Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane will receive a category one official funeral at the weekend, the presidency said on Tuesday. “The minister will be accorded an official funeral,” spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. Zuma ordered that the national flag be flown at half-mast at all flag[…]
Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has been appointed as the acting minister of public service and administration, the Presidency said on Monday. This followed the death of Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane on Sunday. Chabane and his bodyguards Sergeant Lesiba Sekele and Sergeant Lawrence Lentsoane were[…]
Analysts have slated the ‘evasive’ and ‘bullish’ attitude shown by President Jacob Zuma during Wednesday’s parliamentary Q&A session, where the countries ‘Number 1’ faced questions as to the current state of criminal justice institutions, and the ongoing electricity crisis amongst others. In Zuma’s first parliamentary appearance since the controversial 2015[…]
President Jacob Zuma has agreed to an additional, fifth oral question session in the National Assembly this year, his office said on Thursday. The presidency said it had suggested the date of November 3 for the session to Speaker Baleka Mbete’s office. This follows heated demands from the opposition on[…]
President Jacob Zuma frustrated the opposition when he finally returned to the National Assembly on Wednesday to face their questions on the Nkandla saga, flatly denying personal wrongdoing and any obligation to repay state money spent on his home. “Never have I ever thought on the date when I will[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday told MPs he would not pay back any money spent on his Nkandla residence until a “determination” was made on the matter. “Never have I ever thought on the date when I will pay back the money. Firstly, there is no money that I am[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema on Wednesday pleaded in the National Assembly with Speaker Baleka Mbete to agree that a programming committee set a date for the outstanding questions to be answered. “I am pleading with you… please commit that tomorrow’s [Thursday’s] programme [meeting] will come up with a date of[…]
President Jacob Zuma walked into fiery demands for land restitution from Khoi and San leaders on Tuesday in the debate on his annual address to the house of traditional leaders. They said they were the original inhabitants of the country, yet had been sidelined in the state’s restoration drive, which[…]
Agang SA withdrew a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma during a sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday. The party did not want National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to preside over the debate. Last week, the Western Cape High Court dismissed an urgent application lodged by Agang[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday praised Cape Town fire-fighters for their bravery in combating fires that broke out in the Cape Peninsula over the weekend. “We praise the bravery and professionalism of all our fire-fighters who are attending to this raging fire to save lives and stop the damage to[…]
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