Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter

Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa is a political reporter for the Sunday Times and TimesLive. She holds BA Media and Politics and BA Honours in Journalism degrees from Wits University. She has a keen interest in the governance and politics of the country, with a focus on local government, service delivery, youth and gender-related current affairs.

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
EFF student command president Lonzi hails Malema for refusing to close shop

EFF student command leader Sihle Lonzi came out guns blazing, praising party president Julius Malema for sticking to his guns about the future of the ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
Progressive caucus partners show support for EFF at people's assembly

UDM's Nkwankwa insists their participation in the GNU is not an indication of their ideological posture; they still identify with the EFF.

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
IN PICS | EFF National People’s Assembly an opportunity for renewal: Dunga

EFF Gauteng chairperson Nkululeko Dunga tells plenary the party's third National People's Assembly must serve as an opportunity for the party to ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
EXCLUSIVE | ANC Joburg secretary Manganye to be suspended

He has been charged with misrepresentation and placing the organisation in disrepute after his decision to approach the coalition political ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
ANC NEC meeting to decide on disbandment issue postponed to January

Mbalula characterised the exercise as not being a “blame game”, denying a counter argument that this was a purging exercise.

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
ANC national working committee to meet Gauteng officials

The ANC in Gauteng will get an opportunity to plead its case against disbandment in a meeting with the ANC's national working committee on Monday ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
Turbulent times ahead for Thabazimbi residents as ANC searches for a worthy ...

Red berets vow to put best foot forward ahead of talks with ANC, saying their current representatives in local government prove they are worth their ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
Our agreement is legal, the president can't renege: Solidarity on Bela clash

CEO Dirk Hermann warns that Solidarity will take this battle to the courts should Ramaphosa proceed with full implementation

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
Joburg to lease private offices as metro centre to stay shut more than a year

Johannesburg will shop for office space while its metro centre building's doors remain shut as they have been for the past year.

Sisanda Mbolekwa Politics reporter
'We will intervene decisively': Mbalula on fate of KZN ANC structure

The fate of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal remains uncertain as the party's national working committee structure deliberates on its future, deferring the ...