Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist

Mawande AmaShabalala is a political journalist and storyteller at the Sunday Times.

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
EFF more popular than Julius Malema as party celebrates 10 years

The party was established in 2013, and a year later just more than a million voters gave it the nod for the National Assembly and provincial ...

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
Gauteng department head keeps job despite damning findings

Matilda Gasela ‘engaged in financial mismanagement’ and was recommended for criminal prosecution by SIU and a forensic investigation

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
No cabinet appointment for David Makhura as ANC places him in Luthuli House

The ANC NEC has ended speculation that former Gauteng premier David Makhura was headed to the country's executive as a minister.

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
Tshwane mayor Randall Williams’ resignation wreaks havoc, speaker postpones ...

The resignation of Tshwane mayor Randall Williams has plunged the council into chaos after two meetings billed for Wednesday were abandoned at the ...

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
Luthuli House boss Fikile Mbalula decries failures in local government

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula believes that local government in the country is on its knees due to coalition governments.

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
Optimistic Ramaphosa sees hope in a time of despair

At the top of Ramaphosa’s announcements was the looming appointment of the minister of electricity who will be placed in the presidency

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
DA’s John Steenhuisen lists ANC government failures in ‘real’ Sona

DA leader John Steenhuisen has lamented the many things going wrong under the ANC government ahead of the state of the nation address on Thursday

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Steenhuisen welcomes fair contest for top job, denies Mpho Phalatse sabotage

The DA leader says instead, Phalatse remaining as mayor of Joburg would serve him better

Mawande AmaShabalala Political journalist
ActionSA insists DA is behind collapse of Mpho Phalatse-led Joburg coalition

ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont is adamant the DA must carry the blame for “handing Johannesburg to the ANC”.

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Saving Phalatse as Joburg mayor was a ‘price too high to pay’, says DA’s John ...

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”.