The National Freedom Party (NFP) leader and parliamentarian, Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam, has tabled a draft resolution calling for the unconditional downgrade of the South African Embassy in Tel Aviv to a liaison office. Speaking at the Goodhope Building in the precinct of Parliament on Thursday, Eman said while he[…]
South Africa is offering unions representing 1 million state employees inflation-busting pay increases at a time when the country needs to rein in spending to help keep its investment-grade credit rating. Negotiations over wages for teachers, nurses and other state workers are testing the ability of the new cabinet, led[…]
Deputy President and newly elected ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed government’s determination to build an economy that serves “all our people”. In his first Christmas message as the party’s leader on Christmas Eve, Ramaphosa encouraged South Africans “to enter the New Year determined to redouble our efforts to build[…]
State capture casts a pall over the Democratic Alliance’s dim assessment of President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet for 2017. In what has become a yearly ritual, the DA presented their report card – “an appraisal of the ANC national government’s performance over the past year” – at the Union[…]
Government needs to make it a priority to gain an in-depth understanding and be accountable of the scale of the socio-economic realities of marginalised women in South Africa. Until they do so they will not be able to address issues relating to women’s rights and GBV in South Africa in[…]
The African National Congress (ANC)’s three-day lekgotla gets under way on Friday at St George’s Hotel in Irene, outside Pretoria. The party will assess its performance at various levels of government. Secretary general, Gwede Mantashe says issues pertaining to the economy will be high on the agenda. National executive committee members will[…]
Moody’s Investor Services has downgraded power utility Eskom’s credit ratings, this just a day after announcing a downgrade of South Africa’s five major banks. In a statement on Wednesday morning, Eskom announced that Moody’s had downgraded the corporate family rating (CFR) of Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom) to Ba2 from[…]
A group of ANC stalwarts has urged the party’s National Executive Committee to consider recalling President Jacob Zuma as head of government. The veterans have written to secretary general Gwede Mantashe. They want the request tabled during the governing party’s NEC meeting, which begins today (Friday). It’s the first time[…]
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has singled out government as a leading Human Rights impeder. The commission says government’s inability to provide essential services such as water, housing and sanitation, especially in rural areas, is a violation of the Bill of Rights. According to Stats SA almost 2[…]
A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made worldwide. The discovery was made by Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in an artisanal mine in the village of Koyadu in eastern Kono district, a government statement said[…]
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