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Speechwriters conjure up Tintswalo to breathe a little life into Sona — but not for very long

Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku is going ahead with her court case against the University of Fort Hare despite the university clearing her to graduate.Faku scored a major victory on Monday when the university’s lawyers wrote to her apologising and assuring her that she would finally be awarded her law degree this year.

The marriage between the ANC and EFF in the eThekwini council has reached a bitter end as the former launches a fightback against the parties that tried to remove mayor Mxolisi Kaunda.

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has cautioned against the growing anti-immigration sentiments and the spread of disinformation as the country gears for the polls.

The party eulogised the MCA as a dedicated, hardworking, and loyal member.

Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi has poured cold water on the possibility of working with the uMkhonto weSizwe party and says forming a coalition with the ANC would not be their “first choice”.

As the Nelson Mandela Bay council moves to decide whether to suspend city manager Noxolo Nqwazi, she has labelled the latest attempt unlawful, unconstitutional and irrational.

As Nelson Mandela Bay National Alliance councillor Gary van Niekerk braces for a second attempt to oust him as mayor, his coalition partners have got his back before a council meeting on Thursday.

Tintswalo, the mythical “democracy’s child” created by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his state of the nation speech to illustrate the similarly mythical achievements of the ANC government over three decades in power, has caused some serious blowback for the governing party.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2024 state of the nation address has, as expected, drawn mixed reactions.