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.
Parliamentary ethics body clamps down on tardy MPs, ministers
PoliticsA minister in the presidency, three deputy ministers and five other MPs have been slapped with fines of between R10,000 ...
DA, EFF reject GNU budget
NewsThe DA has stuck to its guns regarding its stance on the previously mooted and now confirmed VAT increase, saying it ...
Rural people are more likely to support e-voting, IEC study finds
NewsThe IEC is hosting a three-day conference which started on Monday to explore the possibility of electronic voting in ...
Ramaphosa not happy with state of Joburg, yet defends 'window dressing for visitors'
NewsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his dismay at the state of the City of Johannesburg, saying he was “not very ...
How budget postponement could hurt service delivery
PoliticsThe aftermath of the shock budget postponement by finance minister Enoch Godongwana after a cabinet tiff over a VAT ...
John Steenhuisen dismisses Sakeliga 'misinformation on AgriBEE'
PoliticsDA leader and agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has dismissed claims by Sakeliga that he is the mastermind behind ...
Ramaphosa forging ahead with NHI
PoliticsThis first phase will form part of the preparatory work done by a ministerial advisory committee on NHI to determine ...
Ramaphosa reveals plan to resolve water crisis
PoliticsPresident said the Infrastructure Fund has secured R23bn for seven large water projects
Steenhuisen hoping Ramaphosa will take note of DA's Sona wishlist
Politics"The hopes, livelihoods and security of the South African people are on the line. Those are the stakes. That is why the ...
DA discussions on GNU fate are ongoing, says Helen Zille
PoliticsDA federal council chair Helen Zille says the party is still deliberating over its future as the ANC's biggest partner ...