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Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa is a political reporter for the Sunday Times and TimesLive. She holds BA Media and Politics and BA Honours in Journalism degrees from Wits University. She has a keen interest in the governance and politics of the country, with a focus on local government, service delivery, youth and gender-related current affairs.

ActionSA national chair Michael Beaumont. File photo:

ActionSA to probe how UPL clinched R17bn deal despite environmental scandal

ActionSA has called for probe into Resolve Communications and its client UPL South Africa which recently struck a R17bn infrastructure deal with Infrastructure South Africa.

Former Ethekwini mayor Zandile Gumede has decided to leave the ANC.

Zandile Gumede appointed MK Party deputy convenor in KZN

Former Ethekwini mayor avoids revealing her reasons for switch of allegiance from ANC

Ekurhuleni’s former municipal manager Imogen Mashazi appearing before the Germiston magistrates court for charges of corruption. Picture. Thapelo Morebudi.

‘High-flyer Imogen Mashazi’s taste for luxury’.

Imogen Mashazi has a taste for flying private, going as far as boarding a private jet for a flight from Johannesburg to Durban and a 45-minute hop to Maseru.

Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi testified at the Madlanga commission of inquiry. Picture: Freddy Mavunda

Imogen Mashazi asked to present herself, other Ekurhuleni bosses face arrest

Former city manager Imogen Mashazi has been asked to present herself to police by officers investigating corruption and other malfeasance in the Ekurhuleni municipality.

SA becoming digital investment destination, says Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes the country’s ambition to be a leading digital investment destination is gaining traction, having been recognised by some of the world’s leading technology companies.

DA spokesperson on social development Nazley Sharif called Pule “utterly unfit to be a minister in the cabinet”. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON

DA calls for lifestyle audit on social development minister Dina Pule

'A lifestyle audit must immediately be conducted. This will provide a baseline upon which Dina Pule's ministerial tenure may be measured'

Former DA leader and author Tony Leon.  Picture: GALLO IMAGES/DIE BURGER/JACO MARAIS

Tony Leon denies Steenhuisen’s accusations of wrongdoing

"What they have conspicuously lacked is the one thing that ought to accompany an accusation of wrongdoing: evidence. Not a single document, not a single unlawful act has been produced, simply because none exists.

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis. Picture:

ANC calls for probe into John Steenhuisen’s allegations against top DA leaders

The ANC has called for an independent investigation into allegations made by former DA leader John Steenhuisen against top DA leaders and corporates associated with them.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said public concerns are legitimate but urged South Africans to protest peacefully ahead of planned nationwide demonstrations against illegal immigration.  Picture: BUSINESS DAY

The concerns are real and deserve to be heard: Ramaphosa on June 30 planned protests

Cyril Ramaphosa calls for restraint, urging protesters to express their grievances but not threaten or intimidate others or commit acts of vandalism or violence

Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo briefs the media to update the nation on preparations for 2026/27 local government elections at Elections House in Centurion, Pretoria.
Picture: Freddy Mavunda / Business Day

IEC recorded 2.9-million voter registration transactions this weekend

This is an improvement from the 1.7-million in 2021

IEC officials helping people register for the local elections. Picture: Thapelo Morebudi

IEC condemns Nkangala ID incident

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has noted footage showing a registration official in possession of many identification documents allegedly received from an ANC member.

Chichi Maponya, director of Plan BEE Fuel Distributors.

Morero left hanging as ANC casts net wider for mayoral hopefuls

Deviating from normal practice, party leadership to name metro picks ahead of local government elections

The MK Party has expelled party leader Jacob Zuma's daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. File photo.

MK Party expels Zuma-Sambudla, Ndhlela with immediate effect

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and Nhlamulo Ndhlela have been expelled from the Umkhonto weSizwe Party.

ANC parliamentary chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli. File photo.

ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli rejects claims of study group ‘capture’

ANC parliament chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli has defended his party’s study groups, which make use of government officials in order to formulate views on certain matters.

SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila.

Mapaila says ‘conference of the left’ is underway despite snubs

SACP gathers political formations, civil society groups and think-tanks ‘to consider the future of the working class’