ANC Retains Limpopo Ward with Landslide Victory in By-election

The ANC has retained ward nine in the Makhado Local Municipality after a landslide victory in the low turnout by-election on Wednesday.

Despite a low voter turnout, the province’s ruling party retained the Makhado town ward with a 66.63%, after receiving 999 votes. 

The April 2 by-elections came after the death of ANC cllr Kanukani Maphubu in January this year, after a short illness.

Maphubu was also a member of the municipal executive committee, serving as the portfolio head forREAD MORE

ActionSA, the kingmaker party that helped the ANC to pass the 2025-2026 budget without the support of its coalition partner the DA, says it would withhold its support if the VAT increase proposal is implemented from 1 May 2025. 

The party’s parliamentary leader,  Athol Trollip, says they still have the cards to block the move.

He was briefing the media today, April 3,  following yesterday’s heated budget sitting where it appears that the ANC dribbled ActionSA by promising not toREAD MORE

Two Limpopo ANC structures – the ANC Veterans League (ANCVL) and the ANC Youth League (ANCYL)  – have joined forces and demanded that loose tongued former MP Boy Mamabolo be sanctioned by the governing party. 

Their call comes after Mamabolo insulted and questioned the moral standing of ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Onnica Kwakwa, who is also the Department of Defence spokesperson. 

Mamabolo had also celebrated the death of former Limpopo ANCYL chairperson, Mathews Malebana, saying he should “rotREAD MORE

The 2025 edition of the Hong Ting Forum took place on Wednesday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, bringing together senior government officials, diplomats, scholars, industry executives and media practitioners to explore ways to advance China-Africa cooperation on modernization.

Hosted by Xinhua News Agency Africa Regional Bureau, the forum was held under the theme “China-Africa Dialogue on the Path to Modernization.”

Korir Sing’Oei, principal secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, said the forum reaffirmed the importance of fosteringREAD MORE

Mamelodi Sundowns have called on Tunisian club Espérance to “denounce” the behavior of its supporters after the ugly scenes at Loftus Stadium.

Sundowns beat Espérance 1-0 at the Pretoria venue on Tuesday in a CAF Champions League quarter-finals first leg encounter, but their victory was marred by clashes between the supporters from both ends.

However, it’s evident in video footage that the Espérance section—believed to be around 600 traveling supporters—were the aggressors, throwing water bottles and even security gates.

InREAD MORE

Royal AM will no longer be a part of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) as of next week.

The troubled KwaZulu-Natal club has not played a match this year after the South African Revenue Service (SARS) took control of it due to the club president Shauwn Mkhize’s R40-million debt to SARS.

SARS put the club up for auction, but there’s been no buyer for the club, and the PSL has had enough.

The PSL’s executive committee has informed its memberREAD MORE

The contentious budget for the 2025-2026 period has been passed with 194 votes against 182 while its legality is still in question.

After it was passed ANC MPs were heard shouting “Abahambe” (they must leave), meaning the DA should leave the government of national unity (GNU) after opposing VAT increase.

The DA led the opposition to the budget together with the MK Party, the EFF, FF+, ATM and the ACDP. Among the parties that voted yes to the budget areREAD MORE

The Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape has found Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso not guilty of all the rape charges that were levelled against him.

Also found not guilty were Zukiswa Sitho and Lusanda Sulani who were co-accused in the high-profile case that involved alleged victims from KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

The high court found that the state was not able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Omotoso had a case and set him free after eightREAD MORE

The controversial former ANC Member of Parliament Boy Mamabolo has attacked former Limpopo ANC Youth League Chairperson Mathews Mabalane, saying he must “rot in hell”.

Mabalane passed away on Sunday, 30 March 2025.

He served as a communication officer and legal advisor to ANC NEC member Onnica Kwakwa (formerly Moloi) during her tenure as Limpopo MEC of Sports, Arts and culture, passed away on Sunday, 30 March 2025.

Following Kwakwa’s announcement on Facebook that Malebana passed away, Mamabolo labelled itREAD MORE

All-round and historic progress has been made in the human rights cause in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, according to a white paper released on Friday.

The document, titled “Human Rights in Xizang in the New Era,” was released by the State Council Information Office at a press conference held in Lhasa, capital city of the region.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government have implemented effective measures to develop the economy, improve living standards and people’s well-being,READ MORE