Afghanistan’s national unity government announced its first cabinet on Monday at a press conference in Kabul, 106 days after President Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated. The announcement was made in a national televised address by Ghani’s chief of staff Salam Rahimi. The names of the 25-member cabinet will now be sent[…]
The government dismissed reports on Wednesday that the reconfigured executive will cost taxpayers an additional R66 million a year. “This continued inaccurate reporting is a wilful distortion of the budget appropriation process,” said Donald Liphoko, acting director general of the department of communication. “The reports are misleading as Minister [Nhlanhla][…]
The Cabinet slammed on Monday the Israeli government for its illegal occupation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and plans to build settlements nearby. The ministers described the actions of the Zionist regime as criminal and a provocation of Muslims worldwide, Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja told reporters after the[…]
Two people have been appointed to the SA Airways board and six resignations accepted, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Thursday. Cabinet approved the appointment of Dr John Tambi and Anthony Dixon at its meeting in Cape Town on Wednesday, she said. Tambi had extensive experience in project management,[…]
Cabinet has approved a package to close the funding gap at Eskom, the National Treasury said on Sunday. The package, approved at a special Cabinet meeting in Cape Town on Thursday, would guarantee energy security and support gross domestic product growth, spokeswoman Phumza Macanda said in a statement. “This package[…]
A British minister who was the first Muslim woman to sit in the Cabinet has resigned over the British government’s policy on Gaza, she said Tuesday. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a minister at the Foreign Office and minister for faith and communities, wrote on Twitter: “With deep regret I have this[…]
Nineteen members of the 72-person strong government cabinet — including President Jacob Zuma — have private business interests, the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday. According to records from the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), Zuma is listed as owning an active company called Michigan Investments that was registered[…]
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