February2019

Road closures for SONA 2019

As President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to give the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament, the public are reminded of several road closures which will be taking place on Wednesday and Thursday, the 6 and 7 of February. The SONA rehearsal will take place on 6 February 2019[…]

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Gatvol name rejected by IEC as “offensive”

Controversial “pro-brown” organisation, Gatvol Capetonian, is in negotiations with Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance and the newly-formed Alliance of Indigenous and True South Africans (Aitsa), following the rejection of its application to be registered as a formal political party. Gatvol Capetonian, which claims to represent all minority groups in South Africa[…]

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Cyril Ramaphosa’s camp not paying back Bosasa yet

Bosasa will not get its R500 000 funding for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC election campaign repaid unless the authorities said so, according to a letter that Ramaphosa’s campaign team has written to company CEO Gavin Watson. The lobby group, which coordinated Ramaphosa’s election campaign as ANC president in December 2017[…]

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International Relations responds to concerns over corruption in SA

The Department of International Relations says it appreciates the concerns that some Western countries have raised about corruption in South Africa but adds that established diplomatic protocol should have been followed. The United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, through their diplomatic heads in South Africa, wrote[…]

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Gordhan and Malema to face off in Equality Court

EFF leader Julius Malema and Pravin Gordhan will face off in the Equality Court today following Malema’s scathing attack on the Public Enterprises Minister. This comes after Malema addressed a crowd of EFF supporters outside the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture chaired by Justice Raymond Zondo in November, last[…]

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