The Constitutional Court’s Phala Phala ruling has revived impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, triggering renewed political pressure on the ANC and reopening succession debates ahead of crucial elections.

Mangaung officials came under intense pressure at Scopa after MPs accused the metro of sidestepping key Auditor-General findings.

Overcrowded schools, rising demand and slow delivery put Gauteng’s education system under pressure.

SA’s largest metros are spending billions on infrastructure yet failing to maintain basic systems or fix long-standing governance weaknesses.

The ANC has defended the government’s metro rescue plan as key to fixing collapsing municipal water and electricity systems, but ongoing outages, infrastructure decay and growing public frustration continue to cast doubt on whether reforms are reaching residents ahead of the local government elections.

ANC members in Ekurhuleni are distancing the party from city manager Kagiso Lerutla’s arrest on fraud and corruption charges, calling it ‘his problem, not ANC’s problem’, while opposition parties demand his suspension from the crisis-hit metro.

Tensions flare as the deputy president of ActionSA in North West is accused of influencing councillor appointments in favour of family-linked and former F4SD figures.

The EFF has moved to project calm after leader Julius Malema’s five-year prison sentence, with Gauteng chairperson Nkululeko Dunga insisting it is ‘business as usual’ and that the party remains focused on elections while preparing to appeal both the conviction and sentence.

Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza's optimistic rhetoric could be seen as a failure to address fundamental municipal dysfunction.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi was forced into a cabinet reshuffle by ANC national leadership to stabilise the provincial unity government