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Jailed VBS boss Tshifhiwa Matodzi details meeting EFF leader Julius Malema and deputy president Floyd Shivambu and allegedly donating millions to the party. File photo.Image: Kabelo Mokoena

‘R5m and R1m paid monthly to EFF’: Jailed VBS boss Tshifhiwa Matodzi’s testimony on cleaning Zuma mess

Affidavit details meeting at red beret’s Sandton penthouse with Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu. Jailed former VBS Mutual Bank chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi claims in his testimony that the EFF was paid R5m and R1m monthly “donations” to…

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. File photo.Image: Eugene Coetzee

Mashaba hails parties putting their differences aside to oust ‘failed and uncaring government’

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has hailed political parties in the “multiparty charter for South Africa” for putting their differences aside and finding ways to oust the ANC. The multiparty charter consist of the DA‚ IFP‚ FF Plus‚…

EFF leader Julius Malema.Image: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

Money‚ cows‚ groceries and buses — Malema asks for donations to fund EFF’s 10th birthday bash

EFF leader Julius Malema has asked for donations to “finance the revolution” ahead of the party’s 10th anniversary. Malema on Monday shared a video asking for donations from “peace-loving South Africans and revolutionaries from the…

Saftu will join the EFF in its ‘mother of national shutdowns’ against load-shedding and other service delivery issues.Image: Nqubeko Mbhele

The 11 demands Saftu wants met before ‘national shutdown’

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has issued a list of 11 demands it wants met before the planned “national shutdown” on March 20. The federation will join the EFF in its “mother of national shutdowns” against…

Outgoing ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe.Image: Sandile Ndlovu.

Pule Mabe clears the air on ANC’s stance on national shutdown amid ongoing load-shedding

Outgoing ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe has cleared the air on the ANC’s stance on a national shutdown as load-shedding continues‚ saying the ruling party never called for a shutdown. This comes after it was reported on Wednesday the ANC was…

‘There’s nothing he’s going to do to help Eskom’: Shivambu on Ramaphosa cutting his trip short© Provided by Times Live

‘There’s nothing he’s going to do to help Eskom’: Shivambu on Ramaphosa cutting his trip short

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to cut short his overseas visit and return to the country is nothing but a “gimmick”. The president cut his international trip short on Monday after Queen…

Hillary Gardee, 28, has been found dead, the family has confirmed.Image: Hillary Gardee via Facebook

Hillary Gardee found dead, says ‘heartbroken’ EFF

Postgraduate student Hillary Gardee, 28, the daughter of former EFF secretary-general and attorney Godrich Gardee who disappeared four days ago, has been found dead. EFF spokesperson Sinawo Tambo, speaking on behalf of the Gardee family,…

Dali Mpofu has questioned Bheki Cele’s claims.Image: Deaan Vivier

‘He must be ashamed of himself’ — Dali Mpofu takes fresh shots at Cele over ‘plot’ to get rid of him

Dali Mpofu has slammed police minister Bheki Cele’s claims that EFF leader Julius Malema and national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole plotted to remove him from his position. During the state of the nation address (Sona) debate in…

EFF MP Naledi Chirwa caused an uproar for calling President Cyril Ramaphosa a ‘weak little boy’.Image: Twitter/Naledi Chirwa

‘That’s no way to talk to an adult’ — EFF MP under fire for calling Cyril Ramaphosa a ‘weak little boy’

EFF MP Naledi Chirwa has come under fire for calling President Cyril Ramaphosa a “weak little boy”. Chirwa on Monday morning responded to Ramaphosa’s weekly newsletter‚ in which he addressed the torching of parliament and the contents of…

PARTY LUNCH: DA federal council chair Helen Zille, right, addresses party members and local businesspeople at a lunch at Luxe Molen Hotel in Komani recently. Harcourts’ Moira Pappas, left, and DA councillor Tokkie Deysel look on Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

Reaching point of no return, says Zille EFF, DA say infrastructure maintenance a priority

With local government elections just around the corner, the DA and EFF expressed their views on how the two parties would improve service delivery. DA federal chairperson Helen Zille said there were places in SA in which the…

EFF bigwigs lead anti-corruption march to CHDM and EMLM offices in Komani

EFF national leaders Floyd Shivambu and Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi led a march to the Chris Hani District Municipality and Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality offices in Komani this afternoon to deliver a memorandum of demands calling for an end to…

EFF leader Julius Malema’s lawyers have written to the DA demanding that party leader John Steenhuisen retract allegations that Malema incited the recent violence. File photo.Image: ALON SKUY

Malema vs the DA: How things got to a R1m lawsuit

Political squabbles between EFF leader Julius Malema and the DA continue to play out in public following threats of a R1m lawsuit. On Monday Malema threatened to take the DA and party leader John Steenhuisen to court over allegations made…

MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus, who was suspended by the ANC on Wednesday, speaks to media outside former president Jacob Zuma’s home in Nkandla at the weekend.Image: SANDILE NDLOVU

ANC suspends ‘very rogue’ Carl Niehaus

The ANC has suspended controversial party member and staffer Carl Niehaus with immediate effect. This comes after Niehaus on Tuesday released a statement defying the ANC national executive committee (NEC) decision to disband the uMkhonto…

Former public protector Prof Thuli Madonsela has questioned a lack of accountability for individuals who are holding rallies. File photo.Image: TREVOR SAMSON

Thuli Madonsela: ‘How come those organising rallies are not arrested or held accountable?’

Former public protector Prof Thuli Madonsela says she is “baffled” that some citizens face arrest for the violation of lockdown regulations‚ while those organising rallies seemingly escape accountability. SA is under alert level 4‚ which…

The EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has been cleared of rape allegations by the police.Image: Gallo images

Ndlozi and ‘mistaken identity’ in rape charges: Support rolls in after police clear him

Support for EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has been rolling in after the police cleared him of rape allegations‚ saying he was not the man being investigated in the case. According to Daily Sun‚ a 23-year-old woman alleged she was raped by…