Politics

The IFP speaker of Madlangeni Local Municipality in Newcastle may have survived a deadly crash with a train, but he now faces some serious disciplinary charges.

The EFF and ANC have promised to build houses for poor families in Nkandla in a scramble to win voters in former president Jacob Zuma’s rural hometown.

Ghost schools in the KwaZulu-Natal rural district of UMzinyathi have been turned into money-making schemes by corrupt officials at the Department of Education.

The IFP leadership suspects foul play after a car carrying the speaker of Madlangeni Municipality and four other passengers was hit by a train, killing one.

Duduzane Zuma’s ambitious and fanciful campaign to be the next president of the ANC has begun to impact Ace Magashule’s political career.

Chairperson of the EFF in Newcastle is accusing his party of colluding with the ANC to fire him after he exposed a recorded call which revealed the ANC mayor was corrupt.

The unexpected death of Joburg Mayor Jolidee Matongo is likely to trigger more divisions within the ANC in Gauteng over who will replace him.

The Constitutional Court has stuck by the decision it made in July to sentence former president Jacob Zuma to 15 months in prison, dismissing his application with costs.

Ntsikelelo Ndlovu is awaiting a disciplinary hearing from his party, the ANC, but in the meantime he is standing as an independent candidate - against his own party.

A whistle-blower and potential ward councillor candidate were allegedly attacked and stabbed in Pietermaritzburg during an ANC nomination meeting.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize has passed away aged 69.

For the people of Umhlathuzana near Clairwood, the 27 years of democracy has not improved their lives.