ANC Free State reshuffles leadership amid municipal failures

ANC in the Free State has decided to redeploy the provincial leadership including seven mayors, speakers and chief whips in Mafube, Moqhaka, Letsemeng, Nketoana, Nala, Masilonyana and Lejweleputswa, citing weak and failed leadership, poor governance and corruption. The move comes as the party is preparing itself for the 2026 local government elections. This was announced…

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Justice Khampepe ready to begin probe into apartheid-era crimes

Justice Sisi Khampepe, chair of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into apartheid-era crimes, has revealed that she and her team are ready to lead a “sympathetic and non-adversarial” Commission of Inquiry into the attempts to interfere with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and apartheid-era crimes.The commission was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa in May…

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Parliamentary committees to question Lamola and Motshekga over SANDF chief’s controversial Iran visit

The parliamentary Committees on Defence and International Relations and Cooperation plans to engage with Minister Angie Motshekga and Ronald Lamola over comments made by SANDF Chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya during his recent visit to Iran. This will be after President Cyril Ramaphosa has scheduled a meeting with Maphwanya. Maphwanya caused a storm last week when…

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LEARNERS GO HUNGRY AFTER SCHOOL FUNDS FROZEN BY COURT ORDER

STERKSPRUIT- Learners at St Teresa Secondary School in the Joe Gqabi District, Eastern Cape, are attending school on empty stomachs after the suspension of the School Nutrition Programme (SNP). The Eastern Cape Department of Education has confirmed the disruption, attributing it to an administrative issue stemming from the school’s unauthorised contract with a service provider—a…

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SUSPECTS WANTED FOR FIVE MURDERS

KINGSTOWN- Police in the Eastern Cape are searching for unknown gunmen who killed five people in separate incidents. The shootings were less than five hours apart. Eastern Cape police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, said the motive for both incidents is not known at this stage. In the first incident, the bodies of three…

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