JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS Taylor Swift and stolen church money emerge as JSC grills ConCourt candidates 5 min 4 By Rebecca Davis
PARLIAMENT Ramaphosa says he ‘would like’ fewer deputy ministers, but political realities dictate otherwise 4 min 14 By Nonkululeko Njilo
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Shamila Batohi leaves behind a divided legacy, with search for NPA successor yet to start 9 min 9 By Victoria O’Regan
NPA UNDER FIRE ‘A refuge for the connected’ — ActionSA slams NPA, calls for Batohi’s removal 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
BUDGET 2025 DA federal executive to meet over GNU while party heads to court over fiscal framework vote 4 min 6 By Suné Payne
PARLIAMENT SAHRC calls for banning from agriculture of highly toxic pesticides that have killed many children 3 min 7 By Marianne Thamm
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Agriculture Minister faces scrutiny as South Africa delays ban on toxic organophosphates after child deaths 4 min 21 By Marianne Thamm
IN THE HOUSE The GNU, ‘weakened’ opposition benches and the seventh Parliament 7 min 6 By Suné Payne and Victoria O'Regan
GNU OPPOSITION ‘We had to attack first to defend the party,’ says ActionSA’s Mashaba on Tshwane 5 min 3 By Suné Payne
ANALYSIS Mashaba’s 180-degree turn on working with the ANC reveals his post-election predicament 4 min 30 By Stephen Grootes
CONTROVERSY Disgraced judge John Hlophe will serve on JSC after GNU fails to come together 5 min 85 By Rebecca Davis
PARTY STRIFE ActionSA to ‘root out’ wrongdoing by its members in City of Tshwane caucus 4 min 0 By Queenin Masuabi and Michelle Banda
POLITRIX ‘Mean and greedy’ – Athol Trollip on the ANC and ‘chaos’ in Nelson Mandela Bay 3 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Nelson Mandela Bay ex-DA councillors had a ‘corrupt relationship’ with ANC 5 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
ANALYSIS South Africa has a political field and Herman Mashaba has a play – but the result is uncertain 4 min 15 By Stephen Grootes
DEFECTION ActionSA announces Athol Trollip as party’s Eastern Cape chair 3 min 3 By Bheki C. Simelane
ANALYSIS DA manoeuvres: Steenhuisen frontrunner for parliamentary leader as Trollip remains an NMB councillor 4 min 0 By Marianne Merten
DA QUAKE Helen Zille’s putsch breaks the DA as Maimane and Trollip quit their posts 3 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
DA Federal Council As DA bleeds support, will Zille’s win push it into the space of a Freedom Front Plus lite? 5 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
Analysis DA goes to council over its future, with Zille placed as frontrunner for key post 6 min 0 By Marianne Merten
