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IOL News
2 hours ago
- Politics
- IOL News
News you should know tonight: Top 5 stories you may have missed on July 16, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa claims the Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed with challenges in mind, including unemployment, rampant crime, poverty, corruption, and restoring the trust of the people, despite the ANC having lost its majority in the May 2024 general elections. Phando Jikelo Good evening, IOL News family! It's Wednesday, July 16, 2025, and it's time for a wrap of the biggest headlines making waves in South Africa and beyond. Don't forget to join the IOL WhatsApp Channel to stay in tune, informed, and in the know. Hlophe to Ramaphosa: 'A President broken beyond repair, your couch swallowed millions, you claim to fight corruption?' MK Party deputy president and MP John Hlophe launched a scathing attack on President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament on Wednesday, calling him a 'President broken beyond repair' and accusing him of hypocrisy over the Phala Phala scandal. To read on, click here. Ramaphosa says GNU was formed to fix unemployment, crime, and corruption in SA President Cyril Ramaphosa claims the Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed with challenges in mind, including unemployment, rampant crime, poverty, corruption, and restoring the trust of the people, despite the ANC having lost its majority in the May 2024 general elections. To read on, click here. ANC and DA condemn MK Party's chaos over Division of Revenue Bill The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has criticised the MK Party for its handling and ultimate rejection of the Division of Revenue (DORA) Bill, which was passed during a special sitting of the KZN Legislature on Tuesday. To read on, click here. 'Choose your emojis carefully': Workplaces urged to establish emoji use policies Companies can no longer afford to ignore the use of emojis in the workplace, and should take steps to update their social media policies. To read on, click here. ARVs in the water: Department of Health calls for serious action The Department of Health believes that while the discovery of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in the country's tap water and rivers means those needing them are taking them, there is a need for stakeholders who clean our water to be more responsible. To read on, click here. Get your news on the go, click here to join the IOL News WhatsApp channel. IOL News
TimesLIVE
3 hours ago
- Politics
- TimesLIVE
'We are making progress,' says Papo on ANC Gauteng's regional conferences
The ANC's Gauteng provincial task team (PTT) has announced that preparations are under way for the four regions expected to go to conference. PTT co-ordinator Hope Papo said they have made 'good progress,' in meeting the targets announced by party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula earlier this year on the guidelines to be met before a region being eligible for internal elections. The four regions, Greater Johannesburg, Greater Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Sedibeng, are expected to hold conferences to elect new leadership this year. Papo said the regions reported making inroads on the political education front, saying the foundation course mandated for branches to undergo has been well received. 'More than 140 branches in both Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni have made significant strides in completing the five foundation course modules, reinforcing a culture of ideological work and political discipline. More work is continuing at branch level to implement the foundation course.' Hailing the course as a cornerstone of the party's long-standing renewal agenda, he added that the PTT has resolved to ensure that all outstanding branches conclude the modules as expected. Another standard set for eligibility is community outreach, which the party believes will help it reconnect with voters at the grassroots level. 'Through Letsema campaigns and other programmes, branches are reconnecting with communities, addressing local concerns, and rebuilding trust with the people,' he said. Papo conceded that the consolidation of recruitment remains a challenge, but said that their upper structures are looking to rectify the issue. 'Though there are still teething problems with the ANC online membership system, they are being attended to daily by the ANC national organising and membership department working directly with regions and branches. Efforts have been and are continuing to be made through the new ANC online membership system to ensure accuracy in branch membership information ahead of BBGMs and BGMs.' The conferences are scheduled to be held between July and August. However, Papo indicated that previously communicated conference road maps may be altered, indicating a possible change to some of the dates. 'Where necessary, RTTs should rework their conference road maps to ensure maximum participation of branches. We will also intensify support to RTTs to ensure unifying and credible conference processes. 'That will include working with branches and regions to gather all the facts to subject cases of disruption of a few BBGMs to disciplinary processes of the organisation. No one has a right to deny ANC members their right to meet and exercise their internal democratic processes.' These internal contests will be crucial for the party, as the regional leaders elected are will be spearheading Luthuli House's campaign to claw back electoral support during the upcoming local government elections. The PTT reported that they recognise the need to consolidate organisational readiness for the upcoming local polls. Papo revealed that the task team has established a provincial list committee in line with guidelines set by the party headquarters. 'A full-time provincial elections machinery is being established, supported by a structured campaign strategy focused on targeting areas of electoral decline, including suburbs and historically marginalised communities, strengthening by-election performance, party agent training, and deployment logistics and intensifying youth-focused campaigns through increased voter registration, ID drives and sectoral outreach.'
