says, “If you can follow all his addresses you will find that its one and the same. Peopl ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been appointed to head the African Union (AU) Election Observation Mission to South Africa. South Africans will go to the polls next month in a hotly contested election. The AU team is expected to observe the elections from May 21 to June 3. The objectives of the African Union Election Observation Mission in South Africa is to provide impartial reporting and assessment of the quality of the May 29 elections, to ensure that the polls meet regional, continental and international standards for democratic elections. The contine ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has warned that the abuse of the state security apparatus to threaten the media will destroy South Africa’s hard-earned democracy. Steenhuisen’s comments follow reports over the weekend that the State Security Agency (SSA) wanted to conduct a polygraph test on the SABC’s Group Executive for News and Current Affairs, Moshoeshoe Monare, just weeks before the general elections. Steenhuisen led a march against corruption and fraud in Klerksdorp in the North West on Monday. “Now they are using the State Security Agen ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) leader Ace Magashule has taken his election campaign to his birthplace in Tumahole, Parys in the Free State. Party members spent the day conducting a door-to-door campaign and mobilising people for an upcoming Tumahole -Parys rally. Magashule says the people in the area are positive and pinning their hopes on ACT to change their situation as there is no service delivery in the area. “Because sewage is all over, there’s no water here. I hear the mayor saying there’s water. There’s no water here you can see. You can go to ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes With a month to go before the provincial and national elections, Khoi and San communities in the Northern Cape say they are finding it difficult to choose between the various political parties. The communities say they are concerned that none of the political parties mentions their issues in manifestos or election material. Khoi and San leaders want political parties to talk to them about their issues. The Northern Cape is a melting pot of cultures with a number of communities who identify as Khoi and San. 2024 Elections | The Khoi and San want their issues highlig ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The deadline to submit comments on the suitability of candidates nominated for the position of Chief Justice of South Africa and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) is drawing closer. The Office of the Chief Justice has sent out a reminder to law bodies, members of the public, and other interested institutions to make their comments. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that he is considering appointing Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya to the position of Chief Justice. Ramaphosa is also considering the Chai ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen, has blamed infighting within the ruling African National Congress (ANC) for the collapse of service delivery in the North West. Steenhuisen led a march against corruption and cadre deployment in Klerksdorp. The opposition leader highlights unemployment, shortage of water and bad roads as some of the reasons that force businesses to move from the province. He accuses the North West Provincial government of failing to intervene in the troubled municipalities. “The provincial government is not doing anything abo ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is critical that South Africans of all races remain on the journey of national unity which began in 1994 and resist the temptation, in times of difficulty, to retreat into laagers of ethnicity and race. Ramaphosa says this in his letter to the nation today following the celebration of Freedom Day on the weekend. He says while some have found themselves tempted to question whether life has really been better under democracy, all who experienced apartheid have no doubt that democracy has restored the dignity of every South African. The Pr ..read more