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ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has announced that the party will reveal its mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni this Saturday, as the 2026 local government election campaign begins to gather momentum ...

At least five ActionSA council members have been fired from the Johannesburg caucus as part of a province-wide purge, which includes Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.

Helen Zille wants to become mayor of Johannesburg — but she’ll need Herman Mashaba’s help to beat the ANC, writes Zukile Majola in Real Politics.

Mashaba said ActionSA would have conditions for a coalition with the DA. "We would want to have a written, public document, where we commit to the priorities of the city, and one of those priorities ...

A Texas A&M University academic who was fired after a video went viral of a student suggesting she broke the law by teaching about "gender ideology and transgenderism" is "exploring further legal ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Clay County District Schools said one of its teachers has been suspended after social media posts appearing to celebrate the death of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk ...

Meta (Facebook's parent company) is paying $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over user privacy violations. Payments may range from $4.89 to $38.36, depending on account activity, according ...

The gun recovered by authorities in the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a bolt-action rifle — a common hunting weapon valued for its reliability but limited to a single shot before reloading. Utah ...