UDM sets deadline for NPA to charge Ramaphosa following his decision to drop the challenge against the Phala Phala report. On Monday, 22 May, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced he would no longer be challenging the Section 89 Phala Phala report in court. In the wake of the announcement, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) called on […]

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will appeal a court order to exempt schools from load shedding. SAFTU is against this. The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is planning a picket outside the Department of Public Enterprises offices to challenge Pravin Gordhan’s appeal of a ruling regarding exempting government institutions from load shedding. In a […]

The EFF says it will write to parliament speaker to reconsider the decision of not establishing the impeachment committee against Ramaphosa. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said they will write to the Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, asking her to reconsider the decision of not establishing the impeachment committee over the Phala-Phala report. This comes […]

Cyril Ramaphosa has opted not to challenge the ‘moot’ section 89 report which called for his impeachment over the Phala Phala saga. President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer challenge the Section 89 report in court, which called for his impeachment over Phala Phala, as Parliament has dealt with the matter. ALSO READ: Ramaphosa more of a ‘country-club […]

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba paid a whopping R12.5 million to the book’s author Prince Mashele – which the publisher didn’t know about. Publishing house Jonathan Ball Publishers has announced it is pulling the plug on ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba’s biography. This follows revelations that Mashaba paid a whopping R12.5 million to its author, political analyst Prince […]

Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramakgopa will soon have powers to execute his mandate? Will this help deal with load shedding? Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed that an imminent government gazette will outline the powers of Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Magwenya revealed this during a media briefing on Monday, 22 May. ELECTRICITY MINISTER HAS BEEN […]

Fikile Mbalula boldly claimed that load shedding will be over by the end of 2023 however the Electricity Minister does not think so. Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramakgopa has disputed ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula’s claim that load shedding will be a thing of the past by the end of 2023. Ramokgopa revealed this during his […]

A 34-year-old man from KwaZulu-Natal has been arrested for allegedly distributing pornographic images with faces of Ramaphosa and Cele. The Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with pornographic images, which had lay over faces of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Bheki Cele and his wife. ALSO READ: Mother and daughter sentenced to life in […]

Excavation for a vast open-cast copper mine in the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park has begun. The bulldozers’ move into Zambia’s pristine wildlife sanctuary and famous tourist attraction follows a decade-long fight by activists trying to stop the mining. The move follows an about-turn by Zambia’s government environmental agency and by President Hakainda […]

During the visit, the Minister of Electricity will receive a status report on the measures taken to bring back four units at Kusile. The Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, will, tomorrow, Monday, 22 May, visit the Kusile Power Station. PURPOSE TO VISIT KUSILE POWER STATION IN MPUMALANGA The visit to Kusile is part of the […]

‘Lobby groups, pit the development needs of poor communities against their own self-proclaimed protection of the environment’-Mantashe As communities and environmental activists in Gqeberha protest over the planned seismic survey off the wild coast, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says their actions do more harm than good. ACTIVISTS CONCERNS ALSO READ:Activists: Fire Gwede Mantashe […]

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola reportedly assured South Africans the country’s prisons are not porous centres synonymous with escapes. Lamola made these remarks on Thursday, 18 May during his budget speech for his department, News24 reported. PRISON POPULATION OF OVER 157 000 He said South Africa has a prison population of more than 157 000 […]

Fikile Mbalula had Mzansi in disbelief when he confidently said that he believed without a doubt that load shedding will have ended by December. The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula was recently interviewed on the Power to Truth show with JJ Tabane and gave his take on the country’s current load shedding status. FIKILE MBALULA […]

Each month, 7.5% of workers’ salaries are deducted by the Post Office as a contribution to the Post Office Retirement Fund. The employer’s contribution is supposed to be 13.55% of each worker’s salary. But for three years, neither amount has been paid in by the South African Post Office (SAPO). The Post Office has been […]

GroundUp has received an instruction from its US-based internet hosting service to take down one of its own stories about dodgy lawyer Lesley Ramulifho after it received a breach of copyright complaint. Failure to comply would result in access to GroundUp’s website being restricted, GroundUp was warned in an email from Akamai Cloud Computing Services. […]

The National Department of Transport announced on Thursday that South Africa has granted Turkey’s Karpowership access to the three ports of Ngqura, Durban and Saldanha Bay for 20 years. The statement said the Minister approved the application on 26 February 2023, in consultation with and supported by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). The Turkish-owned […]

The Biden administration has ratcheted up protectionism and industrial policy amid surging economic tensions with China. The Biden administration has ratcheted up protectionism and industrial policy amid surging economic tensions with China. Legislation passed in 2022 unlocked hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to spur domestic production of renewable energy and electric vehicles, and […]

A heated argument broke out as Adv Dali Mpofu accused the NPA of acting in a “disgraceful” manner in the Ramaphosa vs Zuma case. The Zuma versus Ramaphosa matter sat before a full bench of judges Selby Baqwa, Lebogang Modiba and Mohammed Ismail at the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday and continued today. […]

As the South African government appears to be trying to “clear the way” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit SA in August for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, SA) Summit, the DA has again expressed concern over SA’s alleged sale of arms to Russia in December 2022, which recently came to light. Today […]

South Africa continues to try and find various ways to deal with the ICC warrant of arrest for Putin before the BRICS summit in August. Discussions around South Africa’s obligation towards the International Criminal Court (ICC) are ongoing. This comes as the South African government confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be attending the […]

A powerful new book on Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has just been published. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is at once a double biography of South Africa’s two famous liberation leaders and a historical love story about their personal lives. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during apartheid and went on to […]

The Langa Dompas Museum in Cape Town is steeped in the history of the township which celebrates its centenary this year. The buildings used to house the offices of the Bantu Affairs Administration which issued the dreaded “pass” that Africans had to carry in “white” areas under apartheid. It was a criminal offence not to […]

What happens when a whistleblower decides to copy and steal an employer’s secret information and give it to the media? Two recent stories, in America and South Africa, brought this question to the fore. Everything about Donald J Trump is big — a Wikipedia page is dedicated to his litigation list alone. One of these piqued particular […]

Pravin Gordhan said he would not name any politicians allegedly involved in corruption at Eskom without credible facts. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on Wednesday, 17 May, to answer questions over allegations of corruption at Eskom. READ: SCOPA frustrated: De Ruyter refuses to drop names in Parliament GORDHAN FACES […]

Russian embassy in South Africa disputed the claims made by US Ambassador Reuben Brigety that South Africa provided weapons to Russia. The Russian embassy in South Africa has hit back at claims by US Ambassador Reuben Brigety that South Africa gave weapons to Russia. Brigety alleged that South Africa armed Russia when a sanctioned ship, Lady R, […]