Margaret Thatcher wooed the South African government with promises of a “Marshall Plan for southern Africa” and helped “save” the independence of Namibia, according to newly released papers.
This hasn’t exactly been a year of profound political moves from our government, and some opposition politicians haven’t done any better either.
The killing of two IFP leaders over the weekend was senseless and brutal, party spokesperson on community safety and liaison Blessed Gwala said on Tuesday.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is available to take on the position of president of the ANC in 2017 should he garner enough support to do so.
ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni says the party needs to learn from the example of Cuba to stop comrades “turning on each other” for positions.
An unruly mess of a continent governed by mad men and military? Not entirely. Africa has some of the most impressively educated leaders going. Including a certain Zimbabwean…
As the political circus goes on and on, it’s high time this country had its own answer to Armando Iannucci’s genius satire, which lampooned the British political class a decade ago.
Gwede Mantashe has had just about enough.
The Donald gets his very own Dr. Seuss-style rhymes.
In a surprising turnaround, the ruling party has decided that all of its senior members and leaders will undergo random audits, including members deployed to SOEs like the ABC.
It may be small enough to sit in the palm of your hand, but even now – nearly 800 years after it was lost to sight in what is now South Africa – the Golden Rhinoceros of Mapungubwe has powerful symbolism.
Mayor Herman Mashaba made ambitious promises in his first inaugural council address on Tuesday, vowing to cut unemployment in the city by 6%, or resign.
Some people claim that the ANC has the ability to self-correct. Nevertheless, the issue is not whether it has the ability to self-correct or not, but whether it has a leadership that can self-correct.
Many white South Africans will be forced to leave the country under the current government’s policies, former president FW de Klerk said.
Violent protests, pre-election killings, and the selection of the new public protector will be in the spotlight in Parliament this week.
Police are investigating the death of the DA’s Hannes Baaitjies, who was murdered just hours before he was to due to be sworn in and form a coalition government in the Kgatelopele Municipality.
As of yesterday, naked statues of Donald Trump appeared in five different states in the U.S and we’re not sure how we feel about it…
Former Malawian president Joyce Banda has said that women shy away from entering into politics due to smear campaigns against them.
Whispers of a coalition between the DA and EFF in some Gauteng municipalities in essence mean that the ANC will have lost the entire province. Ain’t that a kick in the head..?
South Africa’s 2016 local election signals change.
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has blamed people determined to sink South Africa’s democracy for recent political killings.
Twitter exploded after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took a phone call on the side of the road…while sitting on a camping chair… let the memes begin.
ANC leaders were set to announce the party’s mayoral candidate for Tshwane over the weekend, but things took a turn for the worst when gunmen supporting a rival ANC faction opened fire on the crowd.
Police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has announced the formation of a multi-disciplinary task force to deal with the “rising number of killings” seemingly associated with the upcoming Local Government Elections.
Let’s pause for a moment and think of all the great things we’ve accomplished as a nation and everything we have yet to… now, let’s have a look at what you lot have been sulking about.