The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported on Tuesday that the African National Congress (ANC) believes Jimi Matthews has allowed himself to be “used by those who…want to undermine the integrity of the public broadcaster part”. The ruling party’s Zizi Kodwa attacked Matthews for playing the “victim game” and described[…]
The government has gone into overdrive to avert the explosion of an unemployment “time bomb”. President Jacob Zuma meets government leaders, officials and unionists tomorrow to discuss the state of the economy, including remorselessly increasing youth unemployment. During the meeting of the Presidential Labour Working Group in Pretoria, Zuma and[…]
Western Cape African National Congress (ANC) leader Marius Fransman’s return to politics hangs in the balance after cellphone messages surfaced that appear to contradict his claims that the sexual harassment case against him is part of a plotBut‚ in a statement on Tuesday night‚ Fransman’s lawyer said the politician was[…]
The structures of the tripartite alliance are not what they should be, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said in Cape Town on Thursday. “Except for during elections and in the build up to conferences, the alliance does not have a coherent and consistent programme of action,” said Ramaphosa in a speech[…]
Police have made contact with ANC provincial leader Marius Fransman’s accuser, she has said in a statement. The 21-year-old Louisa Wynand, through spokesperson Gavin Prins from Red Dot Communication, said she was still puzzled about the true status of the case, but that it was still going ahead. The Stellenbosch[…]
KwaZulu-Natal estate agent Penny Sparrow, who caused controversy with a Facebook posting where she likened black people to monkeys earlier this year, has been ordered to pay R150 000 to the the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation. According to its website, the foundation “aims to address issues of socio economic[…]
South Africans habitually vote weary pensioners into Parliament, and this habit of voting the older folks into positions of power should change, starting with the August 3 local government elections, according to EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) parliamentarian Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. “We are young like that in the EFF. We are also[…]
More than 300 disgruntled African National Congress members in the Western Cape have jumped ship and joined the Democratic Alliance. Western Cape DA leader Patricia de Lille welcomed the Khayelitsha members into the fold on Tuesday night. “These new members came to the DA after losing faith in the lack[…]
Leaders from the SACP and ANC, including President Jacob Zuma, are locked in a meeting to discuss their differences after struggling for weeks to find a suitable date. SACP chairperson Alex Mashilo confirmed that the meeting started late on Monday. Two of the issues expected to top the agenda are[…]
Police had to be called to the provincial ANC’s headquarters in the city after members held deputy secretary Thandi Manikivana and administrator Mvusi Mdala hostage. ANC members and supporters believed to be from Ward 39, which comprises Crossroads and Nyanga, as well as other parts of the ANC’s Dullah Omar[…]
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