Mashudu Sadike

Senior Journalist

Shut all spaza shops down

Wendy Jasson Da Costa and Mashudu Sadike|Published

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula wants the government to shut all spaza shops and use the re-registration process to deport undocumented immigrants.

SA must follow the money

Wendy Jasson Da Costa , Mashudu Sadike and Genevieve Serra|Published

Experts are divided on SA’s security after the discovery of a military-style training camp. The big question is: who made the money?

Mayor carried a gun during the violent Limpopo political turf war

Mashudu Sadike|Published

In videos that were trending on social media on Monday, armed groups were seen engaged in a violent confrontation with the ANC during door-to-door election campaigning. ...

Deputy minister pays back stolen cash to ANC ‘donor’

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Believed parties decided to settle out of court after fixer facilitated the deal

It’s going down to the wire. Who will be SA’s next government?

Mashudu Sadike , Siyabonga Sithole and Ntombi Nkosi|Published

During The Star’s political dialogue at the Joburg Theatre on Wednesday, where various political party leaders were in attendance to woo South Africans for their ...

R680 000 ‘family holiday’ in Dubai gives ANC SG Fikile Mbalula sleepless night 8 years later

Mashudu Sadike|Published

AfriForum announced on Wednesday that it would be challenging the National Prosecuting Authority on its 2023 decision not to prosecute Mbalula after a case was laid ...

The country is run from London because CR can’t think for himself – MK Party

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Ngubane said South Africa was still being governed from London.

Lawyer taking the DA to court over flag burning advert hits back at the party

Mashudu Sadike|Published

In his urgent application on the 12th this month, Madikane is seeking for the court to declare the DA to be in gross violation of sections 10(1) and 7 of the Promotion ...

Phala Phala scandal comes back to haunt Ramaphosa days before elections

Mashudu Sadike and Ntombi Nkosi|Published

African Transformation Movement demanded that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate reveal the contents of an investigation report into how police officials ...

Human rights lawyer hauls DA to court over flag-burning ad

Mashudu Sadike|Published

The DA in its campaign ahead of the May 29 elections commissioned an advert depicting the country’s national flag engulfed in flames.

War of words after ANC and EFF political turf war resurfaces in Limpopo

Mashudu Sadike and Ntombi Nkosi|Published

The two groups exchanged fire while some were seen throwing stones at each other during an election door-to-door campaign.

Iranian cultural office in Pretoria reaches out to bolster relations

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Iran has recently joined intergovernmental organisation BRICS that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.

SANParks makes strides to allow communities to claim land back

Mashudu Sadike|Published

The claiming process would allow the entity to engage with the community so that economic opportunities would be available.

Social grants will not win over voters in the elections, study shows

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Social media has been abuzz with videos and pictures of ANC politicians washing and hanging up voters’ clothes to dry while on the campaign trail.

Confirmed! JZ on the ballot paper as South Africans living abroad gear up to vote this weekend

Mashudu Sadike|Published

This after there was widespread confusion regarding the pending Constitutional Court case involving Zuma’s eligibility to stand for Parliament brought to court by ...

More allegations of ANC election list ‘fixing’ surface in Limpopo

Mashudu Sadike|Published

‘The ANC continues to reward friends and those close to leadership,’ says vilified MP Ponani Makhubele who has previously taken the ANC head-on and has vowed subsequent ...

Minister Zizi Kodwa refutes claims of bias at National Arts Council

Mashudu Sadike|Published

ARTS and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa has refuted accusations made by the South African Roadies Association (Sara) that he protects friends in his appointment of ...

Outrage over explicit behaviour in Limpopo village tavern

Mashudu Sadike|Published

A man is seen face down performing a sexual act on her

ANC calls on top dogs to help bolster its election campaign

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Numbers dwindled since 1994 due to service delivery failures, rampant graft

Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa accused of jobs for pals scandal

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa has been accused of protecting “friends” in the appointment of officials of the National Arts Council (NAC), ...

Ramaphosa paints a rosy picture of SA’s last 30 years, blasted by opposition

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Ramaphosa was presenting, to the country, a report ...

SIU recovers stolen land worth R53 million

Mashudu Sadike|Published

Farm 33 Zuurfontein, measuring 8,2842 hectares, was meant for the development of low-income housing and a school in the community, was ordered to be given back to ...

Ipid concerned over arrests of scores of police officers

Mashudu Sadike|Published

From April 7 to date, scores of police officials have been nabbed on various charges ranging from murder and attempted murder to discharging their police firearms, ...

Uproar against the DA’s advertisement intensifies as an ‘act of war’ ahead of polls

Mashudu Sadike|Published

THE PANDEMONIUM on social media that has been caused by the DA’s latest elections campaign advert has spilled to prominent South Africans condemning the main opposition ...

The real reason why JZ’s ANC DC will only be after elections

Mashudu Sadike|Published

ANC SECRETARY-general Fikile Mbalula has explained why the party decided to postpone former president Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing meant to have taken place ...