The government has sold its 13.91% stake in Vodacom to the Public Investment Corporation to help fund the R23bn allocation to Eskom, National Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday. The National Treasury and the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services worked together in executing the transaction. “As previously indicated,[…]
The government is spending public money to avoid taking responsibility for letting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leave the country, the DA said on Monday. “Instead of government being accountable, once again we see more public money being spent on appeals to evade the consequences of unlawful actions,” Democratic Alliance federal[…]
Government will appeal the High Court in Pretoria’s ruling regarding Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. “Government has decided to appeal the recent High Court (Gauteng) judgment on the matter relating to President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir,” spokesperson Phumla Williams said in a statement on Monday. “The reasons for the appeal will[…]
Government came under withering criticism on Tuesday from most opposition parties for disregarding a court order to keep and arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in South Africa while attending an African Union summit. Beginning the debate in Parliament in Cape Town, Democratic Alliance MP Stevens Mokgalapa said the executive was[…]
The PLO will discuss forming a new unity government next week, a Palestinian Authority spokesperson said Tuesday, after an announcement on June 16 that the consensus government formed last year would be dissolved. PA spokesman Ihab Bseiso told Ma’an that the national unity government has not yet resigned and will[…]
Government has “categorically denied” weekend reports that it plotted the safe passage of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. “Government has noted reports in the media claiming that security cluster ministers held a secret meeting to protect and give safe passage to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The report relies on nameless and[…]
President Jacob Zuma’s laughing off Nkandla in Parliament and Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report into the saga are examples of corruption denialism, an alliance of eight labour unions and 29 civil society organisations said on Tuesday. “South Africa is engulfed by an epidemic of corruption. Private companies and individuals are[…]
The SA Litigation Centre (SALC) is considering contempt of court proceedings against the government departments that it believes allowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave South Africa in spite of an interim order preventing this. “Being an organisation committed to the rule of law, SALC is encouraged by the court’s[…]
Corruption carried out by those in government must be rooted out, former president Kgalema Motlanthe said over the weekend. “Corruption, especially among those of us charged with the important task of governance – of ensuring that the dividends of democracy reach all our people – must be eradicated root and[…]
The US government agency that collects personnel information for federal employees has said that a cybersecurity breach had compromised the data of up to four million people. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Thursday that it has launched a probe and would hold the culprits accountable, Reuters reported.[…]
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