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MK Party leader Jacob Zuma faces growing internal turbulence following claims of efforts from within to destabilise the party.
MKPARTY

MKP: Allegation of destabilisation plot emerges amid candidate list furore

A KZN MK Party leader has unpacked concerns about internal sabotage amid disputes.

  • Willem Phungula
5 min read
The court has directed that UMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma reconsider the expulsion of two Members of Parliament.
MK PARTY

Court sets aside Zuma’s expulsion of two MK Party MPs

The Western Cape High Court has set aside the expulsions of MK Party MPs Pumlani Kubukeli and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala.

  • Kamini Padayachee and Willem Phungula
3 min read
ABC leader Philani Mavundla has filed papers in the Electoral Court seeking to disqualify his party councillors that have been registered by other parties as candidates.
KWAZULU NATAL

LGE 2026: ABC files court bid as 11 KZN councillors appear on rival parties' candidate lists

The Abantu Batho Congress say the 11 councillors appear on lists for the IFP, MKP and Afrika Mayibuye.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read
The ad hoc committee rejected an EFF submission that President Cyril Ramaphosa obstructed its work by failing to facilitate suspended intelligence inspector-general Imtiaz Fazel’s appearance.
PARLIAMENT

Fazel absence: MPs reject EFF bid to blame Ramaphosa

Why did South Africa’s suspended Inspector-General of Intelligence never testify before the ad hoc committee?

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
4 min read
KZN MKP MPL Nkosinathi Mthethwa was expelled from the party last week and lost his seat in the provincial Legislature. But the party now wants him reinstated.
MKPARTY

MK Party clash with KZN speaker over bid to reinstate KZN MPL

The MK Party removed Nkosinathi Mthethwa as an KZN MPL last week but now want him reinstated.

  • Willem Phungula
4 min read
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has responded to the Constitutional Court's decision to strike down the Public Procurement Act.
ENOCH GODONGWANA

Procurement Act declared invalid: Godongwana says government will plot new path

Godongwana plots a new path after ConCourt scraps the Procurement Act.

  • Edward West
3 min read
uMkhonto weSizwe Party members have approached the Hawks over alleged financial misconduct regarding party funds.
FINANCES

MKP members seek fraud investigation into party finances

Disgruntled MK Party members have approached the Hawks over alleged financial misconduct.

  • Willem Phungula
2 min read
UMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) president Jacob Zuma arriving at a hotel in uMhlanga on Friday for the party's media briefing.
ANC

MKP banks on Zuma's popularity over high-profile mayor candidates

The MK Party has named former Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi as its Johannesburg mayoral candidate and announced candidates for five other major metros.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read
Ambassador Emmanuel Nathi Mthethwa was found dead in Paris, France in September last year.
INVESTIGATION

Nathi Mthethwa death: SA awaits official French report almost one year on

Almost a year after Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa died in Paris, the South African government has still not received an official investigation report from French authorities.

  • Manyane Manyane
3 min read
The National Freedom Party has been fraught with internal conflict that is likely to severely affect its prospects in the local government elections.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

NFP crisis: Internal strife set to cost party in 2026 elections

Explore the tumultuous journey of the National Freedom Party, from its promising beginnings to its current struggles.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read
UMkhonto weSizwe Party president Jacob Zuma has been called on to intervene in a candidate list dispute in KwaZulu-Natal.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Friction and disputes: Inside the MKP's local election scramble

With the deadline for councillor candidate submissions looming, political analyst explores whether internal disputes could affect the MK Party's electoral chances.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read
The ANC national leadership has reinstated the Eastern Cape provincial executive committee which was disbanded few months ago.
FIKILE MBALULA

ANC reinstates Eastern Cape PEC ahead of polls: too little, too late?

Analysts question whether the move can win back voters before November.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read