African National Congress Western Cape leader Marius Fransman is adamant that the allegations of sexual harassment against him are nonsense. Speaking at a press conference in Cape Town on Saturday, Fransman said he had nothing to hide and was co-operating fully with the police investigation. He blamed the accusation on[…]
“South Africans cannot believe that a man who never went to school is the President and that is the reason why he must be attacked 24/7…” President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. Speaking in his capacity as the patron of the Jacob Zuma Foundation at the Dube House official residence[…]
The country will need at least R20bn to import the 5 to 6 million tons of maize needed to mitigate the effects the drought has had on crop production in the country, according to Grain SA. “If you take 5 or 6 million tons and multiply that by the current[…]
The Mother City is in for another heatwave this week, accompanied by a heightened risk of fires, the SA Weather Service warned on Friday. “People will feel uncomfortable,” said forecaster Carlton Fillis. “And it will be very difficult for firefighters to bring fires under control.” The heatwave, with humidity and[…]
A hard-to-miss “Zuma Must Fall” billboard that went up in central Cape Town on Friday morning has got tongues wagging about who paid to erect it. Many suspected it was the Democratic Alliance, after the party repeatedly called for President Jacob Zuma’s impeachment. But DA national spokesperson Phumzile van Damme[…]
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) does not have the capacity to ensure irregularities do not occur during the elections, DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Friday. “I don’t trust that the IEC has enough manpower to protect itself from anything going wrong,” Maimane told supporters in Pretoria during[…]
While Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande hailed his meeting with SRC leaders as a success, cracks began to emerge after student leaders from various universities walked out of the meeting earlier in the day. Speaking alongside a handful of students who had not left the meeting, Nzimande said he was[…]
Power utility Eskom has issued a warning to the public to be aware of a recruitment scam. “The fraudsters pretend to be recruiters for Eskom and solicit R1 500 from job seekers in order to secure employment,” Eskom said in a statement. “Once payment is received by these ‘recruiters’, would-be[…]
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete will receive the Martin Luther King Legacy Award for International Service on Sunday. “This prestigious award signifies her great leadership on various leadership roles in South Africa and beyond,” the African National Congress Women’s League said in a statement on Friday. “We are indeed grateful[…]
Student leaders walked out of a meeting with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande in Johannesburg on Thursday. It was unclear whether the group had willingly left the venue or had been thrown out. They had spent hours locked in a meeting with Nzimande where they had planned to render their[…]
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