Newly elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa launched a thinly veiled attack on his predecessor Jacob Zuma during his maiden speech at the party’s national conference on Thursday morning. Ramaphosa went on the attack, alluding that under his administration the ANC would not be a party of words but a party[…]
The ANC has adopted a resolution calling for the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank and land expropriation without compensation. It has set no timeline to acquire all shares in the bank or change the constitution to trigger nationalisation, which would see the government owning 100% of the bank’s shares instead[…]
The so-called architect behind President Jacob Zuma’s fee-free education plan says it was not his brainchild alone, but rather a collective effort. Speaking to PowerFM presenter Iman Rappetti at the ANC’s 54th elective conference on Wednesday, Mukhove Morris Masutha said the plan was aimed at “decommodifying education” and addressing the[…]
More than 3 000 people have been arrested for violating traffic and road laws since the beginning of December, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). RTMC’s Simon Zwane told News24 that, of those arrested, 1 300 were held for driving under the influence. Other transgressions included driving unroadworthy[…]
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft UN resolution condemning the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump said at the White House on Wednesday the US would be “watching those votes” in the General[…]
Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to introduce new policies to re-engage with the world community and attract foreign investment after decades of isolation under Robert Mugabe. In his first state of the nation address on Wednesday, Mnangagwa said his priorities were to revive the southern African nation’s ailing[…]
As its journalist Mahmoud Hussein marks one year of being detained by Egypt, Al Jazeera Media Network has upped a call for the 51-year-old’s release. In a statement released on Wednesday, exactly one year after Hussein was held, the Qatar-based network condemned repeated renewals of his detention – the tenth[…]
Uganda’s parliament has approved a constitutional change that will allow the current president to run for an unprecedented sixth term in office. After three days of debate, MPs voted overwhelmingly to remove the age limit of 75 for presidential candidates. It means 73-year-old President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled for[…]
The ANC’s National Conference has unanimously resolved to downgrade the South African Embassy in Israel to a liaison office. Delegates from the North West, together with branches and regions from other provinces, championed the resolution. The ANC resolution followed a great deal of debate sparked by a recommendation by the[…]
By Yaseen Kippie After social media outcry at the arrest of 16 year old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, many others of the Tamimi family have been arrested, including her father. Bassem Tamimi, the father of Ahed Tamimi, was arrested earlier today while attending the court hearing of his daughter. 16[…]
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