<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:category="http://www.arena.com/rss/category/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[TimesLive]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za</link><atom:link href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/arc/outboundfeeds/rss/category/politics/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[TimesLive News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:16:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[ANC faces R40m seizure from bank accounts]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/elections-2026/2026-10-03-anc-faces-r40m-seizure-from-bank-accounts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/elections-2026/2026-10-03-anc-faces-r40m-seizure-from-bank-accounts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mduduzi  Nonyane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The ANC is facing an attempt to seize nearly R40m from its bank accounts, including those earmarked for elections, fundraising and salaries, after a private company moved to enforce a debt it says the party has failed to settle for more than seven years]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/L4JS3IHDKVG43H7SGP4IAJUYCE.jpg?auth=c8648b3a3bee35a078c147e7737cd9889396278622146d8ef079e7839d4c9862&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa conducts a walkabout at Mega City Mall in Umlazi, south of  Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday engaging with residents as part of the ANC’s local government election campaign in eThekwini. Photo: Sandile Ndlovu]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SANDILE NDLOVU</media:credit></media:content><category>News</category><category:id>/news</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEC software can’t override constitutional rights, ANC tells ConCourt]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/elections-2026/2026-10-03-anc-tells-concourt-iec-software-cant-override-constitutional-rights/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/elections-2026/2026-10-03-anc-tells-concourt-iec-software-cant-override-constitutional-rights/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thabo Mokone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Party asks apex court to order that candidates can register for polls, saying voters will be disenfranchised otherwise]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/ORSMOTBOBJGTLHKGAM2VBWPR3E.jpg?auth=e968a0c440a38016e69edf8d00231e527c204a0077b955e1a24cc60edc970d3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Refilwe Kholomonyane</media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Give my friend Cele the penthouse’ - Matlala ]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-04-give-my-friend-cele-the-penthouse-matlala/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-04-give-my-friend-cele-the-penthouse-matlala/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thanduxolo Jika]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A 370-page police report, completed in April, has recommended that Cele be criminally prosecuted for allegedly receiving unlawful “gratification” from companies linked to Matlala, including luxury penthouse accommodation and hundreds of thousands of rands]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:13:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/QQHG42TQ5NAEVEMMZ5XGGD22ZE.jpg?auth=73c5cef0256581f9f4b1ff9463baa0cd14b6ea832c35bc8ad52786f6f58adee6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former police minister Bheki Cele and Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nolo Moima</media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charge Bheki Cele: police forensic report]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-charge-cele-police-forensic-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-charge-cele-police-forensic-report/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thanduxolo Jika]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A police forensic report into former police minister Bheki Cele has recommended he be criminally prosecuted for allegedly receiving unlawful “gratification” from Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s companies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/QQHG42TQ5NAEVEMMZ5XGGD22ZE.jpg?auth=73c5cef0256581f9f4b1ff9463baa0cd14b6ea832c35bc8ad52786f6f58adee6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former police minister Bheki Cele received “gratification” and “private benefits” from Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala, according to a joint forensic investigation. Picture: Nolo Moima]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nolo Moima</media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for probe into ANC election list ‘error’ ]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-nec-members-demand-probe-into-error-that-left-anc-mayoral-candidates-off-election-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-nec-members-demand-probe-into-error-that-left-anc-mayoral-candidates-off-election-list/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kgothatso Madisa]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Party leaders say it’s no coincidence that individuals nominated by communities were the ones excluded]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/AWK6GTNLRZBYLOTU76KYTEAJFI.jpg?auth=bd933d127cecffef810def2dacf548f5f608db8ef8a1a77c7fccdd680d7de8b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa during the party's nanifesto launch in Riverside, Diepsloot, Johannesburg. File photo: Antonio Muchave]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ANTONIO MUCHAVE </media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[NOMBEKO MBAVA | Whichever way you cut it, running a town takes financial discipline ]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026-10-03-nombeko-mbava-whichever-way-you-cut-it-running-a-town-takes-financial-discipline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026-10-03-nombeko-mbava-whichever-way-you-cut-it-running-a-town-takes-financial-discipline/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nombeko Mbava Mbava]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some parties want to bring more municipal functions in-house, others favour outsourcing. Both options entail costs, writes Dr Nombeko Mbava.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/ITUUPITRGFBCDBMDBX37CPHCFA.jpg?auth=4e0f92061350caebd63507fdf3470199d6bf09333100131954b2917e8b065d1b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Outsourcing costs money in contracts and oversight, says the writer. Stock photo: 123RF/etiamos
