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MK Party leader Jacob Zuma claims Western countries weakened the ANC so it could be helped by other parties to govern.

The home affairs department says it will criminally charge Chidimma Adetshina and her mother for identity fraud after they failed to justify their documents.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the DA is disrespecting the ANC and the president will do what home affairs minister Leon Schreiber wants “when pigs fly”.

Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi confirmed a toxicology report has revealed the organophosphate Terbufos caused the deaths of six children in Naledi, Soweto, earlier this month.  Motsoaledi, other ministers led by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NatJoints), held a media briefing on Monday as part of government’s response to recent incidents of food poisoning in the count...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa described party “careerists”, ill-discipline and factionalism as the biggest threats to the party. He told members the party needs to do introspection as it has become its own worst enemy.

Police say more arrests in the mass murder of 18 people in Lusikisiki last month are imminent as they continue to search for more suspects and, ultimately, the mastermind behind the tragedy. Currently five men have been arrested in connection with the murders. Police minister Senzo Mchunu and national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola were briefing the media on updates on the investigation o...

Quizzed by a DA MP on whether he was going to resign after his “failures”, minister Blade Nzimande retorted that apartheid would not return.

During his maiden Budget speech in 2019, former Finance Minister Tito Mboweni introduced an Indigenous Aloe Plant, which remains one of his most memorable addresses. This speech exemplified his unwavering belief in the resilience of South Africans.

Public protector Kholeka Gcaleka has accused Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s husband David Skosana of threatening the chapter 9 institution’s CEO Thandi Sibanyoni over the payment of Mkhwebane's gratuity. More on timeslive.co.za

EFF leader Julius Malema says ANC secretary-general is “a sellout of note, always ready to destroy his own in defence of white supremacists”, adding that President Cyril Ramaphosa was deliberate in not putting his signature on the GNU agreement. More on timeslive.co.za

ActionSA’s Nasiphi Moya has been elected as Tshwane's new mayor. She received 122 votes, while the DA's former mayor Cilliers Brink received 86. This was announced on Wednesday during a special council meeting.

SA Communist Party general secretary Solly Mapaila says with the government of national unity (GNU) “our country is back in the hands of the Boers” and the GNU is unjustifiable.

Security and law enforcement agencies are monitoring a nationwide strike over “anger regarding prevailing economic crises”.

SAPS is adding more police officers in communities, aiming for one officer for every 220 people.

Two months since taking reins at the police ministry, Senzo Mchunu says police are upping the standard of policing, and criminals “must surrender or be made to surrender”.

Snowfall outside the winter months is historically not a rare occurrence in South Africa, says the SA Weather Service. This was according to experts at a media briefing on Tuesday at the Pretoria Press Club. 

Police minister Senzo Mchunu says police would struggle to fight crime if communities did not actively join hands to fight criminals. We speak to a crime analyst on ways to limit vulnerable citizens dying like flies. Dr Chris de Kock unpacks the ways crime can practically and effectively be solved.

Police minister Senzo Mchunu says weapons SAPS are confiscating from criminals includes military weapons.

Dr Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, cultural and African spirituality expert, unpacks why South Africans are battling with the rise of sangomas, why they too experience pain and grieve even though they have spiritual powers and what encourages the rate of people consulting sangomas.

Minister Gayton McKenzie says it is cold outside the government of national unity and he is happy to be led by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dr Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, cultural and African spirituality expert unpacks why South Africans are battling with the rise of sangomas, why they too experience pain and grieve even though they have spiritual powers and what encourages the rate of people consulting sangomas.

The DA’s Cilliers Brink has been removed as mayor of Tshwane through a motion of no confidence on Thursday. The motion was carried by 120 council members versus 87 who voted against.

The basic education department will not fill vacant teacher posts and needs money urgently to fund teachers in the system, but the minister says no retrenchments are expected.

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has urged the ANC to form an alternative structure to pressure the education department now that it is in the hands of the “enemy”.

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