Parliament – President Jacob Zuma must use his State of the Nation address (SONA) on Thursday to win back the trust of South African citizens, a senior political analyst said ahead of the event. “I think it really has to try to regain the trust of the citizens. The trust[…]
An ANC veteran is hitting out at President Jacob Zuma. Ben Turok says there is a crisis in South Africa’s leadership. “The most important issue is what kind of leadership is given to the country and I must say, I’m deeply disturbed. I haven’t been so upset for a long[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will not be part of any agreement on the Nkandla matter if that deal does not affirm the powers of the office of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and uphold the Constitution, party leader Julius Malema said on Thursday. “We are not going to agree to[…]
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on Thursday rejected President Jacob Zuma’s claim that she leaked “confidential contents” from a consultation meeting he had with Premiers last month. Zuma on Wednesday said he was “disappointed” that Zille had again released confidential information to the public ahead of the State of the[…]
President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer has claimed that his client has always been prepared to pay back a portion of the public money spent on upgrading his Nkandla home if a proper mechanism was used to determine whether and how much he owed the state. Michael Hulley said a settlement proposal[…]
The Constitutional Court has asked all parties involved in the Nkandla court case, to inform it by 4pm on Friday if they accept President Jacob Zuma’s payment proposal. The Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters and the Public Protector were set for a massive court showdown with President Jacob Zuma over[…]
The reshuffle in the Gauteng cabinet marks the end of an era in the ANC, said political analyst Professor Susan Booysen. “This marks the end of an era in the ANC – that was one where President Zuma and a band of politicians could just walk over what provincial[…]
More than six years into the Nkandla scandal, President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday proposed a settlement in the Constitutional Court case brought by the opposition that would see him reimburse the state for improvements to his rural home. The Presidency said Zuma proposed in a letter sent to the registrar[…]
President Jacob Zuma is set to read the riot act to the ANC Western Cape executive committee on Monday in an attempt to address ongoing leadership instability threatens in the province. The party’s top six is in Cape Town to thrash out structural issues within the party – after the party’s national[…]
As the tide of public sentiment grows against President Jacob Zuma, people from all quarters are mobilizing in a nationwide demonstration being dubbed the Zuma Must Fall march. The country’s number one is facing increased pressure from both civil society and the broader public after overseeing the appointment of two[…]
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