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">123RF/etiamos</media:credit></media:content><category>Opinion</category><category:id>/opinion-and-analysis/opinion</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFF sues Fikile Mbalula over ‘anti-foreigner smear’ ]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-eff-sues-fikile-mbalula-over-anti-foreigner-smear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-eff-sues-fikile-mbalula-over-anti-foreigner-smear/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mduduzi  Nonyane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The EFF is suing ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula for R250,000 in damages, accusing him of defaming the party by claiming it had been knocking on people’s doors and telling foreign nationals to leave South Africa]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/6MJ3PNECSFCCTME3LFICBXMXX4.jpg?auth=75843c92f415746bfea8c4788479135cc41a890701e6387c745d146a3fd7b9b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula is being sued by the EFF. File photo: Refilwe Kholomonyane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Refilwe Kholomonyane</media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[PETER BRUCE | A strange quiet hangs over these elections]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026-10-03-peter-bruce-a-strange-quiet-hangs-over-these-elections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026-10-03-peter-bruce-a-strange-quiet-hangs-over-these-elections/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Bruce]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But there are fascinating results in the offing, writes Peter Bruce. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/LRCBNTB2FZHA3OZSWWV6UTN6HA.jpg?auth=4d6a3d33628c3a0cfbb551c3edac1058791d6ce514aa413dd169a101da685774&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille takes a moment to interact with members of the DA in Wynberg at the launch of their Billboard campaign. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Refilwe Kholomonyane</media:credit></media:content><category>Opinion</category><category:id>/opinion-and-analysis/opinion</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Water tanker mafia’ billboard taken down]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/elections-2026/2026-10-03-water-tanker-mafia-billboard-taken-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/elections-2026/2026-10-03-water-tanker-mafia-billboard-taken-down/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasantha Naidoo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A DA billboard in KwaZulu-Natal bearing the words “stop the water tanker mafia”, with the faces of eThekwini’s top three municipal officials displayed across it, has been removed amid legal threats]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/S6BGXYI42JAODGYFH73I75QD5U.jpg?auth=3edd9cf041ac9c4093b45452c3e7b63bd557f8b8fd8f690f39cf04db7743ac30&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The DA's 'stop water tanker mafia' billboard on the N2 bearing the faces of eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba, municipal manager Musa Mbhele and technical services director Ednick Msweli has ruffled feathers]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SUPPLIED</media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Get out of the kitchen,’ Lamola tells Bozell]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-st-1004-us-ambassador-bozell-demarched-for-third-time-in-nine-months-over-undiplomatic-conduct/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-10-03-st-1004-us-ambassador-bozell-demarched-for-third-time-in-nine-months-over-undiplomatic-conduct/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kgothatso Madisa]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[South Africa has issued a third formal diplomatic protest in nine months against US ambassador to SA Leo Brent Bozell III for undiplomatic conduct and interference in domestic politics, according to international relations minister Ronald Lamola.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/GUT7E6THANCXJGDFKB5X6UNZSE.jpg?auth=301b829b4a0fcea15169770317627c3c3531eeb7543b55ed497b9237fe6fae39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[International relations minister Ronald Lamola. File photo: Thapelo Morebudi]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Picture: Thapelo Morebudi/Sunday Times</media:credit></media:content><category>Politics</category><category:id>/politics</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plug pulled on bill proposing creation of super-SOE  ]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/business/2026-10-03-plug-pulled-on-bill-proposing-creation-of-super-soe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/business/2026-10-03-plug-pulled-on-bill-proposing-creation-of-super-soe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kabelo Khumalo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Presidency’s withdrawal of bill follows criticism over lack of solutions for struggling state entities and possibility of political interference]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/WMERGM25VVPPFCYD66TDPNSOTU.png?auth=21d8aac40f2d95328fb869669d972c4b63065efe8bdc2e2a779bd19aca05b8e6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Business and bondholders question effectiveness of new SOE holding structure, pictured, Eskom head offices at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. File photo.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Freddy Mavunda</media:credit></media:content><category>News</category><category:id>/business/news</category:id></item><item><title><![CDATA[BIG READ | The price of municipal failure]]></title><link>https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/business/2026-10-03-big-read-the-price-of-municipal-failure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/business/2026-10-03-big-read-the-price-of-municipal-failure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kabelo Khumalo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Billions in irregular spending and weak accountability are compounding the crisis in South Africa’s local government]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/resizer/v2/636KCLVVWZADZOPF46FUZSGKJ4.jpg?auth=f16598d04a2822b4d258b7d3f5f2de28c2f4d981a63905556e943fb2306836df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="800"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dirty and filthy water outside the Alexandra Magistrate Court. Picture: Emanuel Majola]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Emanuel  Majola</media:credit></media:content><category>News</category><category:id>/business/news</category:id></item></channel></rss>