Politics

Malawi’s former deputy speaker of Parliament Clement Chiwaya has died after reportedly shooting himself in the head in front of the Clerk of Parliament, Fiona Kalemba, in her office.

Six more health officials will be suspended before the end of the day on Thursday for their roles in the scandalous R150 million Digital Vibes contract.

The so-called Zulu royal rebels snubbed yet another peace offering made by King Misuzulu kaZwelithini to end the bitter feud in the royal household.

The Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) report on Digital Vibes found that former Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize lied and acted “at best improper and at worst unlawful”.

Mpho Moerane is waiting in the wings to take over as Joburg mayor after the ANC in greater Joburg endorsed him to replace Jolidee Matonga, who died in a car crash last week.

The South African parliament has been the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons in recent years, and has led one writer to wonder where on earth they get their wisdom from.

Police Minister Bheki Cele told the media on Tuesday that the police know the identity of the hitman who killed the ANC Tshwane ward 22 councillor Tshepa Motaung, but they have not yet been arrested.

When Donald Trump first heard that his ex-pornstar lover said his penis looked like a mushroom, he reportedly got straight on the phone to his Press Secretary to insist that this was not the case.

The ANC, DA and the EFF, have all laid their cards, and their manifestos, on the table ahead of the 1 November municipal polls.

The EFF in KZN is threatening to take the ANC to the Electoral Court if it doesn't discipline its members who attacked Julius Malema last week.

After spending just four months in political exile, Zweli Mkhize is said to be plotting a comeback against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dr Sandile Buthelezi, the Director-General at the Department of Health could be another casualty of the R150 million Digital Vibes contract after he was placed on precautionary suspension on Monday.