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KZN provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Ad hoc committee consults witnesses ahead of second phase of hearings

The parliamentary committee is scheduled to hear evidence on corruption in the policing system until 20 February

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has replaced its long-standing president, Vuyolwethu Zungula. (@ATMovement_SA/Twitter)

African Transformation Movement replaces president in bid to grow party

Caesar Nongqunga is the ATM’s new president, while Vuyolwethu Zungula remains the parliamentary leader

IFP leader Velenkosi Hlabisa. (@GovernmentZA/X)

Hlabisa calls for stability as VAT fallout threatens to capsize GNU

The Inkatha Freedom Party president said the VAT debate should not be weaponised to derail the coalition government’s primary mandate of ensuring economic stability and service delivery

Disability rights: Ramaphosa’s delay on Copyright Amendment Bill angers Blind SA

Blind SA has criticised the president for missing the signing deadline, which is impacting access to accessible formats for the visually impaired

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: by PresidencyZA)

Ramaphosa rebukes Malema’s allegations of betrayal during liberation struggle

The president cautioned the Economic Freedom Fighters leader to play the ball, not the man

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

New rules apply as Cyril Ramaphosa and his GNU cabinet get down to work

There were none of the usual tantrums, bravado and insults when the cabinet held its first lekgotla

President Cyril Ramaphosa has laid strong foundations for the G20. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty Images

Ramaphosa to announce cabinet at 9pm on Sunday

The president has made plain his impatience to lock down a deal and name his new executive

New faces, old scandals: The familiar staleness of South Africa’s 2024 National Assembly

It’s too early to judge how this parliament will perform, but the notion that 2024 will be a refresh for our politics must surely be declared stillborn

President Cyril Ramaphosa with Chief Justice Raymond Zondo after taking the presidential oath. (Pool)

FULL COVERAGE | Cyril Ramaphosa is inaugurated

The president said the formation of a Government of National Unity was the beginning of a new era for South Africa

President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa gestures after he was announced South African president after members of parliament voted during the first sitting of the country’s new  parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024. (Photo by WIKUS DE WET / AFP)

FULL COVERAGE | Inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa

Following much pomp and ceremony, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will administer the Presidential Oath of Office, after which Ramaphosa will give an address

Jacob Zuma, former South African president and leader of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party), during a news conference at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) national results operation centre in Midrand, South Africa, on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Jacob Zuma’s MK party off to ConCourt to try interdict first sitting of parliament

The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president