145 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…
Category: Politics
Shinga vows to take NFP seat battle to Supreme Court of Appeal
138 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
148 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
164 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
138 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
139 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
185 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…
Mbeki Defends GNU Compromise as TRC Cases Face Scrutiny
126 Former President Thabo Mbeki is set to testify on Monday before the judicial commission probing alleged political interference in TRC cases, where he is expected to defend the Government of National…
Mbeki Defends GNU Compromise as TRC Cases Face Scrutiny
130 Former President Thabo Mbeki is set to testify on Monday before the judicial commission probing alleged political interference in TRC cases, where he is expected to defend the Government of National…
Mbalula Returns to Work After Collapsing Outside ConCourt
155 African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has returned to work after collapsing outside the Constitutional Court following the party’s legal battle to have 181 of its local government election candidates…