DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party tried all it could to save its dethroned Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse but “the price was too high to pay”.

All eyes on President Cyril Ramaphosa to see if he will wield the axe in his cabinet in the new year.

Nationalisation of the Reserve Bank, the energy crisis, a basic income grant and the step aside rule are among issues expected to dominate discussions at the ANC conference once the leadership contest has been settled.

Remove the dark cloud over Mkhize so that we deal with facts, he says

Deputy minister of public enterprises Phumulo Masualle is unapologetic about opposing the re-election of his boss, President Cyril Ramaphosa - even at the risk of losing his job.

Former Ekurhuleni mayor believed to be unhappy with lack of support for his bid to be nominated as treasurer-general

As calls grow for the SACP to ditch the ANC led tripartite alliance and go it alone in the elections, deputy finance minister David Masondo has urged communists to swell the ranks of the governing party and not be swayed by “deliberate attempts to get the communists out of the ANC”.

The chickens have come home to roost for the ANC as load-shedding prevents thousands of branches from holding their general meetings - with only two weeks to deadline

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba is at loggerheads with his party’s highest decision making body, the senate, over the direction the party should take in Gauteng coalition talks.

MPs come to Maluleke’s defence after she is cleared of wrongdoing.