Loyiso Sidimba

Multimedia Journalist, Politics

Parties share R200m two weeks before elections

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Electoral Commission of SA says money was allocated to parties represented in the national and provincial legislatures this week

ANC Veterans League says party must act against leaders implicated in wrongdoing

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League president wants scrutiny on leaders implicated VBS Mutual Bank collapse, state capture inquiry and ANC lists manipulation

At World Court, South Africa says genocide ongoing in Gaza

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Reports emerge on the day of the International Court of Justice hearing that a group lawyers want the ANC to be investigated for allegedly receiving bribes from ...

Fight over exco seat won by DA heads to Concourt

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Limpopo-based political party seeking confirmation of high court ruling declaring Municipal Systems Act unconstitutional, invalid

Entities in trouble for using Mandela, Google names

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Tribunal of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission rules in favour of Madiba’s foundation and tech giant

Former Transnet bosses must repay more money for bribes

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Managers who got bribes for almost R140m in tenders must pay back more

MK Party rocked by resignation as it awaits Zuma judgment

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The new party’s legal advisor becomes the latest high profile member to dump it

ANC VBS suspects won’t get info from NPA

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Court refuses bid by two of over dozen suspects to obtain further particulars from NPA in relation to their case

Another ANC MP cries foul over Parly list process

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Governing party under fire after accusations of tampering of list process to lower her position

Bid to oust Chief Justice Zondo from IEC, Zuma candidacy case

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Attempt to force Chief Justice Raymond Zondo from case between the Electoral Commission of SA and ex-president Jacob Zuma launched

Gold mining syndicate set to lose properties, cars, and cash

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Prosecutors obtain an order to auction houses, vehicles and money belonging to members, partners of an illegal gold mining group

ANC affiliation, nepotism allegations, spark complaint on traffic officers’ irregular hiring

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Public Protector’s provincial representative asked to probe millions to be spent on 50 trainee traffic inspectors appointed after questionable recruitment process ...

Top judge concerned about judiciary’s lack of resources from government

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Senior judicial officer disappointed at justice ministry’s failure to tackle long-standing under-capacitation of courts

ANC expels rape accused North West councillor

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Party worried that community has not had council representation for nine months since arrest for multiple sexual offences

Struggling KZN council forced to honour wage hike deal

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Newcastle local municipality wanted to avoid increasing pay for almost 1 400 employees, citing declining revenue, debt and the impact of Covid-19

Ex-public protector’s battle for R10m payout

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Mkhwebane has approached the North Gauteng High Court in a bid to have Gcaleka and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s refusal to pay the gratuity due and payable to her ...

Parliamentary political parties to share R325m this year

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Opposition fighting bill that changes allocation criteria to favour ANC, DA when doling out millions of rands in public funds

Ngcukaitobi: Expropriation Bill not for landless, a political football

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Bill giving the greenlight to some expropriation of land without compensation questioned after being passed by Parliament and now awaits the president’s signature ...

Eviction from posh Tshwane home looms for ANC stalwart Mendi Msimang’s family

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Ex-ANC treasurer-general’s son and former SA Air Force chief loses bid to hang on to Waterkloof Ridge property 45%-owned by his father

Government not abandoning fight to halt Mandela heritage objects sale

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The government is not ruling out further legal action after yet another failed attempt to stop the selling of the global icon’s historical items in the US.

IEC defends decision to challenge ruling in favour of JZ

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IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said the commission lodged an urgent application directly to the Constitutional Court to appeal the orders of the Electoral ...

State employees to face criminal charges for doing business with government

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SAPS set to deal with government staff doing business with their employer despite prohibition

Phala Phala ‘politically volatile’ but nothing to do with elections – public protector

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Delays in high court review of Phala Phala have nothing to do with the upcoming polls, Kholeka Gcaleka says

Champion boxer, ex-footballer, families and pastor accused of rape, among Parliament candidates

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Next week, the Electoral Commission of SA is set to release final list of the candidates and political parties contesting the May 29 polls

Public Protector defends Phala Phala report

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Kholeka Gcaleka accuses non-profit organisation that has taken her to court of making assumptions and leaps of logic