Politics

Deputy Minister of State Security Zizi Kodwa has claimed the unrest in KZN and Gauteng may have been planned by former uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives.

Social media read the story right. As the smoke from the burning, the blockades and the looting engulfed KwaZulu Natal and parts of Gauteng, the top trending hashtag on Twitter on Tuesday was #shutdownSA.

The new Zulu king, King Misuzulu has urged the Zulu nation to withdraw from participating in the destruction of the country and called for peace.

Twitter should suspend the accounts of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and the Jacob Zuma Foundation for inciting violence, say prominent South Africans who have appealed directly to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Iqbal Sharma, an associate of the Guptas, was granted R500,000 bail by the Bloemfontein High Court on Wednesday.

Duduzane Zuma, a presidential hopeful and the son of the imprisoned former president Jacob Zuma, has just produced the undisputed quote of the year.

The issues that have been brought to the surface by the conduct of former president Jacob Zuma are bigger than any individual.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking amidst the continued protests in Gauteng, KZN and Mpumalanga, said the Constitution of South Africa allows for individuals to voice their concerns and express their opinion in peaceful protests.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Monday evening at 8.30pm on the government's response to persistent public violence in parts of the country.

For more than 50 years Jacob Zuma has kept his first wife Sizakele Makhumalo in the dark.

It looks as if Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi “Education” Khanyile has not learnt his lesson.

For three years, the communities in Umsinga, Nquthu, Mvoti and other KZN areas spent weeks, sometimes even months, without access to water.