NEWS & POLITICS

Reflecting on the 2021 State of Local Government Report, in which 64 municipalities were categorised as dysfunctional, the latest 2022 report indicated that that number had increased to 66.

The delivery of essential voter registration materials, including Voter Management Devices, stationery packs, arrow signs, and document storage boxes, has been completed across all provinces.

Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage said transparency was the enemy of corruption, and the GPF’s claims that it could not locate some documents were ‘the weakest excuse’.

Independent Media extends it appreciation to Sekunjalo for Support for Severance Packages.

ActionSA has released a statement setting the record straight on details around the publishing of a biography on its leader, Herman Mashaba.

South Africans are expected to brace themselves for even more rolling blackouts as the power utility implements Stage 5 load shedding until further notice.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa conferred First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa with an honorary doctorate from the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).

Al Jazeera said on Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit in the International Criminal Court against Israeli forces over the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot during an Israeli raid in the West Bank in May.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa arrived on Monday in the United Kingdom for an official state visit of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the presidency said.

African presidents are known to hold onto power for decades, and these two leaders take ‘long service’ to a whole new level.