Malema calls Ramaphosa’s SONA an election rally in disguise The red berets didn’t wait long to respond. Within hours of President Cyril Ramaphosa wrapping up his 2026 State of the Nation Address, Julius Malema stepped up to the microphones with a blunt assessment: this wasn’t just a policy speech it was the launch of a […]
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“He doesn’t have the capacity”: Opposition fires back after Ramaphosa’s SONA The applause had barely faded in Parliament when the counterattack began. Within minutes of Cyril Ramaphosa concluding his 2026 State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, opposition leaders lined up to deliver their verdict: promising words, yes, but where is the proof? With […]
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South Africa’s SACP Plans US Embassy March Over Maduro Arrest The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by US forces has sent shockwaves far beyond Caracas. In South Africa, the South African Communist Party (SACP) is mobilising its supporters for a bold statement: a march to the US embassy in […]
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VIP Detainee “Cat” Matlala to Eat Well as He Testifies Before Parliament Correctional Services assures comfort and safety for high-profile remandee during Ad Hoc Committee hearings Even behind bars, some cats still get their cream. Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, the remand detainee and controversial tenderpreneur, won’t be missing a meal or a high-profile opportunity to testify […]
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When your ally takes the stand In the heart of South Africa’s entertainment corridors, the name Nota Baloyi is familiar. He moves among beats and stages, building names. Yet recently, his public focus shifted to the courtroom drama surrounding Brown Mogotsi. Mogotsi’s explosive testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into criminality and political interference […]
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FW de Klerk Foundation Condemns Trump’s Claims of Afrikaner Persecution In the wake of Donald Trump’s recent statements alleging that Afrikaners are being “killed and slaughtered” and that their farms are being “illegally confiscated,” the FW de Klerk Foundation has called for South Africans to come together and reject these claims. Christo van der Rheede, […]
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A dramatic move in Pretoria This week in Pretoria, the secretary-general of the African National Congress, Fikile Mbalula, filed an urgent court application, saying he fears for his life following public claims that tie him to the 2015 murder of businessman Wandile Bozwana. The legal papers name commentator Brown Mogotsi as the respondent whose statements […]
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When a short clip stirred a long debate A seemingly offhand remark by former Police Minister Bheki Cele during his testimony before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee has sparked wider debate across South Africa. The clip in question featured Cele asserting that Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi was an “apartheid career policeman created to ensure that Black men […]
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