DA leader Mmusi Maimane has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to “come clean” and “turn himself in” to the state capture inquiry. In a statement on Wednesday, Maimane said he agreed with Ramaphosa’s comments on Tuesday when the president said: “For the country to move forward, we need to establish[…]
Political Analyst, Dirk Kotzé, says he believes the removal or resignation of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene would not have as big an impact on the rand as is it did when former president Jacob Zuma fired him. The move in 2015 sent the rand into free fall and wiped off billions from South Africa’s[…]
Family and friends of the late Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa have described her as a committed servant of the people. Gauteng premier, David Makhura, says South Africa has lost an outstanding campaigner for global peace and environmental justice in Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. He was speaking at Molewa’s[…]
Business, labour and government at the summit have agreed to work together on a number of initiatives to create jobs. A co-ordinating and monitoring mechanism is to be established within the Labour Department to follow-up on implementation of the 24-point Framework agreement that was signed at the Jobs Summit in Midrand on[…]
The requirements for foreign minors travelling to South Africa are to be simplified‚ home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba said at a media briefing on Tuesday. An international travel advisory to this end will be issued by the end of October after consultation with the Immigration Advisory Board. Cumbersome visa application[…]
A new expropriation bill, set to be tabled in Parliament in the next two months, will set out a clear procedure for land expropriation without compensation and ensure it is an “administratively just process”, according to Deputy Minister of Public Works Jeremy Cronin. Earlier this month a draft expropriation law[…]
Student activists are continuing to put pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa. They want the President to grant amnesty to students who were charged or convicted as a result of violent Fees Must Fall protests. The students have marched to the gates of Parliament as President Ramaphosa was answering questions in[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the ANC would propose an amendment of the Constitution to Parliament, outlining conditions for expropriation of land without compensation. His late-night announcement came following the political party’s two-day national executive committee lekgotla, which discussed progress government had made over the space of a year in[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will welcome his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the Union Buildings on Tuesday morning. Xi touched down in the country on Monday evening ahead of the Brics summit which begins in Johannesburg on Wednesday. This year marks the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Africa and[…]
As the petrol price in South Africa reaches record highs, DA leader Mmusi Maimane, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and several taxi associations are expected to announce planned civil society action against the fuel hikes. In a statement, the DA said it would hold a joint press conference in Tshwane[…]
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