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The ANC is a Criminal Enterprise By Noko Maleka | Insight Jozi News South Africa is a country blessed with potential, yet crippled by leadership failures. This truth was laid bare once again when political analyst and author, Prince Mashele, appeared on the State of the Nation podcast with Mike Sham. His words were not coated in diplomacy, but charged with the urgency of a citizen who has had enough of watching his country drift under the weight of incompetence. Mashele’s criticism comes hot on the heels of his now-viral interview on the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Show, which attracted over a million views. Clearly, South Africans are listening, because he is saying what many are thinking but few dare to articulate: the ANC has lost all credibility, and President Cyril Ramaphosa is a man completely out of his depth in the highest office of the land. A Circus Called “National Dialogue” In the podcast, Mashele tore into the much-publicised “national dialogue” initiated by the ANC, dismissing it a...

By: Noko Mabofa Maleka | Insight Jozi News The South African Communist Party (SACP) has made it clear: it intends to contest the 2026 municipal elections independently, breaking away from its historic alliance with the African National Congress (ANC). In a recent conversation with SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila, I put to him the question many political observers have been quietly asking: Isn’t it too late for the Communist Party to carve its own electoral path? After all, the SACP’s influence is deeply woven into the ANC’s political DNA. Many of its members not only carry ANC membership cards but also occupy influential positions in government, business, and ministerial offices—achievements made possible through their long-standing alignment with the governing party. Mapaila’s answer was resolute. He argued that the SACP can no longer meaningfully advance its communist vision from within the ANC, signalling a decisive ideological break. But while the SACP frames this mov...

Date: 6 August 2025 By Noko Mabofa Maleka | Insight Jozi News www.insightjozinews.blogspot.com   The African National Congress (ANC) is set to host a high-profile media briefing today, Wednesday, 6 August 2025, at 11:00 AM, where Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula will address the media on the outcomes of the recent ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. The briefing will take place at the Chief Albert Luthuli House in Johannesburg, the ANC’s headquarters. This media briefing is of significant national interest as it follows a weekend-long NEC gathering where pressing issues facing both the party and the country were on the agenda. From internal party discipline to economic instability, coalition governance, and the state of service delivery in municipalities, South Africans are eager to hear what decisions were taken by the ANC’s highest decision-making body between conferences. According to a media advisory issued by the ANC's Department of Communications, Inform...

  South Africa has been sold a lie of freedom—a meticulously crafted illusion by the architects of apartheid. The release of Nelson Mandela, once heralded as the dawn of liberation, was a calculated move by a cunning apartheid regime. Mandela was paraded globally, not as a symbol of true emancipation but as a puppet of a more sophisticated system of oppression. The apartheid government knew their crimes. And  brutality was unsustainable in the face of growing international scrutiny. They needed a new strategy—a subtler form of control that would maintain their grip on economic power while pacifying the masses with the illusion of democracy. This strategy was executed with surgical precision. Mandela, the revered revolutionary, was systematically groomed and manipulated during his post-release world tours. By 1992, he stood at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, delivering a speech that was a far cry from his earlier socialist ideals. Overnight, the African Nationa...

Left in the Cold: Angry Pensioners Rise Against SASSA Shutdown in Johannesburg By Noko Maleka | Insight Jozi Johannesburg, South Africa — Outrage spilled onto the streets outside the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices in Johannesburg today, as dozens of pensioners, the disabled, and vulnerable families gathered to protest poor service delivery. Turned Away at the Door By midmorning, frustrated pensioners began picketing after being turned away without receiving any assistance . Many had arrived in the early hours — some traveling long distances, others leaning on walking sticks or wheelchairs, and some carrying infants — hoping for vital support from the government. But instead, they were told the office had already reached its daily quota of 100 people and would be offering no further help that day. "We are human beings, not numbers," cried 69-year-old Nokuthula Dlamini , leaning on her walker. "Every time we come here, it’s the same story — ‘Come b...