171 POLOKWANE – Confident of securing an outright majority in Polokwane and ruling out any coalition, the ANC’s Peter Mokaba Region says it will anchor its next administration on dependable basic services…
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Ramaphosa Warns SA Could Lose AGOA Trade Benefits
175 President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must prepare for the possibility of losing access to a key United States trade programme, warning that the impact on jobs could be severe. According…
Mabandla next as Khampepe Commission adjourns after Mbeki passes buck to NPA
168 Former Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla is next to face the Khampepe Commission on Wednesday, after former President Thabo Mbeki told the inquiry that the blame for more than 300 unprosecuted TRC…
Patriarchy keeps rural women off land, CGE tells MPs
176 Rural women in parts of the Eastern Cape are being charged anything from R100 to more than R100,000 for land, yet many still lack secure rights to the properties they occupy…
Shinga vows to take NFP seat battle to Supreme Court of Appeal
170 National Freedom Party (NFP) KwaZulu-Natal MPL Cynthia Mbali Shinga has vowed to take her fight to the Supreme Court of Appeal after the Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed her bid to appeal…
Duduzile identifies Zuma ’s new partner in complaint to SAPS
171 Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has identified Siphokazi Xuma as her father, former president Jacob Zuma’s partner, in a formal complaint calling for an investigation into concerns about his security and medical care. In…
NAC defied McKenzie on a vote that lacked a majority
180 The National Arts Council (NAC) voted to push ahead with permanent CEO and CFO appointments against Minister Gayton McKenzie’s written request. But the decision did not win a majority of the…
ANCWL demands apology from Mantashe over ‘pussy’ remarks
148 The ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) has demanded that African National Congress chairperson Gwede Mantashe publicly apologise to a Newzroom Afrika journalist and the public over what it described as derogatory and…
National Library admits it spends more on itself
154 The National Library of South Africa’s chief financial officer, Seeiso Tlali, has admitted that the institution spends more on running itself than on delivering services to the public. “Most definitely, Chair….
Banned foreigners slip through cracks as agencies clash
206 Home Affairs and the Border Management Authority (BMA) have given Parliament conflicting explanations about who is responsible for maintaining South Africa’s list of banned foreigners, after the Auditor-General flagged cases of…