The real Commander in Chief President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in charge against all odds. By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian, Politics JOHANNESBURG – The ANC has drawn its line and dared the opposition to cross it. At a tense special sitting of the National Executive Committee this week, the party resolved to stand fully behind President Cyril Ramaphosa, rejecting calls for him to resign over the Phala Phala scandal and preparing for a parliamentary fight that could d

Polokwane Executive Mayor Makoro John Mpe visits artist Babethe Gashoazen at Mediclinic Polokwane, offering support after the Fetakgomo Tubatse accident that claimed the life of Nova Sa Style. By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian, Political News POLOKWANE – When tragedy struck the local music community in Fetakgomo Tubatse, Polokwane Executive Mayor Makoro John Mpe did not wait for a press release. Mpe who is also Limpopo ANC Provincial Chairperson went to the hospita

By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian 14 May 2026, Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has pulled the plug on Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe, removing her from Cabinet on Thursday after months of scandal, defiance, and a war with her own department that left the ministry in tatters. The firing ends a tenure defined by questionable appointments, undeclared luxury gifts, and an escalating fight with former staff that exposed deep dysfunction

By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian 14 May 2026, Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has refused to blink. And in doing so, he has blown up the ANC’s backroom plan to force him out before 2029. In a move that has stunned both allies and detractors, Ramaphosa announced he will not resign and will take the Section 189 panel report on the Phala Phala farm theft to judicial review. That single decision has effectively halted the parliamentary impeachment

By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian 14 May 2026, Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has refused to be pushed out. And with one decision, he’s turned the ANC’s internal war on its head. On Monday night, Ramaphosa told the nation he will not resign. He will not be forced out by “those who seek to reverse the renewal of our society, the rebuilding of our institutions and the prosecution of corruption.” More importantly, he announced he is taking the S

Nthambeleni Mukwevho, executive manager of Stats SA Limpopo, arrested on a crimen injuria charge over alleged verbal abuse and use of the k-word against staff. By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian 13 May 2026, Polokwane POLOKWANE – The man charged with running Statistics South Africa in Limpopo is now facing criminal charges for allegedly doing the one thing he was meant to prevent: degrading and intimidating the people under him. Nthambeleni Mukwevho, executive manag