Hamas spokesperson, Usamah Hamdan, spoke to Suraya Dadoo about the ‘blood libel’ and the inspiration Hamas draws from South Africa. This article was originally published on News24 Voices It’s impossible to mention Usamah Hamdan’s name without ‘blood libel’ popping up. The Hamas spokesperson has been accused of saying that killing[…]
The ANC’s three-day lekgotla held in Pretoria at the weekend did not go into detailed discussions about President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home following an in loco inspection by Parliament’s ad hoc committee, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “It was not an issue for major discussion in the lekgotla,”[…]
The Manenberg Safety Forum believes the Western Cape Governments’ plans to improve Manenberg is not in the favour of the local community but rather a gimmick in the lead up to the 2016 elections. The forum’s Rugshanda Pascoe says that the organisation’s stance has always been that the local government[…]
In spite of being under fire over the Nkandla controversy and service delivery protests, the majority African National Congress (ANC) won seven out of 10 wards contested in by-elections around the country on Wednesday, according to results released by the Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday. The party retained Ward 1[…]
The much talked about “firepool” at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home is also a “recreational facility”, the ANC’s Cedric Frolick said after inspecting the multi-million rand compound. “What we saw in front of us is a pool… a pool is a pool,” he told journalists after an inspection by parliament’s[…]
The leadership to take the helm of Cosatu in the Western Cape for the next three years has been elected. Mogwase Tsobane was on Sunday announced as chairperson, Andile Ngqaneka as deputy chairperson, Ingrid Leukes as treasurer and Tony Ehrenreich as secretary. The trade union federation held its provincial congress over[…]
Senior judges yesterday called for a meeting with President Jacob Zuma to discuss the “general gratuitous criticism” of the judiciary by cabinet ministers and other politicians.Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, on behalf of the judges, said that although judges, like everyone else, should be susceptible to constructive criticism, that criticism should[…]
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe decided at the weekend that the ANC’s Lower South Coast regional conference would not be held again, despite considerable unhappiness about its outcome last year. Lower South Coast’s regional secretary Mzwandile Mkhwanazi confirmed that Mantashe was at the Port Shepstone Civic Centre on Sunday to[…]
The statement issued by the ANC and its alliance partners after a summit last week is silent on several key issues, including the crises in state-owned enterprises, and is in conflict with views Cosatu is supposed to have, former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Sunday. “The most outrageous[…]
The ANC believes in a free press but the local media is far too critical, a top official told editors on Saturday. It needs to do some introspection on its reporting, including “sticky” stories such as those around Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, ANC treasurer general Zweli Mkhize said. The ruling[…]
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