The G20’s Tourism Working Group is currently holding its second meeting in Durban on Sunday, coinciding with Monday’s start of the Africa Travel Indaba CAPE TOWN – Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille said South Africa’s G20 presidency must use tourism to develop economies and as a driver for social and environmental change. The G20’s Tourism…
The British High Commission in South Africa has issued an official apology following the UK Home Office‟s failure to process Julius Malema’s visa application. The Economic Freedom Fighters leader was due to travel to the UK for his scheduled address at the “Africa Together Conference” at Cambridge University this weekend. Responding to the fallout, British…
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party), led by former president Jacob Zuma, is rapidly gaining traction in eThekwini following several recent by-election wins. With the 2026 local government elections approaching, analysts say the ANC’s grip on the region is under serious threat. Political analysts point to a combination of factors behind the MKP’s rise, including…
Inkokeli ye-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) uJulius Malema umemelele ukuba kususwe oosekela-mphathiswa ngelithi badlala ngemali yabarhafi kwaye abanagalelo kwanto kulawulo. Inkokeli ye-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) uJulius Malema umemelele ukuba zichithwe izikhundla zoosekela mphathiswa, esithi “azinamsebenzi” watsho esithi ukususwa kwazo kungasindisa imali eninzi kurhulumente. “Bathe (ebhekisa kurhulumente okhokelwa yiANC) bathi, ‘Siza kuyithatha phi imali yokuxhasa olu hlahlo…
Nanjengoko ingxabano yezopolitiko iqhubeleka kungquzulwano lweVAT – nanjengoko amaqela ezopolitiko ezama ukubanga ukuphumelela kwesigqibo sokuyisusa – iDemocratic Alliance iwuphakamisile umsindo wayo, isithi uMphathiswa wezeziMali uEnoch Godongwana ufuna ukulilungisa ngaphandle kwenkundla ityala lokunyuswa kweVAT. Nangona kunjalo kudliwano-ndlebe ne-IOL, uSihlalo we-DA Federal Council, uHelen Zille, akakwazanga ukunika nabuphi na ubungqina ukuxhasa amabango eqela lakhe. Ngokwe-DA, amagqwetha kaGodongwana…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in South Africa early on Thursday, 24 April for official talks with President Cyrl Ramaphosa later in the day in Pretoria. Zelensky and his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, arrived at Lanseria Airport outside Johannesburg in the dark. He was greeted by International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola and…
After weeks of negotiations over a Budget deadlock, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana‟s surprise overnight withdrawal of the proposed 0.5 percentage point VAT increase has left one major question unanswered: How will the R13.5-billion budgetary shortfall now be addressed? For now, the hard work appears to be just beginning. With the VAT hike off the table,…
A political showdown is looming within the reconfigured ANC provincial task team (PTT) in KwaZulu-Natal over the proposal to appoint regional task teams to replace regional executive committees. Insiders in the provincial task team said there is a push by certain members of the PTT not to hold regional conferences and instead install regional task…
There is a quiet revolt within the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party, as a leadership battle threatens to split it into two camps. Senior insiders have confirmed to IOL that one camp favours Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president and party founder Jacob Zuma, while the other supports MK secretary-general Floyd Shivambu. This division has…
lost through fraud committed by its former president Luthando Mbinda. The 64-year-old was this week convicted on a charge of fraud in excess of R900 000. The Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Bellville found him not guilty on money laundering charges. Charges against two accomplices were withdrawn on January 22. Hawks spokesperson, Zinzi Hani said…
