OPINION by Eddie Cottle When South African security services prevented a Cape Town girl from boarding a plane allegedly to join ISIS, many South Africans were pleased but at the same time surprised at how swift the reaction of our security services were. How come the same reaction is not[…]
The history of South Africa can’t be removed and every culture’s history has to be protected for the next generation, Eastern Cape ANC MPL Christian Martin said, Netwerk24 reports. While members of the ANC cleaned the statue that was burnt by EFF members last week, Martin said that history tells[…]
The attack at the Garissa university in Kenya, where 147 people were killed by Somali radicals was appalling and indefensible, the African National Congress said on Friday. “The loss of life and attacks on defenseless citizens is indefensible and unjustifiable regardless of the circumstances,” national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said. “We[…]
The African National Congress retained nine wards in by-elections held in six provinces, while the Democratic Alliance retained its two wards in the Western Cape, according to results released by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) on Thursday. By-elections were held on Wednesday in KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Mpumalanga, North West,[…]
The Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement has vowed to turn Cape Town’s central business district into chaos the next time the group protests against the Western Cape government. “We will bring 300 000 people to the city centre, and make sure that nothing can move within it,” said Ses’khona leader Andile[…]
Police formed a barrier line to separate members of the EFF and the ANC demonstrating outside the Gauteng legislature following premier David Makhura’s delivery of his state-of-the-province address on Monday. A handful of Economic Freedom Fighters supporters stood on one side of the road while African National Congress supporters occupied[…]
The ANC’s Western Cape chief whip Pierre Uys was suspended for two days after the state-of-the-province address had to be adjourned on Friday. Speaker Sharna Fernandez put the decision of suspension to a vote after the African National Congress raised points of order, delaying proceedings for around two hours. At[…]
OPINION- About a week ago, minus a day, I stood in the rain as the party my parents raised me to praise and worship as the liberators of my rights discarded several tenets of the constitution they helped construct. I stood in front of Parliament’s glass doors as we journalists[…]
Members of Parliament should set aside their differences and focus on issues raised in the state-of-the-nation speech by President Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress said on Tuesday. “We make a special plea to all Members of Parliament across political divide to focus on the real issues raised in the[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton I stay in the city bowl area near to parliament. For the past 22 years I’ve witnessed the preparations for the State of the Nation address at close quarters. Each February it has always been a much-anticipated ceremony, a ceremony signalling the start of the parliamentary[…]
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