Sibongakonke Shoba

Johannesburg

Editor at Sowetan

ubaba kaZiyanda. Sunday Times Politics Editor.

Featured in: Favicon

timeslive.co.za (+1) Favicon

businessinsider.co.za Favicon

businesslive.co.za Favicon

sowetanlive.co.za Favicon

heraldlive.co.za Favicon

dispatchlive.co.za Favicon

sundayworld.co.za

Articles

SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Sowetan’s rich legacy demands a bold defence for truth in a rapidly changing media landscape

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba |Antonio Muchave

Citizen journalism may be growing, but newspapers like Sowetan have a rich heritage and track record as a credible news source, says the writer. It was no April Fool’s joke – this newspaper has a new editor. While Fikile Mbalula was celebrating his birthday, I was in the office trying to hide my emotions. One emotion of excitement: joining the esteemed list of journalists who have been given the honour to edit the Sowetan is no child’s play. But there was another emotion of fear.
Thanks, but no thanks: South Africa mulls compromise to appease Trump

2 months ago | timeslive.co.za | Kgothatso Madisa |Thabo Mokone |Sibongakonke Shoba

Thanks, but no thanks: South Africa mulls compromise to appease Trump 09 February 2025 - 00:00 By Kgothatso Madisa, THABO MOKONE and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA The government, opposition parties and top business leaders are scrambling for a quick resolution to the breakdown in relations with Washington following a week of high drama. ..
Ramaphosa snubs Ghana as Zuma cracks invitation to inauguration

Jan 18, 2025 | timeslive.co.za | Kgothatso Madisa |Sibongakonke Shoba

Ramaphosa snubs Ghana as Zuma cracks invitation to inauguration President 'cancels plans' to attend inauguration of Ghana's John Mahama 19 January 2025 - 00:00 By KGOTHATSO MADISA and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to have cancelled plans to attend the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Mahama last week after discovering that that country planned to roll out the red carpet for his predecessor Jacob Zuma...
WATCH | Dlamini-Zuma shoots down GNU, turns on MK Party

Dec 2, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba

WATCH | Dlamini-Zuma shoots down GNU, turns on MK Party 01 December 2024 - 00:02 ANC heavyweight Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has expressed her disapproval of the government of national unity (GNU), saying that if it had been up to her, the ANC would not have formed a government with the DA...
LISTEN | Dlamini-Zuma shoots down GNU, turns on MK Party

Nov 30, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba

LISTEN | Dlamini-Zuma shoots down GNU, turns on MK Party 01 December 2024 - 00:02 ANC heavyweight Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has expressed her disapproval of the government of national unity (GNU), saying that if it had been up to her, the ANC would not have formed a government with the DA...
‘Stand for president!’ Dlamini-Zuma tells SA women

Nov 30, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba

Though South African voters may be ready for a woman president, the country’s political parties are not. This is the view of former cabinet minister and senior ANC leader Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She said women candidates in intraparty leadership contests tend to have little financial support for their campaigns, giving their male counterparts a huge advantage.
In Cloud Zumaland

Nov 23, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba

Nine years ago, then president Jacob Zuma invited editors and senior reporters of the mainstream media to a lunch “engagement” at the Sefako Makgatho presidential guesthouse in Pretoria. As he walked into the dining area, he enquired about “the table of the Sunday Crimes”. For about an hour, he complained to this newspaper’s then editors about how we were reporting about him — “especially Mondli Makhanya and that Hogarth”...
'I will take back ANC to honour my ancestors': Zuma

Nov 23, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba

'I will take back ANC to honour my ancestors': Zuma 24 November 2024 - 00:00 Former president Jacob Zuma has laid out details of an audacious plan to “take back my ANC', by uniting “black” parties under his MK Party banner and recapturing the leadership of the party, which he said had “deviated from our ancestors”...
ANC, DA gloves off in GNU dust-up

Oct 19, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Andisiwe Makinana |Caiphus Kgosana |Kgothatso Madisa |Sibongakonke Shoba

ANC, DA gloves off in GNU dust-up Emotions run high in first big cabinet fallout among partners over new spending plans 20 October 2024 - 00:00 By ANDISIWE MAKINANA, CAIPHUS KGOSANA, KGOTHATSO MADISA and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA The GNU has been rocked by its first cabinet showdown, with ANC and DA ministers clashing heatedly over proposed spending plans, including on the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI). ..
Government has not withdrawn Swazi Tshabalala for top African bank job

Oct 19, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sibongakonke Shoba

Government has not withdrawn Swazi Tshabalala for top African bank job Finance minister reaffirms backing for South Africa’s candidate after confusion caused by Presidency statement 20 October 2024 - 00:00 It has not withdrawn its support for South African Swazi Tshabalala as future president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the biggest development finance institution in Africa, the South African government says...