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Low risk of load shedding: Eskom

Although the power supply system is constrained, there is a low risk of rolling power cuts, Eskom said Thursday. “The risk of load shedding is expected to be low to medium,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said in a statement. “Some of our generating units have come on line. We are expecting[…]

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EFF claims police will ‘manhandle’ MPs

The EFF claims police plan to “manhandle” its MPs during President Jacob Zuma’s state-of-the-nation address in Parliament on Thursday evening. “[We] have it on good authority that Parliament and the ANC police have planned to manhandle and arrest EFF MPs for things they will say inside Parliament during the state-of-the-nation[…]

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Mngxitama’s press conference disrupted

EFF MP Andile Mngxitama had to be escorted out of a hotel in Cape Town where he was to have held a press conference ahead of the state-of-the-nation address on Thursday. The social media site, Twitter, was abuzz with posts about fights breaking out at the Cape Sun Hotel between[…]

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Difficult SONA for Zuma: analyst

Amidst South Africa’s worsening economic and infrastructural woes, President Jacob Zuma on Thursday is expected to deliver the most anticipated State of the Nation Address (SONA) of his tenure. With threats from opposition parties to disrupt his speech, as well as questions over the country’s ongoing electricity crisis, many analysts[…]

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Religious leaders mediating over SONA

Religious leaders of the National Religious Leaders Council tried to mediate between the ANC and the EFF over the state-of-the-nation address in Parliament, the EFF said on Tuesday. “We made it very clear to the religious leaders that the commitment of the EFF MPs to ask questions during the state-of-the-nation[…]

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Leila Khaled to be guest at SONA

Despite stern criticism from Zionist supporters, Palestinian icon Leila Khaled will attend the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Jacob Zuma. Leila Khaled will be accompanied by a senior leader of BDS South Africa to SONA. The State of the Nation Address will take place in Cape[…]

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Zuma not worried about EFF threats: Report

President Jacob Zuma said he was not nervous about the EFF’s threat to disrupt his state-of-the-nation address this week, The Star reported on Monday. “Parliament acts according to a set of rules. I have never been nervous in my life,” he was quoted as saying in Pretoria on Sunday. Zuma[…]

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EFF in SONA countdown

In 10 days, seven hours and 39 minutes the EFF will hold President Jacob Zuma accountable to the country for the upgrades to his home at Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal. This is according to a “Sona countdown Zuma #paybackthemoney” clock on its website. Economic Freedom Fighters national spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said[…]

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Mbete urges EFF to behave during SONA

Speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday urged Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema to desist from using President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address next month to demand that he answers questions on the Nkandla controversy. Mbete wrote to Malema in response to a letter in which he threatened to[…]

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The pressure’s on for Zuma

With President Jacob Zuma set to deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of 2014 on Tuesday evening, political analyst Andre Duvenhage has predicted the focus point of the address will be on economic and social transformation. SONA is likely to be overshadowed by concerns over Zuma’s health,[…]

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