Eyewitness News
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
EFF says it will take disciplinary action against former Polokwane councillor
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said it would be taking disciplinary action against its Polokwane councillor who was expelled for not attending council meetings. Former ward 13 councillor, Mafiwa Leballo, was expelled by the Polokwane council this year. This triggered a by-election in a ward where the EFF's president, Julius Malema, is registered as a voter. READ: Polokwane ANC plays down fears of vote-splitting in ward 13 by-election Malema was in Seshego on Wednesday to cast his ballot in the by-election. "We have learned a big lesson, and that's why I said at the Tshela Thupa Rally that we need to have disciplinary action. The municipality cannot take action, and we don't take action because that will be to encourage ill-discipline. A lot of resources have been utilised for this day alone because of the conduct of one individual. The organisation cannot turn a blind eye."
Eyewitness News
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Gauteng ANC wants comprehensive report into murders of several municipal officials
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng wants a comprehensive report from law enforcement authorities on investigations into the murders of several municipal officials. This was sparked by the recent gruesome murder of the Ekurhuleni Metro's senior auditor, Mpho Mafole. Mafole was shot on the R23 highway in Kempton Park by unknown gunmen. During a media briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday, the ANC in Gauteng condemned the targeting of municipal officials. Earlier this month, Eyewitness News reported that the murder of senior city of Ekurhuleni Auditor Mpho Mafole was connected to his investigation into the disappearance of R2 billion. Just days before his assassination, Mafole had submitted a report and charge sheet outlining those implicated in the metro's R2 billion shortfall. African National Congress Gauteng co-convenor, Hope Papo, warned that the ongoing killings of auditors and municipal officials would deter others from carrying out their duties diligently, out of fear for their safety. "The Gauteng premier, Panyaza Lesufi, must urgently engage law enforcement agencies to get a report on the cases currently being investigated and to request closed cases to be reopened in all regions." In Tshwane, an ANC ward councillor was recently killed in a hail of bullets.
Daily Maverick
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Maverick
Art for South Africa: The Mimi Coertse Collection
Mimi Coertse, famed opera singer, is universally known as 'The Voice for South Africa', a title she earned in the 1950s, 60s and 70s when she indefatigably sang the most famous soprano roles on international opera house stages, defying the global cultural boycott against South Africa at the time. Few know that she was also an avid art collector. Her voice exemplified the misfortunes of many well-known female roles in the best-loved operas: the perturbation of Lucia; the despair of Norma; the sorrow of Konstanze; the dirge of Violetta. All these and many more captured audiences all over the world. She sang in no fewer than 29 operas in her lifetime, on world stages in Austria – her favourite, the Viennese Opera House – Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, England, France, Hungary and the United States. Small wonder that Mimi's taste in art reflects a proclivity for women artists: Cecil Higgs, Irma Stern, Maud Sumner, and Marjorie Wallace, certainly her favourites. The Sumner, the jewel in the crown of her art collection, dating from the artist's most fruitful sojourn in Paris in the 1930s, 40s, and early 50s, depicts Sumner's typical subject matter of the time: intimate interiors with a model surrounded by an abundant flower still-life on the table in front of her. Other notables in the Mimi Coertse collection include such artists as Walter Battiss, Carl Büchner, W.H. Coetzer, and Maurice van Essche. After Mimi's permanent return to South Africa in the 1970s, her 'Voice' contributed in a significant way to the building of a new South Africa. She knew Nelson Mandela well and was honoured by the ANC. Even though her music room in Waterkloof, Pretoria was burned down by cowardly white racists, she initiated various projects that promoted opportunities especially for singers of other races in the country. Her involvement with Afrikaans literature is also legendary. A true icon with an iconic art collection. A true icon with an iconic art collection, Mimi Coertse's legacy continues to resonate across the arts. The upcoming sale of her collection forms part of a larger celebration of South African creativity and is preceded by Contemporary South African Ceramics: New Perspectives, an auction that spotlights innovation and craftsmanship in the country's rich ceramic traditions. DM Upcoming Events Johannesburg Preview Weekend Strauss & Co, 89 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg Join Strauss & Co specialists for a walkabout and preview of the upcoming Johannesburg Auctions of Modern and Contemporary Art & Contemporary South Africa Ceramics. Saturday, 19 July 2025 – RSVP Sunday, 20 July 2025 – RSVP Live Virtual Auctions Watch the auctions in person at Strauss & Co in Johannesburg or online. Strauss & Co, 89 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at 2pm Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at 7pm
