5+ hour, 29+ min ago  (443+ words) We are unlikely ever to know. Four years on, what happened at Phala Phala remains murky and, unusually for a man presumably keen to rebut the scurrilous accusations of his political enemies, the president has done everything possible to ensure…...

1+ hour ago  (700+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to block the establishment of an impeachment committee. President Cyril Ramaphosa looks set to interdict the Phala Phala impeachment, aimed at stalling the Section 89 committee process following a Constitutional Court (Con Court) ruling." ANC sources…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (194+ words) By Norman Mwale | Africa Correspondent President Cyril Ramaphosa has ruled out resignation after the Constitutional Court revived parliamentary impeachment proceedings against him over the Phala Phala farm scandal, declaring in a nationally televised address that stepping down would betray both…...

57+ min ago  (111+ words) JOHANNESBURG - Solidarity has welcomed the Constitutional Court ruling on the Certificate of Need. The union calls the judgment a major victory for healthcare practitioners and the public. The court struck down sections of the National Health Act linked to the…...

27+ min ago  (616+ words) Deep dive into the President's Question Session on jobs, crime, money, and trust. Explore R890bn investments, youth unemployment, and more. President Ramaphosa's Q&A focused on securing R890 billion in investments, creating 230, 000 jobs, and setting a R3 trillion five-year target. He unveiled the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (525+ words) His address to the nation was legally sound but morally flawed THE Phala Phala matter is like an onion; the more you peel it, the more it stinks. It is like an inferno burning in the bush, where if the…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago  (390+ words) In 2022 a respected former chief justice, Sandile Ngcobo, chaired a panel tasked with ascertaining whether anything worthy of the considered attention of a presidential removal from office committee of the National Assembly was in evidence before his panel. Instead, he…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago  (436+ words) Former president Thabo Mbeki. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen The ANC has refuted reports of tensions at its special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting over comments allegedly made about former President Thabo Mbeki and the Phala Phala saga. Reports emerged…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago  (693+ words) Former Eastern Cape ANC chairperson Phumulo Masualle was the only member to break ranks during a tense ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting last week as senior leaders rallied behind President Cyril Ramaphosa amid the ongoing Phala Phala fallout. According…...

28+ min ago  (381+ words) " May 18, 2026 Pressure on Geordin Hill-Lewis to save President Cyril Ramaphosa is being applied because Ramaphosa could now viably be turfed out of office on two fronts. That makes Hill-Lewis central to South Africa's immediate political future " as he in practice…...