Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s belly shook with mirth as the National Assembly again descended into arguments over House rules during questions on the Sudan peace process and #FeesMustFall. In a volley of points of order, some MPs shouted insults at each other across the floor, while others, like Science and[…]
Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib has lost control of his house, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) student leader Vuyani Pambo said. Pambo was reacting to the urgent high court interdict the university obtained on Thursday evening. The interdict allows the police to step in if there are violent protests; if students[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s decision to join the EFF’s bid to have President Jacob Zuma repay some of the money spent on Nkandla could dent her institution’s reputation, the office of the ANC’s chief whip said on Monday. “There is nothing in law and in terms of court procedures that[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela can join the EFF’s Constitutional Court bid to have President Jacob Zuma repay some of the money spent on his Nkandla residence. On Tuesday, the court ordered that she would be joined to the matter as a third respondent, and that she had to file papers[…]
he Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) would not agree to wear “business attire” only in Parliament – and the party wants the parliamentary dress code rule under review to be scrapped. At a rules sub-committee meeting on Monday, EFF MP Sam Matiase, dressed in his party’s signature red overalls, said a[…]
While opposition parties welcomed the inquiry into national police commissioner Riah Phiyega, they questioned why she should be given time to motivate against being suspended. The Democratic Alliance said it was worried Phiyega would “use her powerful position to tamper with the inquiry as the NPA found she had already[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema was removed by members of Parliament’s security services on Wednesday after refusing to retract a statement in which he called Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa a murderer. During a video recording of the question and answer session with Ramaphosa, a number of men were seen walking towards[…]
While the EFF on Monday denied being behind the defacing of a statue in King William’s Town, the party insisted there was “no space for colonial symbols which represent… a history of oppression, degradation and humiliation”. DA councillor Dillon Webb, however, said it should be seen as a reminder of[…]
The EFF disrupted proceedings at Parliament on Wednesday, delaying Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s update on plans to improve the efficiency of key state-owned enterprises. Ramaphosa sat patiently while EFF members said they had been traumatised by being thrown out of Parliament at a previous sitting. He is expected to update[…]
A group of EFF members disrupted classes at the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute on Monday by locking students out of classrooms, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture said on Monday. “When we got there, a small group of [EFF members] had padlocked the classrooms and prevented students from attending classes,”[…]
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