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3 weeks ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne |Nonkululeko Njilo
BUDGET BUST-UP DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille says that taking the VAT increase to court is the party’s plan B. The DA briefed the media outside the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, 3 April, after launching a court application against the parliamentary report on the fiscal framework, a key aspect of the Budget which was adopted in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne |Nonkululeko Njilo
SHAKY COALITION ActionSA offered the ANC crucial support to pass the fiscal framework on Tuesday as talks with the DA deadlocked. The vote heads to the National Assembly on Wednesday and could determine the future of the Government of National Unity.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Nonkululeko Njilo |Sune Payne
NO DEAL ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and DA leader John Steenhuisen were reportedly meeting on Tuesday to rescue the Budget — and the GNU — after talks collapsed. Negotiations between the ANC and DA over the national budget stretched into the early hours of Tuesday morning but ended without an agreement as the long-standing deadlock between the Government of National Unity (GNU) partners continues.
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2 months ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Yeshiel Panchia |Nonkululeko Njilo
THE BUDGET THAT WASN’T The failure to present the country’s Budget has exposed deepening divisions within the fragile Government of National Unity, with the ANC appearing to believe it still had the upper hand after informing coalition partners about the VAT hike at the last minute.
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2 months ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Nonkululeko Njilo |Bheki Simelane
FLOODING ALERT The Pretoria tornado was initially reported as a flooding incident to the Emergency Communication Centre on Tuesday night, after which the centre immediately dispatched firefighting resources to the scene. A catastrophic tornado has left a trail of destruction in Montana, north of Pretoria, causing extensive damage to vehicles and buildings. Trees were uprooted and roofs were violently torn off dwellings, leaving homes exposed and vulnerable.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | South Africans |Nonkululeko Njilo
‘RECLAIM OUR CITY’ Dr Nasiphi Moya is unapologetic about her stance that spaza shops must be locally owned, and will continue with operations to close foreign-owned spazas as Pretoria battles high unemployment.
It has been three months since ActionSA’s Dr Nasiphi Moya took over the capital city as the first resident, the executive mayor.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Nonkululeko Njilo
FIGHT AND FLIGHT After months of speculation about Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s political future, driven by tensions with EFF leader Julius Malema, he has stepped down as an MP. The EFF confirmed the “voluntary” departure of its former national spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, as an MP, alongside Eastern Cape legislature MPP Yazini Tetyana, on Thursday. This marks the end of Ndlozi’s vibrant 10-year career in the National Assembly.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Nonkululeko Njilo
PARTY POOPER On the day the ANC celebrates its 113th birthday, former president Jacob Zuma is demanding the immediate reversal of his expulsion from the party. In his latest attempt to maintain membership of the ANC – while leading the MK party – former president Jacob Zuma has threatened legal action.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Nonkululeko Njilo
ALLIANCE POLITICS ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa used the 30th anniversary commemoration of anti-apartheid activist Joe Slovo’s death on Monday to appeal to the SACP not to contest the local government elections independently in 2026.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Rebecca Davis |Nonkululeko Njilo
ONE YEAR LATER Despite a startling electoral debut, Jacob Zuma’s political party finds itself grappling with litigation, disenchanted supporters and internal power struggles. On 16 December 2023, former president Jacob Zuma unveiled his new political party, uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK), declaring a political war to be fought with ballots, not bullets, in the name of radical change. A year later, although the party hasn’t reached the top, it has undeniably shaken up the political landscape.
